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Thousands of Felons in North Carolina Can Now Vote

The Crime Report

Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots following an appeals court ruling, reports the Associated Press.

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US Justice Department to give $144.5M to victims of 2017 Texas mass shooting in settlement

JURIST

The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions.

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Supreme Court will hear case about public entity liability for dangerous property conditions

At the Lectern

Jaimes , but it granted the Attorney General’s request to depublish the Fifth District’s divided, partially published opinion that held the superior court erroneously responded to a jury question about the meaning of a charged sentence enhancement for a person “convicted of a felony committed. Renteria , below.).

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Court expands government’s ability to deport noncitizens for offenses related to obstruction of justice

SCOTUSBlog

Share Federal immigration law requires the deportation of noncitizens who are convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes offenses “relating to obstruction of justice.” By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Pugin v. Such “redundancies are common in statutory drafting,” Kavanaugh wrote.

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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

SCOTUSBlog

The Supreme Court instructed the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to consider whether counsel’s inadequate performance had prejudiced Andrus – that is, whether but for counsel’s deficient performance, the mitigating evidence might have prompted at least one juror to opt for a sentence of life without parole rather than the death penalty.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

SCOTUSBlog

Instead, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld “general jurisdiction” over Cooper on the ground that Cooper, by registering as a foreign corporation in Georgia, had consented to suit in Georgia as a condition of doing business in the state. The petition in Cooper was filed by the defendant in a lawsuit resisting personal jurisdiction. .

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Indianapolis Police Officer Sues NFL For Defamation in Anti-Racism Campaign

JonathanTurley

to prevent the commission of a forcible felony; ?or. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. One can always litigate such a claim as a per quod case where defamation occurs by reference to extrinsic facts.

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