JURIST

JUNE 12, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that “reckless” crimes qualify as violent felonies for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The Supreme Court reversed that judgment and remanded the case.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

There is a troubling case in Tennessee this week where Pamela Moses has been given six years and one day in prison for illegally registering to vote last November. She has an extensive record of felony convictions. While she told the court that she received a letter saying that her voting rights were restored, Criminal Court Judge W.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 18, 2024

It is becoming harder to deny the existence of a two-track system of justice in the country as commentators and even a few courts raise concerns over the role of politics in prosecutions. The problem is that courts have made it virtually impossible to use this claim to dismiss counts. District Court Judge Cormac J.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 21, 2021

The videotape does appear to satisfy the standard for the use of lethal force under Tennessee v. Garner and other case law. ” That language is derived from Tennessee v. It is not better that all felony suspects die than that they escape. Police told local media that, at 4:32 p.m., Garner , 471 U.S. In Graham v.

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