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White nationalist group charged with conspiracy to riot at Idaho pride event released on bail

JURIST

Members of white supremacist group Patriot Front Monday were released from jail on bond after being charged with conspiracy to riot , a misdemeanor. Police first discovered the group hiding inside a U-haul truck several blocks away from a Pride event in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Each man bonded out of the Kootenai County Jail for $300.

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Alabama legislature advances bill that restricts books ‘harmful to minors’ in public libraries

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If HB 285 is passed into law, public librarians could be guilty of misdemeanors for violating the state’s criminal obscenity provisions. In the US Supreme Court case Miller v. California , the court used a three-prong test to determine if language is obscene. Earlier this month, t he Idaho Senate approved House Bill No.

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Ex-PetIQ GC Gets Suspended Sentence For Domestic Abuse

Law 360

The former general counsel and executive vice president of PetIQ LLC received a suspended jail sentence in an Idaho court this week, after he pled guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge that followed his arrest near Boise this summer.

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Ammon Bundy Strikes Plea Deal In Second Trespassing Case

The Crime Report

Ammon Bundy has been convicted for trespassing twice now (and has gone to trial over trespassing charges twice before), after he pleaded guilty misdemeanor trespassing on Monday for his actions leading a protest that blocked ambulance access to a hospital, Alex Brizee reports for the Idaho Statesman.

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Court Fees Called ‘Another Layer of Punishment’ for Rural Poor

The Crime Report

Nationwide, research over the last decade has documented how skyrocketing court fines and fees cause harm to those least able to pay them, and make future justice involvement more likely. Mostly white and rural states like Idaho regularly impose substantial monetary sanctions on people without the means to pay them.”.

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