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Attacking Store Workers for Enforcing Rules on Wearing Face Masks: Now a Felony in Illinois

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But not in Illinois, thanks to. The post Attacking Store Workers for Enforcing Rules on Wearing Face Masks: Now a Felony in Illinois appeared first on Nolo. Of course, it’s already a crime in most states to do anything like this (or to attack anyone else, for that matter). Read More Read More.

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As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder  

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Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska. South Carolina requires just three years of experience in criminal law; Arkansas specifies that lawyers should have handled at least one homicide trial. Other states have minimal standards.

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Patients Went to This Isolated Facility for Treatment. Instead, Nearly Two Dozen Were Charged With Crimes.

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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises , along with Capitol News Illinois. On a chilly November morning in 2019, Lutrice Williams, a patient at a state-run mental health center in southern Illinois, was surprised by a visit from a sheriff’s deputy.

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