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

The Crime Report

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. But the standards have yet to be approved by other state regulators.

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The ‘Assembly-Line’ Justice of Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

In 1916, at a single Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan, workers also reported almost 200 severed fingers and 75,000 other injuries. Around the same time, coincidentally, the American criminal justice system began leaning into a till-then rarely invoked practice called “plea bargaining.”. They welcome comments from readers.

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Michigan State Rep Found With Handcuffs Key After Arrest For Violating His Bond

JonathanTurley

Michigan House Democrats. Michigan state Rep. Jewell Jones is facing an array of criminal charges , including two new serious felonies after he was found in possession of a handcuff key after he was arrested. The weapons charge is a four-year felony while the escape attempt is punishable by up to five years in prison.

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Can Donald Trump Avoid a Reckoning in Court?

The Crime Report

It also now appears that unless the Manhattan prosecutors indict Trump by the end of the month when the current grand jury term expires , the Donald’s record of zero criminal indictments will remain intact. 6 insurrection floated several possible criminal offenses that the former president might have committed. Gregg Barak, Ph.D. ,

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Michigan Legislators Face Calls For Possible Criminal Charges After Meeting With President Trump On Certification

JonathanTurley

Now, the Michigan Attorney General and others are suggesting that Republicans who oppose certification or even meet with President Donald Trump on the issue could be criminally investigated or charged. Similar campaigns have targeted election officials who object to counting irregularities.

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A Case of Hope Over Experience: The J6 Referral Falls Short of a Credible Criminal Case

JonathanTurley

Experts like Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe have previously declared Trump’s felonies were shown “without any doubt, beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond any doubt, and the crimes are obvious.” That included what Tribe suggested was a clear case of attempted murder of former Vice President Pence.