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When Your Criminal Case Is Dropped, But Your Mugshot Lives Forever

The Crime Report

A single online mugshot, for even a minor non-violent misdemeanor, can become a barrier to getting a job, finding housing, or forming personal relationships, regardless of whether someone is ever convicted of a crime. As the so-called “victim,” he had the legal right to speak directly with the prosecutor. A Reputation Damaged.

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Federal judge rejects Hunter Biden plea deal, prompting not guilty plea

JURIST

In a hearing Wednesday, a US federal judge in Delaware rejected a plea deal by Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. In it, Biden would plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges at 26 U.S.C. Biden’s legal counsel disagreed, which prompted the prosecutor to state, “Then there is no deal.”

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“Patently False”: Special Counsel Files Blistering Reply to Hunter Biden Motion to Dismiss

JonathanTurley

The filing begins by outright accusing Hunter Biden and his counsel of lying to the court about what occurred after the earlier plea agreement fell apart in court after the judge in Delaware asked about a sweeping immunity clause in paragraph 14. ” The rest of the filing is equally devastating.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. Normally, criminal actions will cut off legal causation, though not always.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Tenth Circuit vacated and remanded the exemptions after EPA moved for vacatur and voluntary remand, conceding that it did not analyze determinative legal questions regarding the refineries’ eligibility for the extensions. Delaware v. Circuit granted the motion on May 26, 2021. Renewable Fuels Association v. 21-9518 (10th Cir.

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“Hunter is Resolved”: Washington Celebrates the End to the Biden Corruption Scandal

JonathanTurley

The effort to “resolve Hunter” has been a concerted effort by the political and legal establishment. That’s right, Hunter is actually commendable for, after over five years, pleading to two misdemeanors with no likely jail time. For a Biden, that apparently is the very profile of courage.

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Pardon or Prosecute? The 2024 Election and the “Get Out of Jail Free” Vote

JonathanTurley

office closet to Biden’s Delaware garage. Yet enough similarities exist that Justice could weigh charges in both cases, even if only misdemeanors. Here is the column: President Biden has declared that the criminal investigation into his possession of classified material ultimately will fizzle out because “ there is no ‘there’ there. ”