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Beards and Brady (i.e., religious freedom and criminal procedure)

SCOTUSBlog

Convicted CEO asks justices whether Brady imposes a due diligence requirement on defendants. United States , the justices are asked to decide whether a due diligence requirement exists for defendants advancing claims under Brady v. Muslim prisoner argues that Georgia corrections’ limit on beard lengths violates his religious exercise.

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Arbitration (again), habeas (again), and excessive police force (again)

SCOTUSBlog

Among other things, AEDPA precludes a federal court reviewing a conviction on habeas from considering evidence outside the state-court record if a prisoner or his attorney failed to diligently develop the claim’s factual basis in state court, subject to exceptions not relevant here. Maryland , 20-101. In Shinn v. Badgerow v.

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Court Officers Told Jurors Not To Discuss Cases During Deliberations, Says Grand Jury Foreman

The Crime Report

But the attorney also noted that Evans had supposedly been carrying “a lot of cash on his person” already for the purpose of his road trip from Maryland to New York — a long Uber ride to visit his ailing grandmother. Fernando has lost sleep, he said, wondering if the grand jury had done its due diligence. “It It felt wrong,” he said.

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Can U.S. Policing Be Saved?

The Crime Report

So, we have to be vigilant, diligent, and hold people accountable to create a workforce that is not only diverse in appearance, but also in terms of mindsets that are reflective of the community and that community’s values.”. Maryland recently became the first state to repeal the Law Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Maryland Appellate Court Allowed Redaction of Attorney General’s Application to Participate in Special Assistant AG Program. Chevron also asserted that Annapolis’s allegations that the companies concealed and misrepresented their products’ contributions to climate change were “a strained attempt to evade federal jurisdiction.” BP p.l.c. ,

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Anne Arundel County, Maryland filed a motion in federal court in Maryland to remand its case to state court. They requested a continuation of the stay, with a joint status report and proposal for next steps to be due by July 6. King County v. BP p.l.c. , 2:18-cv-00758 (W.D. June 28, 2021).

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