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Reviving the ‘Power of a Pardon’

The Crime Report

Pardons are also the only state relief mechanism in America recognized by federal immigration law that would allow “a non-citizen convicted of an aggravated felony to avoid mandatory deportation and remove the conviction-related bar to citizenship.”. The full report can be accessed here.

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We are public defenders. New York’s gun laws eviscerate our clients’ Second Amendment rights.

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Nonetheless, New York prosecutors charged Jose with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a “violent felony” that applies to virtually all simple firearm possession cases in New York, both outside and inside the home. In District of Columbia v. Faced with a 3.5-year Bruen ends prosecutions like Jose’s.

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Ghost guns, six-person juries, and discretionary visa decisions

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The solicitor general now seeks review , supported by the District of Columbia and 20 states , which have filed a friend-of-the-court brief. All raise the same question: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when a criminal defendant is charged with a felony. citizen children.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Southern District of California rejected challenges to waivers of environmental laws granted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for certain types of border wall construction projects in San Diego County. In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No.

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Can We Bet on Trump Sticking Around for Prosecution?

The Crime Report

This bargain had apparently involved dropping two of three felonies, but had not included an agreement on the sentence. Donald Trump will be convicted on numerous felony charges. A District of Columbia jury, properly instructed, will return at least one guilty verdict, and Trump will face sentencing. The Georgia R.I.C.O

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

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Her mother hails from Jamaica, while her late father was the son of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2002 to 2003. Early life and career. A native of southern California, Kruger is the daughter of two physicians. Kruger went from the D.C. Following the U.S.

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