JURIST

JULY 4, 2023

Sharon Basch is a rising 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Within the last few years, the US Supreme Court has seen a large volume of what are and will be considered landmark cases – cases that have a lasting and significant effect on law, often concerning individual rights and liberties. Milligan and Moore v.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

But when it comes to arresting students for so-called “disruption” — the most subjective of all school-based offenses, which can entail protests and even the filming of misbehaving school police officers — officers’ outsize power is potentially unconstitutional, argue the authors of a paper published in the Lewis & Clark Law Review.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 30, 2021

Janet Mills has just one day to approve the bill, which decriminalizes offenses committed by people sold into the sex trade and instead provides them with social services and career and education opportunities. Proponents of this “equality” approach also want pimps and traffickers to face stricter punishments.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

Even worse, those laws exacerbate labor shortages by taking willing workers out of the job market who could fill essential jobs in critical fields. During the 2021 legislative session, 10 legislatures made significant progress in adopting laws that expand licensing opportunities for people with criminal histories.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And while we must revisit decades-long sentences, addressing misdemeanors, which make up more than 80 percent of all criminal cases, is also critical. Many reform-minded prosecutors are following her lead in ending the prosecution of certain misdemeanors and reallocating resources to address more serious crimes. Miriam Krinsky.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Turns out the payments of hush money to at least two women—misdemeanor offenses—were not really what these indictments were all about. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. Not various public officials he leaned on to break the law. Not the president of Ukraine.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In reaction to nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism, law enforcement agency budgets in many urban areas were slated to be slashed in 2021.Some They argue it’s the only way to restore law and order in American cities. Meanwhile, statistics on violent crime paint a grim picture.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

Restorative Justice programs can operate on various levels, IIP explains, noting that some communities defer to law enforcement, while others look to community-based organizations or nonprofits to work alongside state actors to implement change. Smaller Communities, Big Changes. The full report can be accessed here. .

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 14, 2023

” The petition asked for “recognition of the elephants’ common law right to bodily liberty protected by habeas corpus.” Had the defendant’s conviction been of a misdemeanor instead of later reduced to a misdemeanor, lifetime registration would have been discretionary instead of mandatory.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

This year’s rich harvest brings the total number of criminal record reforms enacted in the past three years to over 400 separate laws,” the report said, celebrating what it said was a bipartisan commitment to end “unwarranted discrimination” against the formerly incarcerated. not disenfranchising at all).

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ALPS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Margaret Ogden serves as the Wellness Coordinator in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, where she’s tasked with improving the mental health and wellbeing of Virginians in the legal profession through education, regulation and outreach. The Path to Well-Being in Law. What do I know about the law?

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 19, 2023

Senate Bill S211 would seal conviction records automatically after three years of a completed sentence for misdemeanors and seven years for felonies. Advocates gathered in Albany on Tuesday as New York lawmakers are set to introduce the latest version of the Clean Slate Act. People convicted of sex crimes are excluded from the bill.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 17, 2022

She was less specific on the details: “It could be a felony , it could be a misdemeanor, but we know that CPS charge could harm your employment, could harm their education, because nowadays many people do a CPS database search before offering employment.” Abigail Spanberger (D.,

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

. “We don’t have strong enough laws,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald told reporters at a Dec. That law doesn’t require the gun purchaser to use the safety device sold with their firearm. And, there are no federal laws mandating gun storage practices after the owner takes position of a legally purchased firearm.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. I have a legal education.” ” Under Section 948.60(2)(a)

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The Crime Report

APRIL 11, 2022

police chief) and his academic colleagues found that a majority of police officers surveyed “perceived control” over their decision to arrest for misdemeanors (69 percent) or confiscate drug paraphernalia like syringes (56 percent). A recent study published by Brandon del Pozo (the former Burlington, Vt.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2021

I can understand interference with an educational institution but she is also charged with burglary, WFOR reported. ” Thus, the basis could be that she intended to interfere with an educational institution and the school was not open to the public. The charges are odd. The state criminal code at Section 810.02

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Rittenhouse is facing six charges that range from first-degree homicide to a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. At this stage, the prosecution may celebrate even a misdemeanor conviction. It is either the product of systemic errors or systemic racism. Prosecution’s bumpy start, and finish.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Talking to people who are not attorneys will help ensure that your strategy is translating well, and they can help you think of options outside of the law that you may have overlooked. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. What is the “backstory” that brought you to this particular career path in Law?

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The Crime Report

MAY 12, 2022

An author of the recent report that examined all 50 states’ restorative rights laws mirrored Cook’s point. “We’re about breaking barriers for the formerly incarcerated by providing resources and educating the community about what reentry is,” said Toy Beasley, a community advocate and founding member of the council. “We

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JonathanTurley

JULY 13, 2023

Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio charged Durant with a “federal misdemeanor charge under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.” Before trashing the table, she told the students, “You’re not educating s–t […] This is f–king propaganda. What are you going to do, like, anti-trans next? This is bulls–t.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The charges in all but one of the 40 cases were elevated from misdemeanors to felonies based on legal technicalities allowed under Illinois law — that the altercations happened at a “public place” or that the victim was a medical professional — rather than the seriousness of the acts. We are not a criminal law enforcement entity.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Cities, too, are enforcing misgendering rules; for example, the New York City Human Rights Law allows for fines if employers, landlords or professionals fail to use a preferred name, pronoun or title. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

She did not return calls to The Imprint , but her campaign pledges include protecting victims’ rights, enforcing the law and holding offenders accountable. Becton received a degree from the Golden Gate University School of Law in 1986, and a master’s degree in theological studies at the Pacific School of Religion in 2015.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Department of Justice, as director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) during Bill Clinton’s administration, Travis helped to advance the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (Crime Bill) of 1994. It was a great way for a young person to get an education. Later, at the U.S. He also helped spark the reentry movement.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First, the court found that Exxon failed to show that federal common law justified removal, even if it might provide a defense. and non-U.S.

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