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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds felony disenfranchisement law

JURIST

A reasonable conclusion to draw from these textual features is that an affirmative act of government is required to restore what the government has taken away by its affirmative decision to prosecute and convict a person of a felony.

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Can You Obtain a U.S. Passport with a Felony Record?

LegalReader

A felony conviction is not something to be taken lightly. Whether you or someone you know is re-entering society after a felony charge and time served, there is a lot that may be affected.

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Chiropractor is Charged with Felony Sexual Misconduct

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Crimes Featured Article allegations care center chiropractor doctor felony female Kenneth Parker lawsuit malpractice Malpractice Lawsuit office patient patients physician practice sexual assault sexual misconduct suit waiver Washington women

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The Unfinished Business of Felony Murder

The Crime Report

The penalty for first degree felony murder is life in prison, without possibility of parole. The Massachusetts justices ruled that felony murder will no longer serve as an independent ground for a first-degree murder conviction.

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US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials

JURIST

Six states in the US allow for trials before six or eight-person juries in felony cases: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah. The post US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Texas Makes Buying Sex a Felony

The Crime Report

A new Texas law taking effect in September, 2021, will make buying sex a state felony instead of a misdemeanor, making the state the first in the country to to charge so-called “Johns” with a state jail felony, reports Click2Houston.

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Texas Officially Makes Performing Abortion a Felony

The Crime Report

Texas’ trigger law has officially gone into effect, making performing an abortion a felony punishable by up to life in prison and a civil penalty of not less than $100,000, plus attorney fees, with only narrow exceptions to save the life of a pregnant patient, reports the Texas Tribune.

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Study: Felony Convictions Impede Access to Stable Housing

The Crime Report

Even if they’ve never served time in prison, people who have felony convictions still have difficulty accessing stable housing. Photo via Flickr.

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What is the Difference Between a Misdemeanor Traffic Offense and a Felony Traffic Offense?

LegalReader

The distinction between a misdemeanor and a felony depends on the severity of the crime. When it comes to traffic offenses, some are more serious than others. Crimes traffic accidents traffic cameras traffic citations traffic collision traffic fines traffic laws

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Prior Felony Charges Shackle Portland’s Homeless to the Street

The Crime Report

The majority of Portland, Oregon’s homeless population find themselves unable to escape a life on the streets due to a criminal background they can’t shake off, specifically felony charges, reports Blair Best for KGW8.

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Felony Convictions Prevent 4.6 Million People From Voting: Report

The Crime Report

million people, will be barred from voting in 2022 due to state laws banning people with felony convictions from doing so, reports NPR. According to new research from The Sentencing Project, roughly 2 percent of the voting age population in the United States, 4.6

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Alabama Makes Gender-Affirming Care for Teens a Felony

The Crime Report

An Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender youth has gone into effect after Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill on April 8, reports Reuters.

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Florida Teachers Face Felony Charges if They Keep Banned Books on Shelves

The Crime Report

If teachers try to keep banned books on the shelves, they can face felony persecution. Following recent laws restricting books in Florida by Governor Ron DeSantis, in Manatee County, Florida, teachers have lost access to curating books for libraries; instead, only librarians called “media specialists” can, Judd Legum reports for Popular Information.

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Hawaii Commission Urges New State Felonies to Combat Public Corruption 

The Crime Report

A Hawaii standards commission has recommended new felony offenses for the state that would open up potential new state-level charges in corruption cases against Hawaiian officials, Blaze Lovell reports for Honolulu Civil Beat.

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“Supreme Court’s decision on felony suffrage hinges on understanding of state amendment process”

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“Supreme Court’s decision on felony suffrage hinges on understanding of state amendment process”: Bobby Harrison has this essay online at Mississippi Today. The post “Supreme Court’s decision on felony suffrage hinges on understanding of state amendment process” appeared first on How Appealing

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Baltimore Prosecutor Faces Felony Charges for Perjury

The Crime Report

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“5th Circ. skeptical of ban on gun purchases by people facing felony charges”

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skeptical of ban on gun purchases by people facing felony charges”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report. skeptical of ban on gun purchases by people facing felony charges” appeared first on How Appealing “5th Circ. And Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal reports that “ Judge Frustrated Over Lack of Historical Analysis in Gun Rights Case.”

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Texas Activists Oppose Bill Requiring 10-year Prison Sentence For Gun Felonies

The Crime Report

Texas Senator Joan Huffman has proposed a bill that would require a 10-year prison sentence for people who use a gun during the commission of a felony, William Melhado and Alejandro Serrano reports for The Texas Tribune. The bill, Senate Bill 23, has drawn concern from both criminal justice reform advocates and Second Amendment groups.

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Court limits definition of “violent felony” in federal gun-possession penalty

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Share A fractured Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of a key phrase in the Armed Career Criminal Act, ruling that crimes involving recklessness do not count as “violent felonies” for the purpose of triggering a key sentencing enhancement.

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Eighth Circuit Finds Third Person/Spousal-Victim Exception to Marital Privilege Applies in Felony Murder Case

EvidenceProf Blog

The federal confidential marital communications privilege protects against the admission of confidential marital communications between spouses, much like the attorney-client privilege protects against the admission of confidential communications between a client and her attorney.

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Washington state expands voting rights for individuals with felony convictions

JURIST

Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Wednesday expanding voting rights for persons with felony convictions. The post Washington state expands voting rights for individuals with felony convictions appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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Amid Cloud Of Secrecy, Judge Charged With Felony And Removed From Position

Above The Law

He's facing a felony menacing charge. Courts Colorado Crime Judge of the Day Mark Thompson State Judges

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Judge is charged with felony menacing in incident involving ‘AR-15 style rifle’

ABA Journal

The chief judge of Colorado’s 5th Judicial District has been charged with felony menacing in an incident allegedly involving an "AR-15 style rifle."

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In a Central Texas County, High Schoolers Are Jailed On Felony Charges For Vaping What Could Be Legal Hemp

The Crime Report

But if the Comal Independent School District catches one of its students down the road at Smithson Valley High School with a pound cake-flavored vape, they may end up in county jail, facing felony charges that would follow them the rest of their life. And he still has a felony looming.

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As Inflation Rises, So Do Felonies for Small-Time Thefts

The Crime Report

Advocates are pushing states to create updated felony standards, arguing that outdated laws, which vary wildly from state to state, are unfairly making felons out of people who committed minor crimes such as stealing a pair of shoes, reports Axios.

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Texas Judge Rules U.S. Can’t Stop People With Felony Indictments From Buying Guns

The Crime Report

District Judge David Counts has ruled that a federal law barring people under felony indictment from purchasing guns is unconstitutional, reports the Washington Post. Texas U.S.

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Felony-murder opinion filing tomorrow

At the Lectern

Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in People v. Gentile. Briefs here ; oral argument video here.) It will be the first decision in an October calendar case. Opinions in the other three October cases are expected by January 4. All of the cases had a Court of Appeal justice sitting pro tem. In Gentile , the court limited the issues to these: “1. Does the amendment to Penal Code section 188 by recently enacted Senate Bill No.

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Proud Boys HI founder pleads guilty to felony charges for Jan 6 riot participation

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The post Proud Boys HI founder pleads guilty to felony charges for Jan 6 riot participation appeared first on JURIST - News. Nicholas Ochs, founder of the Proud Boys Hawaii chapter, Friday pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C.

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Sacramento Shooting Suspect Won Early Release on Felony Charge

The Crime Report

Martin was freed in February after serving time for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, all nonviolent offenses under California law, which considers only about two dozen crimes to be violent felonies.

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Panel Holds that Ohio Aggravated Burglary Statute Does Not Count as Predicate Violent Felony under ACCA. 

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A)(1), does not qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act (commonly referred to as “ACCA”). A)(1) did qualify as a violent felony under ACCA. The post Panel Holds that Ohio Aggravated Burglary Statute Does Not Count as Predicate Violent Felony under ACCA.

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US Supreme Court rules reckless offenses do not qualify as ‘violent felony’

JURIST

The US Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that “reckless” crimes qualify as violent felonies for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The ACCA mandates a 15-year sentence for those persons found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm who have been convicted of three or more violent felonies in the past.

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Supreme Court will answer teed-up bail questions and decide felony-murder resentencing issue; it depublishes arbitration opinion

At the Lectern

The cases concern resentencing a defendant whose felony-murder conviction is tossed under subsequent legislation narrowing the felony-murder rule. Specifically, the issue is whether a court, when resentencing for the felony underlying the vacated felony-murder conviction, can include an enhancement related to the underlying felony.

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First Capitol Rioter Charged With Felony Sentenced to 8 Months

The Crime Report

Hodgkins, the first person to have pleaded guilty to a single felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding before Congress by storming the Capitol on Jan. Paul A.

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Georgia Makes Porch Piracy, Mail Theft a Felony

The Crime Report

A new law in Georgia is tackling the issues of porch piracy and mail theft by classifying certain degrees of the crimes as felonies, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Wastewater official faces felony charges for using city funds to pay employee’s law school tuition

ABA Journal

A California wastewater official faces felony state court charges of diverting public funds for personal use, after allegedly using municipal money to pay for an…

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Listen live, online to the Third Circuit’s reargument en banc in Range v. Attorney General, involving a Second Amendment challenge to the federal statute criminalizing the possession of guns by individuals convicted of a nonviolent felony

HowAppealing

Attorney General , involving a Second Amendment challenge to the federal statute criminalizing the possession of guns by individuals convicted of a nonviolent felony: You can access the live audio on YouTube via this link. Attorney General, involving a Second Amendment challenge to the federal statute criminalizing the possession of guns by individuals convicted of a nonviolent felony appeared first on How Appealing

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"Just About Any Felony": Court of Appeals of Georgia Finds Trial Judge Improperly Deemed Burglary a Crime of Dishonesty

EvidenceProf Blog

Similar to its federal counterpart, OCGA § 24-6-609(a) states the following: For the purpose of attacking the character for truthfulness of a witness: (1) Evidence that a witness other than an accused has been convicted of a crime shall be

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