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The Crime Report
APRIL 8, 2022
From about the 1600s, they had a gigantic Criminal Code where everything was a felony and every felony was punishable by death. So, the courts do an about face, give up that strategy, and begin prosecuting individual workers, instead of groups, under broad statutes like drunk and disorderly or vagrancy.
The Crime Report
MARCH 7, 2022
More than 60 crimes fall under the hate crime statute in New York, from simple menacing to possession of a biological weapon. The state data shows that the more serious felony arrests for hate crimes yielded felony convictions — whether as a hate crime or not — in 19 percent of the cases closed citywide between 2015 and 2020.
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law. If so, there would be a host of local Democratic and federal officials who could be charged on that basis.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 18, 2024
In New York, the legislature changed the statute of limitations to allow Trump to be sued while New York Attorney General Letitia James effectively ran on a pledge of selectively prosecuting him. Shapiro professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 2, 2023
Below is my column in the New York Post on the level of joy being expressed by many over the indictment of former president Donald Trump, including former FBI Director James Comey. Bragg may try to accomplish this Frankensteinian feat by converting this into a felony. The public pressure worked. Bragg caved.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 15, 2024
Below is my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial today in New York. Here is the column: The famous Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero once said, “The more laws, the less justice.” However, this is a Pyrrhic victory for the New York legal system. Dunne and Mark F.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Below is my column in the New York Post on the confirmation that Hunter Biden will finally appear before Congress on December 13th. If he is found to have lied, he can be charged with a criminal felony. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.
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