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Ohio grand jury declines to charge woman with abuse of corpse after at-home miscarriage

JURIST

A grand jury declined to return an indictment Thursday against Brittany Watts, an Ohio woman facing an abuse of corpse charge after suffering a miscarriage in her home. The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office stated that, after evaluating the case, they believed Watts did not violate the Ohio Criminal Statute of Abuse of a Corpse.

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Ohio judge temporarily blocks ban on telemedicine abortions

JURIST

Ohio judge Alison Hatheway granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday which temporarily blocks an Ohio law banning telemedicine abortions. The post Ohio judge temporarily blocks ban on telemedicine abortions appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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SPJ Condemns Arrest of Ohio Journalist Accused of Wiretapping

The Crime Report

The charge against him is a fourth-degree felony under Ohio law, which carries six to 18 months in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. “The incompetency of local law enforcement to abide by basic legal proceedings would be comical if it were not so concerning,” said CPJ U.S.

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Sixth Circuit Upholds Ohio Law Banning Aborting Babies With Down Syndrome

JonathanTurley

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit this week upheld an Ohio law that bans doctors from performing abortions when they know the reason a woman is seeking an abortion is that her baby has Down syndrome. The new law, H.B. It is a major win for pro-life advocates but could face an appeal to the Supreme Court.

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States Increase Efforts to End ‘Internal Exile’ of Former Incarcerees: Report

The Crime Report

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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The Prison Credential Dilemma

The Crime Report

Lindsay interviewed 50 formerly incarcerated men in Ohio about how they used their prison credentials in their job search strategies. In the article, Lindsay cites previous research that shows that white men with a felony are as likely to be called back by an employer as Black men without a felony record.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 10 to April 14, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC has already issued such an extension three times since the initial compliance deadline of May 26, 2015, as the NAB contends that there still is no workable technology that can perform the functions required by the rule (see our Broadcast Law Blog article here from the last extension 5 years ago).

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