JURIST
JULY 12, 2022
Judge Andrew Stone of the Third Judicial District Court of the State of Utah Monday temporarily enjoined the Criminal Abortion Ban Act, allowing Planned Parenthood to pursue its lawsuit against the state. The act also states that anyone who violates the act faces a second degree felony. Wade was overturned.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
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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The Crime Report
AUGUST 3, 2021
While many states have made it easier for prosecutors to criminally charge officers accused in fatal shootings of civilians, Utah has made it harder. The new law allows those accused of a crime to ask for an extra court hearing if they believe they acted in self-defense. Recently, after West Valley City, Utah Police Sgt.
The Crime Report
MAY 30, 2023
One of the 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front who are facing charges related to an alleged conspiracy riot at a 2022 Idaho Pride event has now separately pleaded guilty in Utah to a number of felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, Alberto Luperon reports for Law & Crime.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 24, 2022
The killings of police officers in jurisdictions as different as New York City and Utah over the past weekend have underlined a spike in line of duty death for cops facing armed suspects during what were expected to be “routine” calls.
The Crime Report
JUNE 27, 2022
So-called “trigger” laws have already gone into effect in states where anti-abortion statutes are already on the books have been activated by the decision. Below is an updating guide to states with now-active legislation or trigger laws banning or criminalizing abortion. Law : Alabama HB314 2019. The pushback was just as swift.
The Crime Report
MARCH 3, 2022
There have been more than 250 new laws passed in that 18-month period alone — amazing state efforts to roll back the malign effects of the 30-year crime war,” the CCRC details. On a more broad spectrum, a pardon may be necessary to enable anyone to run for elected office, or simply secure a professional or business license.
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