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Oberlin’s Revenge Mania: College Finally Runs Out of Appeals in Campaign Against Family-Owned Bakery

JonathanTurley

The Ohio Supreme Court had rejected what should be Oberlin College’s final appeal of a verdict in favor of Gibson’s Bakery. Instead, Amber and the Board will simply ask alumni to foot the bill for a legal effort that seems to become little more than a revenge fetish. million payment in attorney fees.

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Court asked to review prosecution of Jan. 6 participants, with implications for Trump

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Miller was charged with assaulting Capitol police, a felony, and disorderly conduct inside the Capitol building, a misdemeanor. Garrett Miller was one of thousands of Trump supporters arrested in the aftermath of Jan. Seeking a higher sentence, prosecutors also charged Miller with violating Section 1512(c). Chiaverini v.

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Private Prisons Exert Dark Influence Over Carceral State: Paper

The Crime Report

have emerged as a powerful political voice and exerted an influence that has distorted justice systems across the country, according to an Ohio State University Legal Studies Research Paper. As a result, for-profit prison companies in the U.S.

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Alvin Bragg has his Trump trial, All he Needs Now is a Crime

JonathanTurley

Indeed, if all of these facts of payments, non-disclosure agreements, and affairs are proven many of us (including liberal legal experts) are doubtful that there is any cognizable crime. Ohio , 378 U.S. He did this by paying to quash a potentially embarrassing story and then reimbursing his lawyer with other legal expenses.

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Victimization vs. Criminalization: The Trump Predicament 

The Crime Report

While these political vs. legal interpretations of reality capture the moment in the ongoing saga of Donald Trump, I do not believe that the label of victim is “baked in” nor that his narrative of victimhood will be the prevailing one.

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