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Children and Guns: Holding Parents Accountable

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In most states, violating the CAP law is a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a slap on the wrist. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? Michigan, where 35 percent of households own a firearm , doesn’t have a child access prevention law on its books. That may be what it takes.”.

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The ‘Assembly-Line’ Justice of Plea Bargaining

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In 1916, at a single Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan, workers also reported almost 200 severed fingers and 75,000 other injuries. This despite the fact that we know myriad innocent people charged with felonies plead guilty. Plea bargaining also exacerbates the rampant, original-sin racial disparities in the system.

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MA Record Expungement Bill Offers ‘Fresh Start’ to Juveniles

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Massachusetts already allows the sealing and expungement of some juvenile records after a period of time, but advocates are quick to note that it’s limited, and people with juvenile records still struggle to get some charges removed, while other misdemeanors don’t qualify for expungement in Massachusetts. .

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Garland Plays Chess, Trump Plays Checkers

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The new law upped the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony, and from a maximum of one year in jail to a maximum of five years in prison. As we know, Trump has been violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as amended and signed into law by himself in 2018. Gregg Barak. Gregg Barak , Ph.D. ,

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Advocates Rally For Latest Version Of New York’s ‘Clean Slate’ Bill 

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Senate Bill S211 would seal conviction records automatically after three years of a completed sentence for misdemeanors and seven years for felonies. Similar legislation earned bipartisan support and passed in Utah, Connecticut, California and Michigan. People convicted of sex crimes are excluded from the bill.

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A Criminal Case Fifty Years In The Making

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Yet at the press conference and Q & A following the arraignment District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the world that the 34 felony charges brought against defendant Trump were nothing more than the Manhattan office engaging in its everyday prosecution of “bread and butter” white-collar crimes. And, ultimately, not the American people.”

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Federal Judge Says Capitol Rioter ‘Not a Political Prisoner’

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District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Washington said Karl Dresch of Calumet, Michigan, was sentenced to six months in prison because of his actions, not his political views, and that others who joined the attack on Congress as it met to confirm the results of the 2020 presidential election could face prison time, reports the Washington Post.