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New Jersey Expands Expungement Eligibility for Drug Court Grads

The Crime Report

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill that expands the offenses eligible for expungement for drug court graduates, creating a path to expungement for recovering addicts who had been convicted of nonviolent, nonsexual child endangerment, reports the Asbury Park Press.

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As Inflation Rises, So Do Felonies for Small-Time Thefts

The Crime Report

Advocates are pushing states to create updated felony standards, arguing that outdated laws, which vary wildly from state to state, are unfairly making felons out of people who committed minor crimes such as stealing a pair of shoes, reports Axios.

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Does Expunging Criminal Records Offer a More Feasible Re-entry? 

The Crime Report

So-called “second chance laws” involving felony charges often take longer to clear than misdemeanors. In addition, as part of the law, former offenders don’t have to check yes when asked if they’ve committed a felony, which often works as a barrier for formerly incarcerated people.

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DOJ continues pursuing January 6 cases

JURIST

On the same day, one man was sentenced to ten years in prison and a second pled guilty to felony charges. Julian Khater, a rioter from of Somerset, New Jersey, plead guilty to assaulting officers with a deadly weapon. The DOJ charged an attorney for the Oath Keepers militia group with conspiracy and obstruction.

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Opinions filing tomorrow about mother’s poisoning of her baby, right to jury finding on sentencing issue

At the Lectern

d)) was a serious felony (id., §§ 667, subd. (a)(1), New Jersey (2000) 530 U.S. When the court granted review in Cabrera in December 2021 , it limited the issues to: “Did the sentencing court err by finding petitioner’s conviction for battery with serious bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 243, subd. (d)) a)(1), 1192.7,

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

The Crime Report

In Arizona, the legislatures enacted eight new laws, including broad record clearing, as well as two new laws that improved occupational licensing opportunities and a judicial “second chance” certificate. We have come a long way in the past five years, but there is still a long way to go.”.

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Justice Arguelles to be remembered at December oral argument session

At the Lectern

d)) was a serious felony (id., §§ 667, subd. (a)(1), New Jersey (2000) 530 U.S. In re Cabrera : When the court granted review in December 2021 , it limited the issues to: “Did the sentencing court err by finding petitioner’s conviction for battery with serious bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 243, subd. (d)) a)(1), 1192.7,