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Utah judge temporarily blocks state abortion ban

JURIST

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.

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US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials

JURIST

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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Utah Self-Defense Law Makes It Harder to Charge Problem Cops

The Crime Report

While many states have made it easier for prosecutors to criminally charge officers accused in fatal shootings of civilians, Utah has made it harder. Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. Utah State Rep.

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Slain NYPD Officer Exemplifies Nationwide Spike in Line-of-Duty Deaths

The Crime Report

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.

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Reviving the ‘Power of a Pardon’

The Crime Report

Pardons are also the only state relief mechanism in America recognized by federal immigration law that would allow “a non-citizen convicted of an aggravated felony to avoid mandatory deportation and remove the conviction-related bar to citizenship.”. The full report can be accessed here.

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Patriot Front Member Who Targeted Pride Event For “Grooming Kids” Pleads Guilty To Child Sexual Exploitation

The Crime Report

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.

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New York Jury Finds Time Square Killer “Not Responsible” for Killing or Injuring 23 People

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Four states—Kansas, Utah, Idaho, and Montana—have eliminated the defense entirely and only an estimated one percent of all felony cases involve an insanity plea. However, the defense argued that this was not indifference but insanity. It is fairly rare to win a case on the grounds of an insanity defense.

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