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California Legal Weed Industry Overwhelmed by Illicit Market

The Crime Report

While California’s cannabis market is booming nearly five years after voters legalized recreational weed, the vast majority of pot sales are still underground, with the state’s illegal market approaching $8 billion annually, twice the volume of legal sales, reports Politico.

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Is it Legal to Track Employees with Vehicle GPS Tracking?

LawTechnologyToday

The legal framework for using GPS tracking for business affairs varies from country to country, and this poses a challenge for companies that have to comply with the laws in place in order to continue their operations. e) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor. (f) So, is vehicle GPS tracking legal? Conclusion.

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No Bail for Pretrial Detainees Means No Vote

The Crime Report

Nationally, about 100,000 people serve sentences for misdemeanors in jails on any given day, according to estimates from the Prison Policy Initiative, a criminal justice think tank. The lack of government attention to jail voting has persisted even as the number of pretrial detainees in the United States has more than tripled since the 1970s.

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Petitions of the week: Three Second Amendment petitions and a Wiretap Act claim against Facebook

SCOTUSBlog

Raymond Holloway cannot possess firearms because of a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence. Issue : Whether a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violates the Second Amendment. . § Rosen and Folajtar v. Holloway v. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc.

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To Combat Opioid Overdoses, Texas Gov Greg Abbott Supports Decriminalizing Fentanyl Testing Strips

The Crime Report

Greg Abbott says he supports decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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“Enticing The Crowd With Music”: Miami Police Charge Rapper With Rioting Offenses

JonathanTurley

That creates a dangerously fluid and subjective basis for criminal charge, even a misdemeanor. All persons guilty of an affray shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. . — Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 775.082 or s. Here are the provisions: 870.01?

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Another gun case waits in the wings

SCOTUSBlog

They searched the vehicle as well as Whitaker and his family, found an amount of marijuana legally permissible in the District belonging to Whitaker’s girlfriend, and seized both the marijuana and Whitaker’s gun that was stored in a lockbox in the trunk. Whitaker v. District of Columbia Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board.