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Off-duty Virginia police officer sentenced to 87 months for January 6 riot

JURIST

The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Moerschel is additionally charged with destruction of government property and aiding and abetting. Fifty-five people have been charged to date with crimes related to the attack on the US Capitol.

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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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Why Police are ‘Natural Allies’ in the Fight Against Drug Abuse

The Crime Report

And yet, stigmatizing those who use drugs persists, even as our governments declare the opioid epidemic a public health emergency. The harm reduction organization Eleyvst , the Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance (PRO-A) , and the data firm RIWI sought to do just that with their new, ambitious public opinion survey.

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Locked and Loaded: Third Circuit Declares Federal Gun Law Unconstitutional Over Ex-Felon Rights

JonathanTurley

However, when Range pleaded guilty in 1995, his conviction was classified as a Pennsylvania misdemeanor punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. Range received three years’ probation (which he completed) and had to pay thousands in fines. That triggered the federal ban.

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The Collaborative Courtroom: A Proposal

The Crime Report

John Adams believed that the jury trial and representative government were “the heart and lungs of liberty.”. I consider the trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution,” he wrote in a letter to Thomas Paine. Thomas Jefferson thought so too. “I

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Supreme Court takes three cases and depublishes three opinions; dissenting votes in four review denials

At the Lectern

The unpublished opinion of the First District, Division One, affirmed the sustaining of a wardship petition for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, the court limited the issue to: “Can a public entity be held liable under Government Code section 830.8 ” (Emphasis added.) .”

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Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 6 – Tim Carroll & Margaret Odgen

ALPS

Prior to joining her job where she currently is now, I think this is so interesting, Margaret, you served as the staff attorney for the Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Fairness. As you touched on, my last position was a policy position working for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

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