JURIST
AUGUST 4, 2021
Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750. Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000. Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, defended the couple describing them as law-abiding homeowners protecting their property.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 29, 2021
17 to face charges on a misdemeanor sex crime relating to an allegation that he “forcibly” touched a staff member. The charge, a Class A misdemeanor, carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail, reports The City. The former governor, Murphy said, is “not above the law and he’s not below it.
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JURIST
MAY 28, 2024
The Matareya Misdemeanor Court of Appeal upheld former Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Tantawy’s sentence of one year in prison for incitement and assistance in the crime of printing and circulating electoral process papers without permission, his lawyer announced on Monday.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 29, 2024
After the first week of testimony, the trial of Donald Trump is increasingly looking like a mad prosecution machine by lawyers who don’t take law too seriously. After all, the base charge is a simple misdemeanor under a New York law against falsifying business records. It was so implausible as to be impossible.
JURIST
JANUARY 11, 2024
The hearing was initiated by House Republicans who accused Mayorkas of failing to follow immigration law and of violating the public trust as border crossings have reached record levels. He blames the high 10,000 border encounters a day as a direct result of Mayorkas’ refusal to enforce the laws of Congress.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 21, 2022
New York is moving to end a requirement that law school graduates report past arrests and police interactions short of convictions in order to become practicing attorneys, following a new report finding that excessive screening discourages people of color from applying to law school and the bar, reports Bloomberg News.
JURIST
OCTOBER 3, 2021
Donziger appealed the district judges’ decision, arguing that the injunction wrongfully encroached on his ability to enforce the Ecuadorian judgment in other countries on behalf of his clients, devastated his law practice, and would preclude his clients from financing an appeal by selling interests in the Ecuadorian judgment.
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