Pennsylvania Launches Program to Clear Criminal Convictions
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Nearly three million people in Pennsylvania have a criminal record and more than 200,000 new criminal cases are filed each year.
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White Nationalist Group Escalates Activity, Prompts Calls for Stronger Legal Penalties
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Patriot Front, a white nationalist group whose members are accused of a misdemeanor count of conspiring to riot at an LGBTQ gathering and in downtown Coeur d’Alene in June, has escalated its activities.
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Petitions of the week: Three Second Amendment petitions and a Wiretap Act claim against Facebook
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 15, 2021
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. Servotronics Inc. Rolls-Royce PLC.
Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 19, 2021
The recent rape of a woman on a train in Pennsylvania has shocked and disgusted the nation, particularly after passengers did nothing to help the woman as she was allegedly attacked by Fiston Ngoy, 35. For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The charge was later dismissed. Bigan , 397 Pa. 316, 155 A.2d
Why Police are ‘Natural Allies’ in the Fight Against Drug Abuse
The Crime Report
APRIL 11, 2022
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. And yet, stigmatizing those who use drugs persists, even as our governments declare the opioid epidemic a public health emergency.
The Collaborative Courtroom: A Proposal
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 11, 2021
A groundbreaking study by the Rand Corporation and the University of Pennsylvania Law School makes this point. This isn’t the tail wagging the dog; this tail has swallowed the dog. This version of well-supported defense function made the prosecutors better prosecutors. Heaton was a co-author of the Rand/Penn study.).
Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 6 – Tim Carroll & Margaret Odgen
ALPS
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Margaret Ogden serves as the Wellness Coordinator in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, where she’s tasked with improving the mental health and wellbeing of Virginians in the legal profession through education, regulation and outreach. Bree, welcome. Bree Buchanan: . Absolutely. Welcome everybody.
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