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White Nationalist Group Escalates Activity, Prompts Calls for Stronger Legal Penalties

The Crime Report

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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MA Record Expungement Bill Offers ‘Fresh Start’ to Juveniles

The Crime Report

For some individuals in Massachusetts, getting old juvenile records expunged has been a lifelong process, in many cases preventing them getting an education, housing, or job opportunities. . For felony charges, the Salem News details that petitioners have to wait at least seven years, misdemeanors mean waiting three years.

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Three men plead guilty to charges related to Jan. 6 US Capitol attack

JURIST

The individuals include Florida man Mitchell Todd Gardner II, Troy Sargent of Massachusetts, and Nathaniel DeGrave of Nevada. . Sargent pleaded guilty to “felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and civil disorder, as well as four related misdemeanor offenses,” according to the DOJ.

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To help stop domestic violence, uphold concealed-carry regulations that utilize local knowledge

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Some states and tribes also restrict firearm possession by adjudicated domestic abusers, and many have more expansive laws , covering a larger category of relationships, including conduct such as intimate partner stalking misdemeanor convictions, or restricting firearms access for respondents to ex parte protective orders.

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Restorative Justice Gains Support in America’s Smaller Communities

The Crime Report

The Pine County’s Probation Department collaborates with experts in the program to work with juveniles that have been charged with misdemeanors and felonies that are not homicides or sex crimes. .

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States Increase Efforts to End ‘Internal Exile’ of Former Incarcerees: Report

The Crime Report

Arizona also repealed a law authorizing suspension of driver’s licenses for failure to pay and authorized its courts to redesignate some felonies as misdemeanors, the report details. . The CCRC researchers note that these states have been “equally unproductive in 2020 and 2019” as well.

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Children and Guns: Holding Parents Accountable

The Crime Report

In California, Colorado and Massachusetts, a firearm owner can face liability after leaving a gun where a child merely has the potential to gain access. In most states, violating the CAP law is a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a slap on the wrist. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge?