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Feb 21 2024
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Bill to add more ways to carry out death penalty advances from House Criminal Justice
A bill to expand methods used to carry out the death penalty and to provide protections for those involved, like drug companies that provide the ingredients used for lethal injection, passed in House Criminal Justice Tuesday. Bill sponsor Hammond Representative Nicholas Muscarello was asked by Pineville Representative Mike Johnson why the state has difficulty carrying out death sentences. “We
Louisiana Radio NetworkMay 07 2024
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New Kansas coalition seeks to legalize adult use of cannabis, expunge criminal records • Kansas Reflector
OVERLAND PARK — Leaders of a new politically diverse coalition said Tuesday they were committed to supporting candidates for the Kansas Legislature dedicated to ending the state’s prohibition on recreational cannabis and to expunging criminal records tied to marijuana. Prairie Village City Council member Inga Selders, founder of the Cannabis Justice Coalition, said it was frustrating to
Kansas ReflectorApr 20 2024
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If You’re a Criminal, This Is the County to Avoid
POLK COUNTY, Fla.—Across a six-decade career, beginning as a 16-year-old ambulance driver to his ascension as America’s most renowned lawman, Grady Judd has made one thing clear. He’s that guy, that old-school sheriff whose tough-talking press conferences garner national attention, but he’s also a lifelong student of integrating new-school techniques with emerging technologies, a pioneering
The Epoch TimesApr 07 2024
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Justice Not Jails' canvassing for Measure 1 had impact on voters
The Justice Not Jails coalition (JNJ) was formed by a group of community organizers to develop and advocate for policies related to criminal justice reform, behavioral health care access, and public safety in Spokane County. JNJ’s work in 2023 was centered around Spokane County’s Measure 1, a ballot initiative that would have enacted a sales tax to pay for two new jails. Rather than just
Spokesman ReviewApr 28 2024
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CA Department of Justice to probe Long Beach police shooting
The California Attorney General announced Sunday his office will investigate the fatal shooting of an allegedly armed man who police said broke into a Long Beach home. Rob Bonta said the investigation is in compliance with California state mandates. "Following the (shooting), DOJ's California Police Shooting Investigation Team initiated an investigation in accordance with AB 1506 mandates,"
CBS News (Online)Apr 28 2024
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Criminalizing homelessness reveals society’s cruelty and solves nothing
The health of a culture can be evaluated by two observations: how the citizens of that culture conduct themselves in public and how well vulnerable members of a society are cared for by their culture. On both counts the homeless crisis in America highlights failures of our culture that we need to work together to remedy. In cities across the country, homeless encampments and the squalor that
Las Vegas SunMay 05 2024
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Burgum: Convicting Trump on 'Filing Error' Is 'Travesty of Justice'
Democrat prosecutors achieving a conviction of presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for a "business error" from before the 2016 election would be a "travesty of justice," North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum warned Sunday. "If he becomes a convicted felon in this case, that's just, a travesty of justice," Burgum told CNN's "State of the Union." "Again, it's not illegal to pay
Newsmax (News)May 05 2024
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Burgum says a Trump conviction would be a ‘travesty of justice’
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said it would be a “travesty of justice” if former President Trump is convicted in the New York hush money trial. “Well, if he becomes a convicted felon in this case, that’s a just, a travesty of justice because as I just said, when you’ve got a business filing error, that is for something that was again, it’s not illegal to pay people for non disclosure
The HillMar 20 2023
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Biden signs measure to block D.C. criminal reforms
On Monday, President Joe Biden signed into law a congressional override of changes to the Washington, D.C., criminal code that would have relaxed penalties for violent crimes. The Senate voted 81-14 in favor of the plan earlier this month after Biden indicated he would not veto any congressional override. The GOP-led House in February passed the block by a 250-173 margin. Perceived by many as
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