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A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by Democrats challenging Wisconsin’s absentee voting regulations, a decision that preserves the law in advance of the upcoming presidential election. U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson dismissed the lawsuit, citing the law’s longstanding presence since the 1960s. The ruling maintains Wisconsin’s requirement for witness signatures on absentee…
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Four flight attendants found themselves in custody following an extensive investigation uncovering their involvement in a sophisticated operation to smuggle $8 million in drug money from New York to the Dominican Republic. The flight attendants facing charges include Charlie Hernandez, Sarah Valerio Pujols, Emmanuel Torres, and Jarol Fabio, with allegations ranging from operating an unlicensed…
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An indictment was unsealed on Thursday, May 9, charging a former correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Tallahassee with sexual acts with an inmate in federal custody. The indictment alleges that, between June 2023, and August 2023, Kerontrez Lamar Kenon, 22, of Midway, Florida, engaged in sexual acts with an inmate while employed…
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A recent report released by Reprieve has shed light on significant racial disparities in lethal injection executions in the United States, uncovering a disturbing trend of errors disproportionately affecting Black prisoners. Despite comprising only a third of those executed, Black prisoners account for half of the mishandled cases, according to the findings. The report highlights…
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The American Bar Association’s legal education arm may soon endorse lawyer licensing pathways that don’t involve passing the bar exam, potentially softening a pro-bar exam stance the organization has held for more than a century. While still in preliminary stages, such a move would represent a shift in the hard-line position on bar admission held…
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Tennessee lawmakers have passed a controversial bill permitting school staff to carry concealed handguns, a move aimed at enhancing school safety in the wake of a deadly shooting in Nashville. The bill, which garnered support from legislators, requires school staff to undergo 40 hours of specialized training annually. Despite opposition and protests, the bill aligns…
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Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. “The majority today holds that due process never requires the minimal check of a retention hearing before a police officer deprives an innocent owner of her car for months or years,” Sotomayor wrote. Plaintiff Lena Sutton’s vehicle was seized while it was being driven by a friend who…
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Bryn Spejcher, a California woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter after stabbing a man to death, is appealing her conviction, claiming she was in a drug-induced state during the incident. The fatal stabbing occurred while Spejcher was under the influence of potent marijuana. In December 2023, Spejcher was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the death…
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In a tragic incident, Florida deputies responding to a disturbance call mistakenly entered the wrong apartment, fatally shooting Senior Airman Roger Fortson, a Black U.S. Air Force officer, who was home alone. The shooting occurred on May 3 in Fort Walton Beach. According to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents Fortson’s family, the deputies,…
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A federal grand jury in Memphis, Tennessee, has returned an eight-count indictment against former Memphis Police Officer Patric J. Ferguson. The indictment charges Ferguson with federal civil rights violations, kidnapping, and weapons offenses in connection with the fatal shooting of a victim identified as R.H. Additionally, Ferguson and civilian Joshua M. Rogers face federal charges…
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