Justices Refuse To Limit Life Sentences For Minors By
Jack Karp | April 22, 2021, 4:22 PM EDT Juveniles convicted of murder can be sentenced to life in prison without parole without being found to be permanently incorrigible by a judge, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
In a 6-3 decision in Jones v. Mississippi, the justices held that the Eighth Amendment does not require judges to find that a person convicted of a murder they committed before they were 18 is forever irredeemable before sentencing them to life without parole.
The petitioner, Brett Jones, who was given such a sentence after being convicted of murder for killing his grandfather when he was 15, had argued that the high court s rulings in two previous cases Miller v. Alabama and Montgomery v. Louisiana barred the judge in his case from condemning him to life in prison without first finding that he was permanently incorrigible, a standard that comes from the Montgomery decision.
How This High Court Case Could Affect Police Abuse Suits By
Marco Poggio | April 4, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT Attorneys all seem to agree: When a prosecutor dismisses charges against a defendant, that s an ultimate win. The defendant can heave a sigh of relief, and walk free without the burden of a trial and the potential costs associated with it.
But to criminal defendants who allege police misconduct and plan to file civil lawsuits, a dismissal could mean doom.
A case involving a Brooklyn man who sued the New York Police Department on misconduct allegations in 2014 presents a compelling case in point: the man, Larry Thompson, was arrested and charged with misdemeanors.
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Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS DOJ
WASHINGTON – An Illinois man was sentenced March 3 2021 to 12 years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, a foreign terrorist organization (aka ISIS).
Joseph D. Jones, 38, of Zion, Illinois, was convicted by a federal jury on one count of conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS in 2019. According to court documents, Jones advocated on social media for violent extremism in support of the terrorist group. In 2015, Jones began meeting with undercover FBI employees and individuals who, unbeknownst to Jones, were cooperating with law enforcement. During the meetings, Jones discussed his devotion to ISIS and his commitment to ISIS principles.
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Federal prosecutors are moving forward with scores of cases against people in the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote for Joe Biden.
Videos of the siege which left five people dead have allowed investigators to identify and arrest more than 100 of these insurrectionists. Much still needs to be discovered about those who organized and carried out the attack. In the coming months, Congress and the Biden administration will be facing hard questions about the adequacy of the U.S. response to the growing domestic extremist threat.