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On April 16, Hong Kong’s High Court sentenced 10 of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy activists for their role in leading unauthorized protests in August 2019. Although the protests were peaceful and caused minimal disruption, the court nonetheless handed down a mix of prison and suspended sentences, ranging from 8 to 18 months. In prior unlawful assembly cases, judges had doled out much lighter penalties, often fining those convicted rather than jailing them.
Those convicted represented a virtual who’s who of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, many of whom had never faced criminal charges before. Former legislator Martin Lee, 82, often referred to as Hong Kong’s “father of democracy,” was given a suspended sentence of 11 months. His fellow former Legislative Council colleague and former chair of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Albert Ho was given a 12-month suspended sentence. Media mogul Jimmy Lai, 72, al
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Supreme Court Rejects Limits on Life Terms for Youths
The court, which has for years been cutting back on harsh punishments for juvenile offenders, changed course in a 6-to-3 decision.
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, said it was enough that the sentencing judge exercised discretion rather than automatically imposing a sentence of life without parole.Credit.Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
April 22, 2021Updated 1:54 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that judges need not determine that juvenile offenders are beyond hope of rehabilitation before sentencing them to die in prison. The decision, concerning a teenager who killed his grandfather, appeared to signal the end of a trend that had limited the availability of severe punishments for youths who commit crimes before they turn 18.
May 18th is not your typical, closed primary in which only registered Republicans and Democrats can vote. Every registered voter can cast a yes or no vote on the four different ballot questions. These questions seek to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution, the supreme law of our Commonwealth.
To be placed on the ballot, each of these questions had to overcome significant hurdles. The first three items were approved by a simple majority of legislators in both the Pennsylvania House and Senate in two consecutive sessions. They then had to be advertised in every county after each passage, at least three months prior to the next election. The fourth question was passed as an emergency referendum by two-thirds of each chamber of the Pennsylvania legislature in a single session. In all cases, the governor has no veto power over such actions.
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