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Missouri Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

by Jo Ellen Nott

On November 8, 2022, voters in Missouri passed a ballot initiative legalizing cannabis for recreational use after having approved marijuana for medical use four years earlier. Amendment 3, or Legal Missouri 2022, passed with 53% voter support. The medical marijuana initiative passed with 65% of the ...

Three Former Pennsylvania Cops Plead Guilty in Tragic Shooting Death of 8-Year-old Girl

by Jo Ellen Nott

On November 11, 2022, three former Sharon Park police officers pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the death of an eight-year-old girl killed in the crossfire between them and two teenagers after a high school football game in August of 2021. The cops each pleaded guilty ...

Florida Crackdown Against Mostly Non-Existent Voter Fraud Has Ex-Felons Afraid to Vote or Cowered by Eligibility Requirements

by Jo Ellen Nott

On August 18, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced that his new election and security unit had arrested and was charging 20 people across the state with voting illegally in the 2020 election.  Not surprisingly, the group was mostly comprised of Black man who had ...

DOJ: Unlawful Snitching Program Run by the Orange County, California, DA’s Office and Sheriff’s Department Compromised Unknown Number of Convictions

by Jo Ellen Nott

The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a bombshell report on October 13, 2022, revealing that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department “systematically violated criminal defendants’ Sixth Amendment right to counsel and Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law” ...

Texas Requires Convict to Register as Sex Offender After Serving His Time for Car Theft, No Sex Crime Committed.

by Jo Ellen Nott

On September 16, 2022, attorneys from the Civil Rights Clinic of the Georgetown University Law Center filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against Governor Greg Abbott (R) and the Texas Department of Safety in the case of Rohn M. Weatherly. Texas retroactively adjusted Weatherly’s ...

Autistic Capitol Rioter Receives Probation, Not Prison, for His Participation in the January 6 Riot

by Jo Ellen Nott

On October 26, 2022, defendant Nicholas Rodean was sentenced to 240 days of home confinement for his participation in the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.  Rodean, 29, had been convicted in July 2022 of a felony and six misdemeanors in conjunction ...

Maryland’s AG to Review 100 In-Custody Deaths After Chief Medical Examiner’s Testimony at George Floyd Trial Prompts 400 Colleagues to Question His Work

by Jo Ellen Nott

On October 20, 2022, a little over a year after it was convened, the seven-member Audit Design Team released its report with the recommendation to re-review 100 in-custody deaths and autopsies in Maryland. The team was convened after 400 medical experts raised concerns about Dr. David ...

Kansas Cop Allowed to Keep His License After Being Fired for Hog Tying and Tasing an Autistic Foster Child

by Jo Ellen Nott

On February 23, 2022, Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Honas “used excessive force multiple times” on a 12-year-old autistic boy who was running away from foster care.  The Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training (“KCPOST”) officially reprimanded Honas on August 22, 2022, but did ...

Equitable Criminal Sentencing Technology Makes History in Alachua County, Florida

by Jo Ellen Nott

On September 27, 2022, Alachua County in north central Florida made history by funding equitable sentencing software for Florida’s Eighth Judicial Circuit.  This makes the Eighth the first Florida judicial circuit to take an historic step forward to improve its case management system and plea-bargaining ...

No Qualified Immunity for Colorado Cop Who Killed a Puppy in Empty Parking Lot

by Jo Ellen Nott

On September 21, 2022, United States District Judge Raymond P. Moore denied qualified immunity to defendant Matthew Grashorn, a Loveland, Colorado, policer officer who shot a family pet seconds after being called to an empty parking lot to investigate an allegation of dumpster tampering.   

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