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This evening we received a call from a family member that the owner of 11 dogs had been incarcerated & the dogs hadn't eaten in a week plus were without shelter out in the country. OAA volunteers Trish & Ashleigh... https://t.co/GL4Nl0tTzV
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill eliminating bail for suspects awaiting trial. Starting in October 2019, people arrested for nonviolent misdemeanors will be released within 12 hours of being booked.
More at @ap: https://t.co/KtyPXt9JJx
Though juvenile curfew laws have existed for more than 100 years, their use soared in the mid 1990s at the urging of the Clinton administration.
Studies show that despite their ubiquity, juvenile curfew laws are ineffective. https://t.co/kIdLGP24pj
What happens when a jury rejects charges against someone, but a judge chooses to sentence that person based on those charges anyway? https://t.co/4tjxLH3AL6
Temperatures in parts of Texas may hit 109°F today.
There are approximately 150,000 people in Texas prisons. Four in five have no access to air conditioning in their cells — and that can be a death sentence. https://t.co/X9hVmga0yE
Oklahoma's incarceration rate from 1980 to present has increased by 585%. The crime rate from 1980 to 2016 (most recently reported by OSBI) increased by 5% (violent crimes). Why the disparity? One reason the rate of incarceration has exploded is because of the 85% crimes.
JUST IN: US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of Brendan Dassey, whose murder conviction was the subject of 'Making a Murderer', a popular Netflix series. https://t.co/wmB05aPkce - @PeteWilliamsNBC
#SCOTUS rules that states can charge out-of-state retailers sales tax, at least in some circumstances, even if they don’t have a store or warehouse in the state, clearing the way to allow sales taxes on internet purchases.
Another strike against the legacy of former Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy and forensic analyst Joyce Gilchrist. Both are dead, but the innocent people they put away are slowing being exonerated. https://t.co/SWFxE2Oj3I
In second opinion today, #SCOTUS rules that a defendant who pleads guilty in a plea deal can benefit from later changes in the sentencing guidelines so long as the district court relied on the guideline range in imposing the sentence or accepting the agreement
Yesterday at trial, we had our client’s case dismissed. There were other co-defendants, but our client is the only one with the Larceny of Merchandise dismissed. #Attorney#Tulsa#CriminalDefense