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October 19, 2021

Law enforcement staffing shortages reported due to pushback against vaccine mandates - WESH 2 Orlando

COVID-19 is killing police officers around the country, but there's still pushback against vaccination requirements. According to the Officer Down Memorial page, COVID-19 became the leading cause of death for police officers since the pandemic began. But around the country, some police officers and unions are pushing back against vaccine requirements. In Chicago, about 4,500 police officers d...
October 19, 2021

Law firm signs lease to move HQ to Heights Plaza - ROI-NJ.com

Heights Plaza, 777 Terrace Ave., Hasbrouck Heights. - File photo An insurance law firm has signed a lease for office space at Heights Plaza in Hasbrouck Heights, according to real estate firm Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, the property owner. Bruno, Gerbino, Soriano & Aitken LLP is taking 3,108 square feet of space at the 777 Terrace Ave. property. Stephen Jennings, vice president of leasing...
October 19, 2021

EU warns Poland it will pay for challenging common law - CNN

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech in Strasbourg on September 15. Brussels, BelgiumThe European Commission's chief executive warned Poland on Tuesday that its challenge to the supremacy of European Union law called into question the very foundations of the 27-nation bloc and could not go unpunished. Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled last week that parts ...
October 19, 2021

Dunwoody changes law to better prosecute hotel pimps - The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Dunwoody officials said they’ve figured out a way to give police the power to prosecute pimps who previously exploited a legal loophole. The City Council unanimously voted to adopt an ordinance last week to make sex sting operations at hotels and motels more effective, according to prosecutors. The ordinance also gives police a way to arrest pimps — people who drop off women at those location...
October 19, 2021

EXPLAINER: How mental illness law is changing Ohio death row - Associated Press

In this Sept. 23, 2021 photo, Tim Young, Ohio's State Public Defender, testifies at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus in favor of a bill that would abolish capital punishment in Ohio. Young also pushed for a measure that became law earlier this year, and which prohibits inmates from being executed if they suffered from a serious mental illness at the time of their crime, including schizophrenia...
October 19, 2021

EXPLAINER: How Mental Illness Law Is Changing Ohio Death Row | Ohio News - U.S. News & World Report

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people who had severe mental illness at the time of their crime has begun seeing its first implementations. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in January signed the bill into law covering killers diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder or delusional disorder when they committed their offenses. Earlier ...
October 19, 2021

MTV to Counter Hungary’s Anti-Gay Law as EMAs in Budapest Will “Stand in Solidarity” With LGBTQ+ Community - Hollywood Reporter

Chris McCarthy ViacomCBS After the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) will return live from Budapest, Hungary this year, with the company planning to use the big event to counter the country’s recent anti-gay law and “stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community in Hungary and around the world,” Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of MTV Entertainment Group Wo...
October 19, 2021

District attorneys refuse to prosecute some GOP-led laws - WREG NewsChannel 3

FILE – In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk speaks in Nashville, Tenn. Progressive prosecutors around the country … Read More NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When Republican lawmakers in Tennessee blocked a policy to ease up on low-level marijuana cases, Nashville’s top prosecutor decided on a workaround: He just didn’t charge anyone with the crime. Meanwhile, i...
October 19, 2021

'We will not be intimidated': EU and Poland clash over funding and the rule of law - CNBC

Demonstrators hold bound flags of the European Union and Poland during the demonstration. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images EU and Polish officials on Tuesday clashed over a recent court ruling, making public a bitter disagreement over the rule of law and the fundamental principles of the political and economic union. Earlier this month, Poland’s highest court ruled that parts of EU la...
October 19, 2021

Teton Park law enforcement using bodycams | Local | jhnewsandguide.com - Jackson Hole News&Guide

Teton Park law enforcement using bodycams | Local | jhnewsandguide.com  Jackson Hole News&Guide