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MODESTO, Calif (KTXL) — A convicted felon who was previously sentenced under California’s “three strikes” law was granted his release on parole earlier this month. In a March 1 hearing at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, the State Board of Parole Hearings granted parole for Isabello Joe Rivera, 66, of Patterson, the Office of Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager announced in ...

Fracas that enflamed Republican grassroots is resolved as judge finds part of new Arizona law unconstitutional  The Arizona Republic

Sen. Mike Braun in the Hart Senate Office building in February in Washington, D.C. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) suggested Tuesday that the Supreme Court should have left it to states to decide on interracial marriage law instead of legalizing it nationally in 1967. He later clarified he "misunderstood the question." Driving the news: Braun indicated he was open...

A former lawyer and one-time candidate for district attorney is seeking to practice law again in Maine. Seth Carey appears by videoconference Tuesday before the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar Grievance Commission for reinstatement of his law license. Christopher Williams screenshot from video Seth Carey, who was 43 when a judge suspended his license for three years in December 2018, has ...

WASHINGTON - Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a local man in Yakima, who recently came back to America from Ukraine after a forced evacuation, felt he wanted to help. "They have great hearts, they're good people," said Eric Siweck, Sr. Law Enforcement Adviser in Yakima for the Department of Justice. "Hard-working people, they're very resilient and this is why you see the things on the n...

Governor Spencer Cox of Utah has now signed into law the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”), which was recently passed unanimously by the Utah legislature, and which will go into effect on December 31, 2023. Utah joins California, Colorado, and Virginia as the fourth state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. Of the three aforementioned states, the UCPA most closely parallels the Virginia Co...

The Seattle City Council passed a set of rules restricting evictions after the moratorium expired. SEATTLE — A policy intended to reduce evictions following the end of Seattle's eviction moratorium was struck down by the Washington State Court of Appeals. The Seattle City Council passed a set of rules restricting evictions after the moratorium expired. That included added defense for tenants...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - New legislation could help better protect people that already want law enforcement to keep them safe from potentially dangerous people in their lives. HB2533, sponsored by Rep. Bob Ramsey, R-Maryville, will require some law enforcement to take additional steps before or during serving an order of protection to a person. Ramsey said there is nothing in the state requi...

Members of the Vatican City State’s national police force. Credit: Gaspard Miltiade/wikimedia. CC BY SA 4.0 As the Vatican financial trial continues towards its second day of evidentiary hearings later this month, media attention on the Vatican’s legal process has continued with scrutiny falling especially on the role of Pope Francis in authorizing various stages of the judicial process. Amon...

On March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act, which was included in an omnibus appropriations bill.[1] Against the backdrop of high-profile cyberattacks on critical infrastructure providers and growing concerns of retaliatory cyberattacks relating to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the House approved the bipartisan legislati...