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Local “Why would you assume that I am a defendant? Um, I think we all know why.” Brooklyn Crockton, a third-year law student at the Roger Williams University School of Law. PROVIDENCE — A Black student at the Roger Williams University School of Law says a white sheriff’s deputy mistook her for a defendant when she tried to enter a courtroom to represent a client as part of the schoo...

Researchers have found that states with permitless carry laws have experienced an 11 percent increase in handgun homicide rates after enactment Republicans in both chambers of the General Assembly passed legislation last Wednesday removing all permitting, training and background check requirements to carry a concealed weapon in Ohio. The bill, Senate Bill 215, now goes to Gov. Mike DeWine, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flag-raising ceremony on the ferry Marshal Rokossovsky via a video link at his residence outside Moscow, Russia March 4, 2022. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS March 8 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing his government to quickly raise pensions, part of a set of anti-crisis measures after Russia was hit b...

LAS VEGAS, March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohio lawmakers created a regulatory framework for sports betting that is arguably the best in the U.S., "free from any significant flaws or limitations that could stifle Ohio's industry," according to new market analysis from PlayOhio, which tracks the state's regulated online gaming and sports betting market. "The state took its time in legalizing spo...

* Putting the Uh in Supreme: States are taking their own stand on abortion rights without input from the 9. [NYT] * Taking liberties on occasion: SCOTUS ruling on bundling crimes will heavily impact how sentencing works. [AP] * The Story of J.D.: A Black law student representing a client is mistaken for a defendant. Not the only time that has happened. [Boston Globe] * No Grandma, Obama doesn...

kesq The Riverside County Board of Supervisors is set to hear a proposed ordinance Tuesday, that ultimately limits the purchases and use of military-grade equipment by the sheriff's department and district attorney's office. This ordinance is in response to Assembly Bill 481 which was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in September. This measure required that counties and cities set reg...

Daoud Kuttab was released, but still faces trial over an investigative piece he wrote in 2019 in a case that highlights shrinking press freedoms Daoud Kuttab, a prominent Palestinian journalist, sitting in his office in Radio al-Balad in Amman, Jordan, 8 March 2022 (Mohammad Ersan\MEE) Jordanian authorities on Tuesday released prominent Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab after he was detaine...

Lupe stared at the pregnancy test. Two colored lines appeared on the slim plastic tube, confirming what the 26-year-old native of South Texas had feared. She was pregnant. She and her husband weren’t ready for children, but she also knew that terminating the pregnancy could be complicated by Texas’s restrictive new abortion laws, which had gone into effect on September 1, 2021—just five weeks...

Space law. Credit: James Vaughan The current global crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already spilled over into the space world and so international space law will assume every greater importance in the coming years. This week the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University in Canada has announced that it is invigorating its work on the McGill Encyclopedia of Intern...

A statue on the first floor of the State Capitol in Connecticut. A bill introduced during the 2022 legislative session proposes a study into one of the state’s affordable housing policies. A bill that purports to mandate a study into one of Connecticut’s foremost affordable housing policies appears to be a veiled attempt to weaken the statute, advocates and legislators said. The bill would re...