06Aug 2022 by Charles E. Price
Abortion opponents pushing for more restrictions, laws across US – National

Abortion opponents pushing for more restrictions, laws across US – National

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Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, abortion opponents are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts. One anti-abortion group has proposed model legislation that would ban all abortions except to prevent the death of a pregnant woman. New legal frontiers could include prosecuting doctors who defy bans, and skirmishes over access to medication abortions already in progress. Others hope to get more conservatives elected in November to advance an anti-abortion agenda."For Republicans, the post-Roe world will be significantly different, from a legal perspective," said Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School. “For the last 50 years, Republicans have been on…
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05Aug 2022 by Charles E. Price

RCMP in Kelowna latest to discourage vigilantism | News

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KELOWNA — Kelowna RCMP have taken the unusual step of responding to a new Facebook crime-fighting group with a lengthy news release acknowledging public frustration with crime and outlining steps the detachment is taking – but warning against vigilantism. It's also at a similar group in Penticton.The Facebook home page of Take Back Kelowna explains: “We are merely a group of concerned citizens working with other local groups to help report stolen items and crimes in progress. As we all know, crime and theft in Kelowna is out of control. Thieves and the homeless are getting away with stealing from the hard-working public, with next to no repercussions.“We are not vigilantes. As much as we'd like to walk right up to someone with stolen property and punch them in the…
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03Aug 2022 by Charles E. Price
In criminal justice system, don’t sacrifice public safety for profit

In criminal justice system, don’t sacrifice public safety for profit

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While the nation's imprisoned population has declined since peaking in 2009incarceration levels still remain extraordinarily high.Continued efforts to lower incarceration rates will stall unless we address the role that revenue plays in the daily operation of police departments, courts, jails and prisons across the country. So much of these entities' time and effort goes into generating revenue that the goals of pursuing justice and improving public safety often get pushed to the side.A new Brennan Center for Justice report delves into the interlocking economic incentives that underpin our justice system. Many of these practices rely on a simple calculus: More people in the justice system means more dollars for agencies, governments and contracted for-profit firmsSome of the revenue streams flow straight out of the pockets of the people who are…
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02Aug 2022 by Charles E. Price

Kushner recounts Jeff Sessions’ attempts to block Trump’s landmark criminal justice reform bill

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In his upcoming book, "Breaking History: A White House Memoir," Kushner details several efforts by Sessions to stymie his efforts to amass an unlikely coalition of conservative and liberal lawmakers -- and to dissuade then-President Donald Trump from backing them.In one instance, Kushner writes that Sessions' team at the Justice Department successfully thwarted an April 2018 committee markup of the legislation by recommending last-minute changes to the legislation that amounted to "poison pills" and which Kushner at the time described as "ridiculous " and in "bad faith." Sessions' feuds with Kushner over the reform effort and his numerous attempts to block the process were thoroughly reported at the time.Through an associate, Sessions declined to comment on Kushner's book. Amid Sessions' efforts to block the legislation and try to dissuade conservatives…
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01Aug 2022 by Charles E. Price
International criminal law is the focus of the second in series of joint IBA and Ukrainian National Bar Association seminars

International criminal law is the focus of the second in series of joint IBA and Ukrainian National Bar Association seminars

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Ukraine's lawyers to benefit from expertise of international lawyers As further support of Ukraine's legal profession, the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA), supported by the UNBA's Higher School of Advocacy, will deliver a legal training session covering the topic of international criminal law. The training will take place online on Thursday 28 July at 17:00 Kyiv | 15:00 London | 10:00 New York and will be conducted in English with simultaneous Ukrainian translation. This joint seminar is the second in a series, following the first held last week on the subject of defense. Registration for the 28 July seminar is now closed but will be live-streamed on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n_Vyy_44MA IBA President Sternford Moyo commented: 'The IBA is proud to collaborate with the UNBA…
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01Aug 2022 by Charles E. Price
Twitter misses sales estimates amid Musk legal battle | Social Media News

Twitter misses sales estimates amid Musk legal battle | Social Media News

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Twitter sales totaled $1.18bn in the second quarter, which fell short of the $1.32bn analysts estimated.Twitter Inc. reported disappointing second-quarter sales on Friday, another blow to a company that is already fighting a high-profile legal battle with Elon Musk over the fate of the social network. Revenue fell 1% in the quarter from a year earlier, its first annual decline since the middle of the pandemic in 2020. Sales totaled $1.18 billion in the quarter, which fell short of the $1.32 billion analysts estimated. The company said “advertising industry headwinds associated with the macroenvironment as well as uncertainty related to the pending acquisition of Twitter” were factors in the disappointing results. Twitter added 8.8 million new users during the quarter, in line with analysts' estimates. It's unclear how much Friday's…
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