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5 inmates released from Benton County Jail due to lack of defense counsel
KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities· 7 hours agoAccording to the Benton County Sheriff's Office, multiple inmates in the Benton County Jail were released due to a lack of defense counsel. Benton County Prosecutor ...
Bill aimed at assisting public defenders falls short this spring, backers say they’ll try again in...
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoA measure to create a statewide office to assist under-resourced public defenders stalled in the...
The week in politics: Lee endorses candidates at odds with local officials on vouchers
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoTennessee state code blocks people from qualifying to run for public office if they have been...
Judge expunges Mark McCloskey’s misdemeanor. St. Louis needs to ‘cough up my guns,’ he says.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 2 days agoThe expungements, which came over objections from city prosecutors and police, marked the latest...
New retail theft program leads to major arrest in Placer County
CBS News· 24 hours agoA new statewide program to crack down on organized retail theft in California appears to be working.
Two district attorneys keep their seats after high-dollar races
Source New Mexico via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIncumbent district attorneys in Santa Fe and Albuquerque kept their seats in the primary election...
‘A strong foundation’: Mario Knapp vows to restore policing, tackle corruption as Miami-Dade Sheriff
Florida Politics· 16 hours agoKnapp, a Republican, said he’s at the top of the ticket. “I’m in a strong position in this race,” he...
Florida Supreme Court denies former State Attorney Monique Worrell's petition against Gov. DeSantis
WOFL via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDeSantis also alleged Worrell authorized policies that prevented her former office from obtaining meritorious, mandatory minimum sentences. RELATED LINKS: In December 2023 ...
NC Republican lawmakers seek fall referendum on citizen-only voting
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 18 hours agoIt would retool language on the books that already limit balloting to U.S.-born or naturalized...
Sen. Bob Menendez announces independent re-election run amid corruption trial
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt displeases me to have to go this route, thanks to overzealousprosecutors, but I will do what must...