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Minnesota State

The Associated Press

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 2023 state law that restores voting rights for felons once they have completed their prison sentences.  The new law was popular with Democrats in the state, including Gov. Tim Walz, who signed it and who is Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in the presidential race. The timing of the decision is important because early voting for next week’s primary election is already underway. Voting for the Nov. 5 general election begins Sept. 20. The court rejected a challenge from the conservative Minnesota Voters Alliance. A lower court judge had previously thrown out the group’s lawsuit after deciding it lacked the legal standing to sue and failed to prove that the Legislature overstepped its authority when it voted to expand voting rights for people who were formerly incarcerated for a felony. The high court agreed. Before the new law, felons had to complete their probation before they could regain their eligibility to vote. An estimated 55,000 people with felony records gained the right to vote as a result. 

Minnesota Supreme Court upholds law restoring right to vote to people with felony convictions

California State

Inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried over prosecutorial misconduct

California inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried due to prosecutorial misconduct

The Ministry of Defence said all inmates have now been removed from HMP Dartmoor after radon scare.

All inmates removed from Dartmoor prison

Missouri State

Law & Crime

A St. Louis, Missouri, judge vacated Christopher Dunn’s murder conviction on Monday and ordered that the man, who has spent 34 years behind bars, should be released from custody “immediately.” However, despite the finding that Dunn was wrongfully convicted, he is still incarcerated — making him the second inmate in two weeks to have been […]
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Missouri prison refuses to release exonerated inmate as attorney general fights against judge who ruled the man innocent

Florida State

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office has urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject efforts to prevent the scheduled Aug. 29 execution of Death Row inmate Loran Cole, disputing arguments related to abuse Cole suffered as a teen and his symptoms from Parkinson’s disease. Lawyers in Moody’s office Thursday...

State urges Florida Supreme Court justices to reject an appeal of a Dozier School for Boys victim

Sullivan, MO

Washington County, MO

New York Post

A Missouri man with an alleged history of domestic abuse is accused of strapping his ex into a wheelchair and forcing her to watch him and his new girlfriend dig her grave before killing her, investigators said.

Tony Charboneau, 36, was charged with the murder of his former girlfriend, Amy Hogue, 43, and other crimes related to her death after she vanished on June 20, Washington County Prosecuting Attorney John Jones announced last week.

Charboneau supposedly got into an argument with Hogue, which led to him punching and stomping on her as she was leaving his home on the day she went missing,...

Grandmother strapped to wheelchair was forced to watch grave being dug before ex killed her: cops

Nevada State

The Independent

 One of three inmates killed in a Nevada prison brawl this week was a member of a white supremacist prison gang who was serving a life sentence for his role in the 2016 murder of a person incarcerated at another Nevada prison, authorities said Friday.The local county sheriff identified Anthony Williams, 41, as the third of the three people killed in Tuesday's fight at Nevada's maximum security prison in rural Ely. Nine other incarcerated people were injured.Prison and state officials have released few details since then, although White Pine County Sheriff Scott Henriod confirmed Friday that “all three decedents...

1 of 3 killed in Nevada prison brawl was white supremacist gang member who killed an inmate in 2016

Bartow, FL

A Florida death row inmate, convicted of a 1997 mass killing at a manufacturing facility, died on Thursday before an execution date could be set. Nelson Serrano, who had been diagnosed with a terminal condition, spent his final days confined to a wheelchair and suffering from severe health issues. Conviction...

Florida death row inmate dies before execution amid terminal illness

 An inmate who was involved in the fatal bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in a West Virginia prison has been sentenced to more than four years behind bars.Massachusetts gangster Paul J DeCologero was sentenced in federal court on Thursday after pleading guilty to an assault charge. He could have faced up to 10 years in prison.DeCologero was already serving a 25-year sentence handed down in 2006 after he was convicted of buying heroin used to try to kill a teenage girl.Prosecutors originally alleged that, along with fellow inmate Fotios “Freddy” Geas, DeCologero used a lock attached...

Inmate jailed over violent prison killing of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Milwaukee, WI

ABC News

The Milwaukee District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday it has filed a felony murder charge against four individuals related to D'Vontaye Mitchell's death.

4 hotel workers charged with felony murder in death of man captured being pinned down

Mississippi State

Meridian, MS

The Mirror US

Emily Lawhead, a spokesperson for Management and Training Corporation, which manages the facility, said Clarence Gillie, 59, was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday

Mystery deepens as third inmate found dead in cell this month at Mississippi prison

Iowa State

Spencer, IA

(The Center Square) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday that $7.2 million from the State Disaster Recovery New Housing Grant Program is funding 175 new single and multi-family residences for storm victims in Cherokee, Crescent, Minden, Rock Rapids, Rock Valley and Spencer. The governor announced the $10 million program...

Housing grant program funds 175 new homes for Iowa storm victims

New Jersey State

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Lawrence Township, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY - In a significant ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court has permanently removed Lewis J. Korngut from his position as a Municipal Court Judge. The decision, finalized on July 24, 2024, follows an extensive investigation by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct (ACJC) into numerous allegations of unethical behavior.

NJ Judge Permanently Removed for Unethical Conduct

North Carolina State

Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein (L) and Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R) (File photos) Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, in a speech Wednesday at an event for former President Donald Trump, slammed the “weaponization of government” as he likened state oversight of his family’s businesses to Trump’s ongoing investigations and legal battles.

Robinson alleges Stein’s wife was ‘deeply embedded’ in DHHS. AG says his claim is ‘ridiculous’

Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Saint Louis, MO

Fox News

A Life Time gym in St. Louis, Missouri, is facing an investigation from the state's attorney general over its alleged transgender inclusion policies.

Gym allegedly allowing biological male into women's locker room faces criminal probe from Missouri AG

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A local Walmart employee was recently arrested on a misdemeanor charge after allegedly stealing over $60 worth of merchandise from the store. Additionally, she faced a felony charge after officers discovered suspected methamphetamine in her locker during the arrest.

Douglas Walmart Employee Arrested for Methamphetamine Possession and Shoplifting

Louisiana State

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary to increase shade and take other steps to protect prisoners doing agricultural labor from dangerous heat. U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson’s order reinforced a similar one he issued in July. This one cites...

Federal judge reinforces order for heat protection for Louisiana inmates at prison farm

Saint Croix County, WI

 A Minnesota engineer sobbed as he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for stabbing a high school student to death while tubing on a river, just days after the second anniversary of the attack.Nicolae Miu, 54, was handed two decades behind bars at his sentencing on Wednesday, as well as six years of extended supervision after his release for the stabbings along Apple River in St Croix County in Wisconsin in July 2022.He was convicted by a jury in April of first-degree reckless homicide, four counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and one count of battery.The attack killed...

Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for stabbing teen to death in tubing fight

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

NewsBreak

Judge denies GOP lawmakers’ Lincoln Hills request

(The Center Square) – The court order that restricts what guards can do at Wisconsin’s youth prison for young men is not going to change. A...

Judge denies GOP lawmakers’ Lincoln Hills request

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