The Metropolitan Detention Center (M.D.C.), a federal jail in Brooklyn, is the subject of a new lawsuit and will be toured by a federal judge and senior federal defender after a power outage caused corrections officials to reportedly hold inmates on at least partial lockdown for days with no heat. A different judge has ordered the jail to allow inmates to have visits with their lawyers, which were apparently canceled last week as well.
Articles Tagged with criminal law
Florida Courts Split on Right of Criminal Suspect to Withhold iPhone Passcode
Two Florida district courts have reached clashing conclusions on whether a suspect in a criminal case can invoke the Fifth Amendment to withhold their iPhone passcode from law enforcement. In the older case, State of Florida v. Stahl, the court ruled that a criminal suspect does not have this right under the Constitution. (This case involved…
Canadian Green Light for Marijuana May Not Affect US Consumers
In October, Canada is set to legalize the recreational use of marijuana nationwide. Legalization theoretically could mean that American consumers could cross the border to consume marijuana in Canada and possibly bring it back to the U.S., but in reality this is unlikely to happen, at least for now. While some states…
Bill in California’s Legislature Could Limit State Felony Murder Prosecutions
California’s felony murder rule may soon be curtailed, if a bill in the state legislature gets approved.
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California State Law, Criminal Law
Harvey Weinstein Faces the Possibility of Life in Prison After Indictment on New Sexual Assault Charges
Additional counts of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein have the potential to carry a life sentence if the movie mogul is convicted.
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Criminal Law, Sexual Harassment
Push Against Underage Marriage Spurs Proposed Utah Law
Rising concerns nationwide about underage marriage are reflected in an impending proposal by a Utah legislator to raise the state's legal age of marriage to 18.
