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Fired prosecutor April Sponsel suspended from practicing law for 2 years
Former Maricopa County prosecutor April Sponsel, who was fired last year after wrongfully charging 15 social justice protesters, has had her law license suspended for two years. Sponsel was one of four attorneys in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office assigned to a First Responders Bureau, created to prosecute alleged crimes against first responders like police officers. After […]
Federal judge blocks California law barring guns in public
A California law that would have banned the carrying of guns in most public places as of Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California wrote in his preliminary injunction that the law would “unconstitutionally deprive” concealed carry permit holders “of […]
Navy Federal Credit Union Has Reportedly Been Denying Black Home Loan-Seekers Significantly More Than Whites
Navy Federal Credit Union is facing backlash after a blockbuster report shows Black mortgage applicants have been significantly denied compared to their counterparts. The nation’s largest federal credit union, headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, serves as a bank for members of the armed forces, including veterans and their families. According to an analysis by CNN, Navy Federal approved over 75 […]
Suicides spike at WA prisons, prisoners say they need more access to mental health care
A recent report shows a rise in unexpected deaths in Washington state prisons this year – including a cluster of suicides over the summer. Washington prisons reported a total of six suicides over the past year – the highest number in a single year since 2014. Three of the suicides happened within days of each […]
Trump is disqualified from being president, Colorado Supreme Court rules, kicks former president off 2024 ballot
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump, who faces multiple criminal indictments including one alleging he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, will not be allowed to remain on the ballot in the Mile High state in 2024. “A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding […]
NYC doctor, 33, charged with drugging six female patients with powerful anesthesia before raping
A New York doctor accused of filming himself drugging and raping women around the world – including the hospital where he worked – has been seen in court. Zhi Alan Cheng, 33, appeared at Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday wearing brown prison slacks with round spectacles and a blue Covid face covering in exclusive DailyMail.com photographs. Though his full […]
Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill making illegal immigration a state crime
Testing the limits of how far Texas can go to keep migrants out of the U.S., Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country. Opponents have called the […]
Washington lawmakers push to require financial education be taught in schools
Washington lawmakers across the aisle want to require all public schools in the state to teach financial education. State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti and 22 state representatives are backing a bill to make that happen. The proposed law would add financial education to the list of state-mandated high school graduation requirements. It would not change the […]
Washington State Criminal Public Defense System “On The Verge of Collapse”
The Washington Public Defense Office says a shortage of public defenders and flawed caseload standards have pushed the public defense system to the point of near collapse. Larry Jefferson, Director of the Office of Public Defense, has raised an alarm over the current state of affairs and is urgently calling for reform. In a recent […]