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By: Mike Maharrey|Published on: May 26, 2021|Categories: Local, Surveillance| DETROIT, Mich. (May 26, 2021) – Yesterday, the Detroit City Council unanimously passed an ordinance that will set the stage to limit the acquisition and use of surveillance technology by law enforcement and other city agencies. The law will also help limit the impact of the federal surveillance state. Council President Pro Tem Mary Sheffield spearheaded the Community Input Over Government Surveillance Ordinance. Un...

Wisconsin Assembly Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Take on Future Federal Gun Control MADISON, Wisc. (May 26, 2021) – On Tuesday, a Wisconsin Assembly committee held a public hearing on a bill that would prohibit local enforcement of some future federal gun control. Passage into law would represent a first step toward stopping federal acts that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms within the state. A large coalition of Republicans introduced Hous Bill 293 (AB293) on May 3. The legis...

Select Page Rhode Island Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Require Conviction for Asset Forfeiture, Opt State Out of Federal Program PROVIDENCE, R.I. (May 25, 2021) – Yesterday, a Rhode Island Senate committee held a hearing on a bill that would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws to require a criminal conviction in most cases, and also opt the state out of a federal asset forfeiture program known as “equitable sharing.” A coalition of five Democrats introduced Senate Bill 732 (S7...

Just ask a Dallas woman who spent a year in jail without talking to a lawyer. Juan Bernabeu for The Marshall Project DALLAS — Shuranda Williams spent more than a year in the county jail here, waiting to talk to someone about fighting the murder charge she faces. The police have said she was involved in the 2019 killing of a suspected drug dealer; she insists she wasn’t. If she’s convicted of capital murder, Williams, 44, faces a minimum sentence of life in prison without parol...

Almost 56,000 people are serving sentences that will keep them locked up until they die, but most states don’t have minimum qualifications for their lawyers.

AUGUSTA, Maine (May 17, 2021) – A bill introduced in the Maine House would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws to require a criminal conviction in most cases, and also opt the state out of a federal asset forfeiture program known as “equitable sharing.” Rep. William Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) along with two fellow Republicans, four Democrats and a Libertarian, introduced House Bill 1521 (LD1521) on April 15. The legislation would require a criminal conviction before prosecutors ...

To the Governor: Missouri Passes 2nd Amendment Preservation Act JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (May 14, 2021) – In the culmination of eight years of work, today, the Missouri House gave final approval to a bill that would end state and local enforcement of a wide range of federal gun control measures; past, present and future. Enactment of this bill into law would represent a major step toward ending federal acts that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms within the state. Rep. Jered Taylor filed ...

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Missouri Senate Passes 2nd Amendment Preservation Act, 24-10 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (May 13, 2021) – Tonight, the Missouri Senate passed a bill that would end state and local enforcement of most federal gun control; past, present and future. Enactment of this legislation into law would represent a major step toward ending federal acts that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms within the state. Rep. Jered Taylor filed House Bill 85 (HB85) on Dec 1. Titled the “Second Amendment Preservati...