2021 Criminal Law Legal Updates
Legal Updates
Legal Updates
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May 17, 2021. The Supreme Court declined to expand police authority to conduct warrantless searches of a home for "community caretaking" functions. Learn how the Court sided with protecting the sanctity of one's home.
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Virginia Abolishes the Death Penalty
March 23, 2021. Virginia became the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty and the first Southern state to do so.
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Ohio Becomes 24th State to Ban Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences
January 9, 2021. Nearly half the states now ban sentencing children younger than 18 to a life behind bars with no possibility of release.