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Selective enforcement has become a topic of great discussion in the illegal immigration debate. The 2011 "Morton Memo" [7] laid out enforcement priorities for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and was intended to channel limited resources into prioritized pursuit of cases involving criminals and felons. It was interpreted as the ...
In jurisprudence, selective prosecution is a procedural defense in which defendants argue that they should not be held criminally liable for breaking the law because the criminal justice system discriminated against them by choosing to prosecute. In claims of selective prosecution, defendants essentially argue that it is irrelevant whether they ...
The court chose to apply the 20% rate to the county, instead of the 30% rate (the last rate to legislatively apply to St. Louis County), on the basis of legislative intent. [18] The new legislation also led to Koster dropping his lawsuit from the 17th municipal defendant, the city of Hillsdale, Missouri. [20]
Here are many of the southwest Missouri law enforcement agencies that participated, many which received and spent justice funds, according to the auditor's report. ... Christian County Sheriff's ...
On Sunday, "60 Minutes" reporter Norah O’Donnell examined Missouri’s controversial Second Amendment Preservation Act.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Missouri. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 576 law enforcement agencies employing 14,554 sworn police officers, about 244 for each 100,000 residents.
The Missouri Constitution provides for the Circuit Courts in Article V, Judicial Department. [1]Section 14: Circuit courts – jurisdiction – sessions. (a) The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction over all cases and matters, civil and criminal.
Superior Court of the City of New York: Granted freedom to slaves who were brought into New York by their Virginia slave owners, while in transit to Texas. 1853: Northup v. Epps – Recognized that Solomon Northup, who had been abducted from New York and sold as a slave in Louisiana, was free. 1853: Holmes v. Ford: Oregon Territorial Supreme Court