How Can Someone Be Punished if They Violate a COVID-19 Stay at Home Order?
Across the country, stay-at-home orders have strained law enforcement and tested how far states and municipalities are willing to go to enforce the orders. These directives have triggered controversy and confusion, as standards sometimes differ from town to town or county to county. In certain instances, people who have violated government edicts designed to reduce Read More
Read MoreWhat Happens if You Host a Gathering While in Quarantine?
Along with the serious health risks associated with coronavirus, Americans are burdened by quarantine orders and similar directives that forbid them from seeing their loved ones, even for major events such as holidays and birthdays. It can be tempting to try to break the rules, especially for people who believe that they don’t fall into Read More
Read MoreOklahoma’s Supreme Court Rules Retroactive Sex Offender Registration Illegal
By a majority decision, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma has ruled that Oklahoma’s Department of Corrections (DOC) improperly applied an amendment to Oklahoma’s Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) when it retroactively increased the time an individual must remain listed on the state’s sex offender registry. As a result, the DOC will be removing many names Read More
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