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Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Pink Underwear Lawsuit
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a petition for rehearing this week in a lawsuit challenging Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pink underwear...
Courts May Order Sexual Offender Assessment as Release Condition
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According to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a district court can require a sexual offender assessment -- not treatment, just an assessment -- as a...
Ninth Circuit: Statutory Rape is a 'Crime of Violence'
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Mens rea doesn’t necessarily factor into a court’s “crime of violence” analysis when applying a Sentencing Guidelines enhancement. In 2003, Raul...
Ninth Circuit Panel Skeptical of Arizona Abortion Arguments
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed H.B. 2036 into law in April 2012. The bill restricts and criminalizes an abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later, except in a...
Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing in Medical Marijuana ADA Challenge
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to rehear arguments regarding whether the Americans with Disabilities Act protects medical marijuana use, the...
Ineffective Counsel: Death Row Inmate Gets New Penalty Trial
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California's longest-serving death-row inmate won an appeal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. A 2-1 panel ruled that Douglas R. Stankewitz was...
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