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Accidental overdoses prosecuted as felony-murder under new laws

December 29, 2018 by lloyd payne

Two months after her fiancé’s funeral, Kimberly Elkins pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Elkins, now 49, used fentanyl to deal with chronic pain. One … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal Tagged With: Alabama, Colorado, drug-overdose deaths, felony-murder rule, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania

SB 1437 eliminates felony-murder rule

December 26, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Richard Zorns

Due to a change in the felony-murder rule, starting Jan. 1, codefendants will no longer automatically be considered guilty of murder for participating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal, Parole and Release, Recently Posted Tagged With: California’s Three Strike Law, felony-murder rule

Senator and author share challenge of passing SB 1437

December 10, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Maria Watson and Nancy Skinner SB1437

It’s hard to get laws changed, even harder to make any revisions applicable to people already serving their time, nevertheless Senator Nancy Skinner … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal, Most Read Tagged With: Alex Mallick, Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), felony-murder rule, Restore Justice

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