Across the country, sundry new laws (or soon-to-be laws like Indiana House Bill 1264) threaten to make voting more difficult. Indiana, though, has had strict voter identification laws since 2005. The prominence of photo identification laws like Indiana’s are unprecedented in American history. There were no presidential elections in which states required photo identification until […]
Jun. 17—A Merrimack County judge has determined a then-16-year-old was not illegally detained for hours as police investigated the killings of his sister-in-law and two young nephews in August 2022. Public defenders for Eric Sweeney, now 17, sought to “suppress the fruits of his illegal detention” and certain statements he made to police. Judge John […]
Political candidates and their parties usually expend time, effort, money, and other resources seeking to encourage voter turnout by their supporters. But the Republican National Committee (RNC), in league with the campaign of former President Trump, has a different take on that practice. Marshall Tanick Rather than boosting their own turnout, they’re aiming at suppressing […]
Mar. 29—LIMA — A suppression hearing scheduled Friday in Allen County Common Pleas Court for a Lima man charged with rape was continued after additional evidence was submitted for the court’s consideration. Steve Chamberlain of the Allen County Public Defenders Office late last month filed a motion to suppress statements made by Joshua Vititoe to […]
During the first Operation Consequences activity of the new year, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials targeted crime in Lucerne Valley and Colton. During the first Operation Consequences activity of the new year, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials targeted crime in Lucerne Valley and Colton. The week-long crime suppression project ending Jan. 12 focused on three […]
Lawyers debated whether two Arizona voting laws would suppress voter rights or boost confidence in elections during a daylong federal hearing Tuesday. The outcome of the case will have potentially profound effects on the state’s presidential election next year. At issue is a pair of bills legislative Republicans passed in 2022 and then-Gov. Doug Ducey […]