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New Laws Effective in Several States Today

By Steve Hall

"New laws for guns, smoking, drinking and texting," is the title of an AP report via Google News.Criminal Justice: Virginia expands eligibility for the death penalty to include those who kill on-duty auxiliary police officers or fire marshals. Oklahoma requires public schools to include lessons about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in their curriculum. A new law in Alabama makes human trafficking a crime. In New Hampshire, prison inmates would be paroled at least nine months before their maximum sentences end so they can be supervised as they move back into their communities. In Kentucky, people who violate domestic violence orders could be required to wear ankle monitors under a law that takes effect July 15. Mississippi is creating a process for first-time, non-violent offenders convicted of certain felonies to expunge their records...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 01, 2010 (boomark / email).