COVID

The Constitutional Right to Confront Witnesses Against You, When They’ve Been Exposed to COVID

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From the Minnesota Court of Appeals’ majority opinion yesterday in State v. Trifiletti, written by Judge Randall Slieter and joined by Judge Matthew Johnson; the opinion is long, but here’s the legal heart of the matter: Did the state prove that M.W.’s [a witness’s] possible exposure to COVID-19 and fully-dissipated-cough symptoms, which prevented her from … Read more

Tackling ‘Root Causes’ of Gun Violence with COVID Recovery Funds – The Crime Report

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A new brief from the Brookings Institution think tank highlights a unique and time-limited source of funding for community-based investments to combat violent crime through non-carceral interventions: The American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery (SLFR) funds. Noting that that most gun violence “is spatially concentrated — disproportionately occurring within a select set of … Read more