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Nolle prosequi, [a] abbreviated nol or nolle pros, is legal Latin meaning "to be unwilling to pursue". [3] [4] It is a type of prosecutorial discretion in common law, used for prosecutors' declarations that they are voluntarily ending a criminal case before trial or before a verdict is rendered; [5] it is a kind of motion to dismiss and contrasts with an involuntary dismissal.
Jackalow, 66 U.S. (1 Black) 484 (1862), is a U.S. Supreme Court case interpreting the Venue and Vicinage clauses of the United States Constitution. It was an "unusual criminal case" [1] and one of the few constitutional criminal cases from the Taney Court. Jackalow, a mariner from the Ryukyu Kingdom, was suspected of the robbery and murder of ...
Date apprehended. October 1930. Alexander McClay Williams (July 23, 1914 – June 8, 1931) was an African-American teenager wrongfully convicted and executed for the 1930 murder of 33-year-old Vida Robare, a matron of the Glen Mills reform school he attended, in Pennsylvania. Williams confessed to the murder, although he later recanted his ...
Expungement in the United States is a process which varies across jurisdictions. Many states allow for criminal records to be sealed or expunged, although laws vary by state. Some states do not permit expungement, or allow expungement under very limited circumstances. [ 1] In general, once sealed or expunged, all records of an arrest and of any ...
Description. The ILSAAP, a judicial agency of the State of Illinois, is an office of persons, centering on licensed trial attorneys, who are available to assist in or carry out the prosecutions of criminal cases. The elected county prosecutors of Illinois, who are called “state’s attorneys,” can request assistance from ILSAAP at any time.
Sonya Massey was killed inside her home after Sangamon County deputies responded to her 911 call at around 12:50 a.m. on July 6, Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser said in a ...
The case was brought on by a lawsuit filed in 2020 by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who accused LaPierre and other current and former executives of flouting state laws and internal ...
Deferred prosecution. A deferred prosecution agreement ( DPA ), which is very similar to a non-prosecution agreement ( NPA ), [1] is a voluntary alternative to adjudication in which a prosecutor agrees to grant amnesty in exchange for the defendant agreeing to fulfill certain requirements. A case of corporate fraud, for instance, might be ...