Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.21.22

* California has the opportunity to modify or do away with their three strikes law. I hope they take it. [Voice of San Diego] * Tennessee creates law intended to penalize kids who make threats online. The first person to get locked up over a TikTok is never gonna live that down. [WKRN] * The three officers who did nothing as their coworker killed a man with his knee will also face trial soon.  [NPR] * Electronic sniffing dogs are being used to detect child pornography. This is going to end up in a Criminal Procedure casebook isn’t it? [ABC] * Green thumbs and orange jumpsuits: man sentenced to two years for smuggling succulents. [LAist]

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* California has the opportunity to modify or do away with their three strikes law. I hope they take it. [Voice of San Diego]

* Tennessee creates law intended to penalize kids who make threats online. The first person to get locked up over a TikTok is never gonna live that down. [WKRN]

* The three officers who did nothing as their coworker killed a man with his knee will also face trial soon.  [NPR]

* Electronic sniffing dogs are being used to detect child pornography. This is going to end up in a Criminal Procedure casebook isn’t it? [ABC]

* Green thumbs and orange jumpsuits: man sentenced to two years for smuggling succulents. [LAist]


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