Washington no longer requires passage of bar exam to practice law - Lynnwood Times. OLYMPIA—The Washington Supreme Court ordered on Friday, March 15, that attorneys now have “alternative pathways” in lieu the bar exam to become licensed to practice law in Washington State. The Washington State Bar Licensure Task Force (WBLTF) cited that the bar exam “disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks marginalized groups from practicing law” while escalating a “law dessert” across the state. “In addition to the racism and classism written into the test itself, the time and financial costs of the test reinforce historical inequities in our profession,” Supreme Court documents state.
“Despite these issues, data indicates that the bar exam is at best minimally effective for ensuring competent lawyers. Among the deficiencies and common complaints about the bar exam is that it bears little resemblance to actual practice and tends to simply restate the same results already provided by law school grades.” The entire list of proposed recommendations include: Washington no longer requires passage of bar exam to practice law - Lynnwood Times. (1) This is insanity. FDNY Firefighters have been... - Blue Lives Matter. Arizona Man on Trial for Shooting Illegal Immigrant Walking Through His Property – RedState. A legal battle has begun in Nogales, Arizona, that captures the essence of the nation’s border crisis. A 75-year-old rancher is facing charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault after he fatally shot Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, a 48-year-old illegal immigrant who passed through his property while trying to gain entry into the country.
The incident, which occurred on January 30, 2023, has garnered national attention amid the wider debate over immigration. George Alan Kelly, 75, has been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of a man he encountered on his property outside Nogales, Arizona. The jury trial in Santa Cruz County Superior Court is expected to last up to a month until around April 19, with proceedings held four days a week with Mondays off.Kelly had earlier rejected a plea deal that would have reduced the charge to one count of negligent homicide if he pleaded guilty.
New York's Lax Laws Have Spawned a Billion-Dollar Shoplifting Industry – RedState. Amid heightened crime rates across the country, shoplifting has become an increasingly popular form of illicit activity. In major cities, there have been organized shoplifting rings terrorizing retail stores and their customers in the face of lax laws regarding these types of crimes. In New York, the problem has become particularly egregious, and has resulted in a thriving black market on which criminals sell the merchandise they pilfered from major and smaller retailers.
Indeed, the Empire State’s shoplifting market has cost retailers billions of dollars each year as this brand of property crime continues. A shoplifting epidemic costing retailers in New York state $4.4 billion a year is creating a shadow resale economy that ranges from eBay to bodegas, The Post has learned.Shoplifting in New York City alone rose 64% from June 2019 to June 2023, according to the Council on Criminal Justice.In 2022, the total estimated loss to shops in the state was $4.4 billion, Gov. Read: Inside the shady world of online squatting how-to guides. Georgia homeowner, Charles Allman, arrested after fraudster claimed ownership of house.