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• The mayor wants to change that — by ensuring tickets go to the Superior Court’s traffic and minor offense division rather than the criminal division, where there’s been a backlog of cases and the burden of proof is higher.

• It is still illegal to use marijuana under federal law, but nearly a third of all states have eased the criminal consequences for its recreational use.

• Many thieves use the same flatbed trucks and forklifts to steal hives that apiaries use to transport them—leading to the inescapable conclusion that the criminals looking to make a quick buck are often insiders.

• The letter also notes under Maryland’s current criminal law, discovery of a spouse having sex with another person is similarly “inadequate provocation” for violence.

• “It can potentially lead to corruption,” said Giuseppe Fazari, professor of criminal justice at Seton Hall University.

• The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.

• But most likely it was linked to the way priests identify with the poor in the face of government and criminal abuses.

• Like any service for hire, it is extremely important for the traffickers to provide a reputable service, criminal as it is.

• There was the empathetic way she dealt with the revelation that Mrs. Baxter is a former criminal.

• Having a criminal record can reduce the likelihood of getting a callback or job offer by 50 percent.