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  2. Loitering - Wikipedia

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    Loitering is the act of standing or waiting around idly without apparent purpose in some public places. [ 1 ] While the laws regarding loitering have been challenged and changed over time, loitering of suspect people can be illegal in some jurisdictions and some specific circumstances.

  3. Anti-homelessness legislation - Wikipedia

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    Homeless people find it harder to secure employment, housing, or federal benefits with a criminal record, and therefore penalizing the act of being homeless makes exiting such a situation much more difficult. They may face potential legal repercussions such as fines and jail time for seeking shelter in vehicles (Tennessee) and "loitering". [15]

  4. City of Chicago v. Morales - Wikipedia

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    More specifically, "In 1993, Jesus Morales was arrested and found guilty under the ordinance for loitering in a Chicago neighborhood after he ignored police orders to disperse. Ultimately, after Morales challenged his arrest, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the ordinance violated due process of law in that it is impermissibly vague on its ...

  5. 'Criminalization of homelessness': Brockton on brink of new ...

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    BROCKTON — New laws against camping and loitering could pass city council on Tuesday, marking a new chapter in how Brockton deals with homelessness. The new rules would set fines of $200 per day ...

  6. With note of caution, Newsom signs bill decriminalizing ... - AOL

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  7. Sit-lie ordinance - Wikipedia

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    Critics argue that such ordinances are a criminalization of homelessness, a criminalization of ordinary activities – hence prone to selective enforcement – and unnecessary, since existing, narrowly targeted laws ban the undesirable activities such as aggressive begging, obstruction of sidewalks, loitering, and aggressive pursuit.

  8. New changes designed to strengthen Illinois’ Move Over law

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    (The Center Square) – In the wake of another Illinois state trooper's death, officials continue to attempt to strengthen the state’s Move Over law, or Scott’s Law. Trooper Clay Carns was ...

  9. Savannah Guthrie - Wikipedia

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    The move came after Vieira announced her departure from the show as co-host of the main program, and the subsequent promotions of Curry and Morales to main co-host and news anchor, respectively. Guthrie departed The Daily Rundown for Today on June 9, 2011, [ 19 ] at which time she was appointed NBC News chief legal analyst, making her first ...