The U.S. CDC said that the vast majority of U.S. COVID-19 deaths have been among people aged 65 or older. According to Stat News, an American health-oriented news website, more than half a million elderly people in the United States have died from COVID-19, accounting for four-fift...
As the vast majority of attorneys don’t have disciplinary records (less than one-quarter of one percent of attorneys are disciplined in any given year), almost all applicants would end up being admitted through this streamlined process. This would save everyone a lot of time and effort and ...
In the American criminal justice system the vast majority of criminal convictions occur as theresult of guilty pleas, often made as a result of plea bargains, rather than jury trials. Theincentives offered in exchange for guilty pleas mean that both innocent and guilty defendantsplead guilty. We...
There are a range of potential answers to these questions. A 50-state survey from the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (CAPI) finds that although the vast majority of states have some kind of anticorruption commission, roughly half have no specialized anticorruption unit dedicated ...
During the interrogation process, the vast majority of suspects are urged to confess in exchange for leniency. They’re told that if they continue to profess innocence, they’ll suffer harsher consequences if the jury decides against them. As a result, 90 to 95 percent of suspects admit guilt...
The vast majority of apprehensions at the border do not include fraud. Between October 2017 and May 2018, 99.75 percent of family units apprehended by at the border were not linked to fraud (i.e. pretending to be a parent). A Customs and Border Protection official said Tuesday that out ...
Many of his “alternate electors” are now facing criminal charges for their false statements. At a special session of Congress on January 6, Vice President Mike Pence became Trump’s last hope to retain power. If no candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the election would move ...
Disputes that are resolved in state courts include: A vast majority of criminal cases Contract cases Personal injury cases Family law cases Cases involving estates and wills Small claims cases The criminal process for federal charges operates a bit differently from the standard procedure for state cr...
An average of 62,000 adults in New Zealand are convicted of a criminal offence each year. Around 7,500 receive a prison sentence. The vast majority of those sent to prison have mental health issues, substance abuse issues, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injuries or other neuro-disabiliti...
The vast majority of elected Democrats aren’t willing to go that far. The best evidence of what most Democrats want is the bill they tried to pass last year: the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022. That bill passed the then-Democratic House before getting derailed by a Republican ...