Committee evaluates Attorney Giddings' nomination amid concerns over handling unconstitutional arrest case.

Outside D.C. Superior Court, David Hearn and his attorney Norm Eisen said prosecutors told the court they had no probable cause for charges in connection with damage to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool and urged the judge to dismiss with prejudice.

Title 5 of the bill would make visa overstays a crime for the first time; members disputed the scope and whether minors should be excluded. A mens rea (knowledge/willfulness) amendment was proposed to avoid criminalizing inadvertent overstays; the committee rejected several protective amendments.

At the Joint Judiciary Interim Committee, Sheridan resident Kate Gladden urged lawmakers to study Wyoming Statute 6-2-106 so prosecutors can consider prior DUIs and other aggravating factors when pursuing charges in fatal crashes; advocates and county attorneys signaled interest in an interim review.

A district attorney asked lawmakers to grant district courts concurrent jurisdiction over certain school-threats and leaving-the-scene-with-death cases so lower-level matters can be handled more quickly and resources in superior court focused on the most serious prosecutions. The change would allow prosecutors discretion to proceed in district or

HB 4‑83, which would allow audits and authorize the attorney general to seek an AG pro tem in some jurisdictions, passed the committee as amended after lengthy debate; the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference opposed the bill’s current form, saying audits and legislative review risk politicizing prosecutorial discretion.