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Category Archives: Courts
How To Get Your Client Put To Death: The Latest Legal Controversy
If there ever was an indication that the law is an ever changing tool with which we use to govern society, one need only look at the rulings in Death Penalty law. For those of us who sharpened our legal … Continue reading
Posted in Courts
Tagged Capital punishment, death penalty, Ineffective Assistance, Ninth Circuit, Samayoa v Ayers, SCOTUS
1 Comment
Latest Immigration Case May Hit For-Profit Prisons In the Pocket
This week the Third Circuit Court of Appeals cast down a landmark ruling on Immigration Detention and Due Process. In what should be known as yet another victory for one man and his pen, Chiekh Diop fought his way out … Continue reading
New Report on Public Defenders: Again Missing the Mark
Back in February I posted about the fact that underfunded Public Defenders are a smokescreen for the real issue: underfunded prosecutors and courts cannot handle the number of crimes coming at them. A new report by Justice Policy Institute, System … Continue reading
Posted in Courts
Tagged Attorney general, costs, Criminal justice, Justice Policy Institute, Public defender
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Young Man with Asperger’s Syndrome Faces 10 Years for Police Brutality
Reposted by request of the family: Young man with Asperger’s syndrome responds appropriately to police by George Sand Posted on April 29, 2011. Reginald “Neli” Latson, a 19 year-old, sat in the grass outside the library and waited for it … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Mental Health
Tagged Abuse, Arrest, Asperger syndrome, Autism spectrum, Calverley, Health, Mental Health, neli, police brutality, reginald latson, Virginia
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SCOTUS: Drug War Finally Kills the American Revolution
The U.S. Supreme Court has finally cast down the 4th Amendment and harkened back to the police powers of 1772. In last week’s Kentucky v King ruling, an 8-1 Court decided that it was okay to break in a door … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Drug Policy
Tagged Alito, Cannabis, Circuit Court, Criminal justice, Dissent, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Exigent circumstance in United States law, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Ginsberg, Human Rights and Liberties, Kentucky Supreme Court, Kentucky v King, Prison-Industrial Complex, SCOTUS, Search warrant, United States, United States Constitution, United States Supreme Court
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Unshackled Pregnancies: Idaho, Nevada, Rhode Island…
UPDATE: By a vote of 48-16, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed H 5257, echoing passage of the same bill by the Senate several weeks ago. The bill should end up on Governor Lincoln Chaffee’s desk within a few … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Prison Conditions, Prisoner Health
Tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Brian Sandoval, California, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Health, Human rights, Idaho, legislation, Lincoln Chafee, Nevada, pregnant prisoners, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Rhode Island, Tina Reynolds, United States, unshackling, women
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Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement Arises!
Alabama represents the answer to a clarion call. This is a call that speaks to us in our own voice; clear, loud and urgent. A voice that speaks to our identity and emanates from the soul, ringing true both in … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, Innocence, Political Prisoners, Prison Conditions, prison economics, Rehabilitation, Voting Rights
Tagged Activism, Alabama, Alabame, All of Us or None, Ban the Box, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Formerly incarcerated, Human rights, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Riverside Church, Selma Alabama, voting rights
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Judges, Integrity, and Coming Up Short… (Facebook? Really??)
Just in case you felt that judges were above the fray, this Facebook post by West Virginia Circuit Judge John Yoder says it all. This man has a history of flagrant behavior, such as illegally forcing indigents to pay fees, … Continue reading
Underfunded Public Defenders are Only 1/3 of The Equation
As state budget discussions heat up around the nation, each department will be fighting to keep their slice of the pie while a few will be bold enough to tout their need for expansion. In a time of economic hardship … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, prison economics
Tagged actual innocence, Attorney general, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Commissioners Court, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, death penalty, drug policy, drug war, governor quinn, harris v. champion, jailhouse lawyer, Law, new mexico, oklahoma, Public defender, Rhode Island, Speedy Trial, state of public defender programs, war on drugs
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How Wells Fargo, and the 1% Use the Drug War
A new book, Amexica: War Along the Borderline, reveals details of how Wachovia bank (now owned by Wells Fargo) was caught red-handed laundering hundreds of billions of dollars from Mexico. This is a major pillar of the banking system. What … Continue reading →