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Benefits, Lessons, and Optimal Strategies from Illinois Regarding How to End Cash Bail

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: September 08, 2023
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Benefits, Lessons, and Optimal Strategies from Illinois Regarding How to End Cash Bail

By Audrey Sawyer CHICAGO, IL — The Illinois Supreme Court last month upheld the Illinois Pretrial Fairnes ...

By Audrey Sawyer CHICAGO, IL — The Illinois Supreme Court last month upheld the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act, which eliminates cash bail in the state after the bill was approved by the legislature ...

September 08, 2023
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Law Prof Argues Pre-Execution Confinement Should Be Considered Detention, Not Punishment

Posted by Sunny Zhou
|Date: February 15, 2023
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Law Prof Argues Pre-Execution Confinement Should Be Considered Detention, Not Punishment

By Sunny Zhou AUSTIN, TX - In a forthcoming Virginia Law Review paper “Suffering Before Execution,” Unive ...

By Sunny Zhou AUSTIN, TX - In a forthcoming Virginia Law Review paper “Suffering Before Execution,” University of Texas Law Prof. Lee Kovarsky argued confinement before execution should not be concept ...

February 15, 2023
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Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

Posted by Rena Abdusalam
|Date: November 13, 2022
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Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX - Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row, ...

By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX - Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row, has been set an execution date of April 5, 2023, according to the 15th District Court of Grayso ...

November 13, 2022
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ACLU Files over ‘Abysmal’ Conditions at LA County Jail

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: September 12, 2022
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ACLU Files over ‘Abysmal’ Conditions at LA County Jail

By Amy Berberyan and Citlalli Florez LOS ANGELES. CA --An emergency court filing by the American Civil ...

By Amy Berberyan and Citlalli Florez LOS ANGELES. CA --An emergency court filing by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California last week found the Inmat ...

September 12, 2022
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Arizona Superior Court Rules Death Row Prisoner Competent to Be Executed Despite Documents of Mental Illness

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: May 09, 2022
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Arizona Superior Court Rules Death Row Prisoner Competent to Be Executed Despite Documents of Mental Illness

By Alex Jimenez PINAL COUNTY, AZ – The plan to execute Clarence Dixon will move forward after an Arizona ...

By Alex Jimenez PINAL COUNTY, AZ – The plan to execute Clarence Dixon will move forward after an Arizona judge rejected a stay of execution, although Dixon’s attorney alleges the superior court relied ...

May 09, 2022
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Eye on the Court: Does a 52 Years to Life Sentence Violate Constitutional Rights of Marsh?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2014
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Eye on the Court: Does a 52 Years to Life Sentence Violate Constitutional Rights of Marsh?

Listening to our keynote speaker this weekend talk about his case in Orange County where very egregious m ...

Listening to our keynote speaker this weekend talk about his case in Orange County where very egregious misconduct occurred, regarding a clearly and admittedly guilty individual, got me thinking back ...

November 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Defense Motion Challenges Constitutionality of Marsh Sentencing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2014
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Defense Motion Challenges Constitutionality of Marsh Sentencing

by Antoinnette Borbon Daniel Marsh's defense attorney, Ron Johnson, filed a motion detailing claims of cr ...

by Antoinnette Borbon Daniel Marsh's defense attorney, Ron Johnson, filed a motion detailing claims of cruel and unusual punishment being imposed on a defendant by the government. The Eighth Amendment ...

November 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Benefits, Lessons, and Optimal Strategies from Illinois Regarding How to End Cash Bail

Benefits, Lessons, and Optimal Strategies from Illinois Regarding How to End Cash Bail

Law Prof Argues Pre-Execution Confinement Should Be Considered Detention, Not Punishment

Law Prof Argues Pre-Execution Confinement Should Be Considered Detention, Not Punishment

Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

ACLU Files over ‘Abysmal’ Conditions at LA County Jail

ACLU Files over ‘Abysmal’ Conditions at LA County Jail

Arizona Superior Court Rules Death Row Prisoner Competent to Be Executed Despite Documents of Mental Illness

Arizona Superior Court Rules Death Row Prisoner Competent to Be Executed Despite Documents of Mental Illness

Eye on the Court: Does a 52 Years to Life Sentence Violate Constitutional Rights of Marsh?

Eye on the Court: Does a 52 Years to Life Sentence Violate Constitutional Rights of Marsh?

Defense Motion Challenges Constitutionality of Marsh Sentencing

Defense Motion Challenges Constitutionality of Marsh Sentencing

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