The United States Supreme Court declined to review a circumstance in which the Texas Court docket of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) flouted a earlier Supreme Courtroom ruling in denying a loss of life-row prisoner reduction despite defense counsel’s failure to examine and existing a “tidal wave” of offered mitigating evidence in […]
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Human Imprisonment, Animal Captivity, Social Justice, and Law
Supply: Cambridge University Press, with permission. “The items that animals price stand in stark reduction against the life that we pressure on them.” Lori Gruen and Justin Marceau are two of the world’s leaders in the ethics of captivity (Lori) and jail reform (Justin). I’ve beforehand written about their seminal […]
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Seasoned Decide Humbled by Supreme Courtroom Provider
Fifth District Courtroom of Appeals Judge Scott Gwin Fifth District Court docket of Appeals Choose Scott Gwin Fifth District Court of Appeals Decide Scott Gwin has sat as a going to judge for the Supreme Courtroom of Ohio numerous situations in his 33 yrs on the bench, and he is […]
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Therapy courts are substitute to jail. Graduation prepared June 30
Casey Clevenger commenced as an assistant prosecutor in Callaway County 16 decades back. She was assigned to that county’s procedure court docket software in the 13th judicial district, which also consists of Boone County. About nine decades into that occupation, she was appointed as commissioner of the 13th Circuit’s cure […]
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Homeless courts help people on streets navigate the legal system
Mesa’s Community Court might appear like any other at first glance, with defendants appearing one by one before a judge dressed in a black robe. But a closer look at their sentences reveals a key difference. On one Wednesday afternoon, Judge John Tatz directs a woman to get a new […]
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With no funding, governor’s Treatment Court docket plan is just an vacant gesture
In summary The proposal does very little to address California’s critically under-resourced mental overall health care technique. By Kara Chien, Specific to CalMatters Kara Chien is the controlling attorney of the Mental Wellbeing Device at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Business. A youthful man with a historical past of psychological […]