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Washington Lifers Litigation Update
By John Midgley
This is a further update on the "lifers" litigation. The current status of the Powell case is as follows: US District Court Judge Thomas Zilly has held that SHB 1457 is ex post facto as applied to Mr. Powell. The state has appealed to the US Court …
This is a further update on the "lifers" litigation. The current status of the Powell case is as follows: US District Court Judge Thomas Zilly has held that SHB 1457 is ex post facto as applied to Mr. Powell. The state has appealed to the US Court …
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More from this issue:
- Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission Update, by John Perotti
- Washington Lifers Litigation Update, by John Midgley
- 1991 Prison Population Up 6.2%
- Blacks Likely to Spend More Time In Jail
- Interstate Compact Does Not Create Liberty Interest
- High AIDS Rate Behind Bars
- Study Finds Sentencing Bias in Washington State
- Prison Chief Gains Right to Counter-Sue Cons for Riot Damage
- Guards Need Not Disclose Identity Of HIV-Positive Cons
- Supreme Court Defines "Frivolous" Lawsuits
- Three Strikes, You're Out, by Ed Mead
- ABA Says Use of Prisons Not Effective Way to Fight Crime
- NCCHC Asks Congress to Improve Prison Health Care
- Infracting Cop Cannot Hear Own Infraction
- High Court to Decide if Convict Group is "Person" for IFP Status
- Supreme Court To Define "Prevailing Party" for Purposes of Attorney Fees
- Criticism of Peru Articles
- Federal Prisoner Must Exhaust BOP Remedies Before Seeking Habeas Corpus Relief
- Prison Costs More than Harvard, by Ralph Hakim Walker
- Adverse Change in Board Rules is Ex Post Facto
- Detroit's Former Chief Guilty of Embezzling
- Washington's DOC Boss Talks That Talk. Can He Walk That Walk?
- Virginia Sets Guidelines for Terminally-Ill Prisoners
- Lompoc Prison Strike
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- Court Bans Double Celling
- Censoring Mail From Courts Violates Due Process
- DOC Must Provide Involuntarily Committed With Treatment
- Rectal Search Upheld
- Wisconsin Lockdown, by Adrian Lomax
- Indiana Control Unit Prisoners File Suit and Strike, by Paul Wright
- Transfer Violates Access Rights
- Prisoner Entitled to Protection and Toilet Access
- Court Rules on Service and Venue
More from John Midgley:
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- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Magistrate Judges in Federal Courts, Nov. 15, 2003
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Damages, Aug. 15, 2003
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, April 15, 2003
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Dec. 15, 2002
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Unknown Defendant Identities, July 15, 2002
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Feb. 15, 2002
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, June 15, 2001
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Dec. 15, 2000
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Sept. 15, 2000
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