More from this issue:

1. Smoking, Lies and Hypocrisy, by Paul Wright
2. Education as Crime Prevention: Providing Education to Prisoners, by Dan Pens
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Judge-Made Law, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
5. TCI Breaks 'Inmate Telephone System' Stranglehold, by Dan Pens
6. Utah Governor's 'Pal' Dupes Parole Officials
7. Motion for Seized Property Subject to PLRA Fee
8. Attn: Lawyers in Prison
9. Dismissal of Paid Suit Counts as a "Strike"
10. Fifth Circuit Upholds PLRA IFP Provisions
11. Mailbox Rule Applies to Trust Fund Statement
12. Mandamus Appeal Denied as Third Strike
13. PLRA Doesn't Apply to Habeas
14. Writs of Mandamus Not Subject to PLRA Fees
15. AL Jail Enjoined From Holding Prisoners Overnight
16. Former Warden Wins Suit Against TDCJ
17. Washington 35% Law Struck Down, in Part
18. $135,000 Award in Beating Affirmed, Municipal Liability Reversed
19. Torture Info Wanted
20. News in Brief
21. Legal Material Confiscation May Violate First Amendment
22. A Matter of Fact
23. Alabama Jail Held in Contempt for Crowding
24. Dismissal for Derelict Lawyer Reversed, by Arizona prisoner (name withheld)
25. New York Work Release Creates Liberty Interest

More from these topics:

• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Where Defense Counsel Failed to Understand State Self-Defense Statute Provides Complete Defense to Felony Murder Based on Felon-in-Possession Charge, Oct. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Felon in Possession Statute, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Murder/Felony Murder.
• Third Circuit Orders Evidentiary Hearing on State Prisoner’s Petition Seeking Federal Habeas Relief Because Both State and Federal Courts Denied Relief Without Holding Hearing on IAC Claim That, if Proven, Would Entitle Him to Relief, Aug. 1, 2024. Evidentiary Ruling, Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Counsel - Effective Assistance of.