More from this issue:

1. The Complicity of Judges in Wrongful Convictions, by Hans Sherrer
2. Washington Persistent Prison Misbehavior Statute Upheld
3. Exporting the American Way of Crime
4. Federal DNA Statute Not Challengeable in Criminal Appeal
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Texas Boot Camp Denied Immunity for Ignoring Serious Medical Needs
7. Habeas Hints, by Kent A. Russell
8. Montana BMPs Are Cruel and Unusual Punishment, by Mark Wilson
9. Former Texas Prison Guard Awarded $275,000 in Race Discrimination Suit
10. Illinois Appeals Court Overturns Warden's Reckless Homicide Convictions
11. Local Officials Tell Prisoners: "You don't live here", by Peter Wagner
12. CCA Medical Contract Doesn't Violate 8th Amendment
13. No Qualified Immunity for Florida Jail Guards in Prisoner Murder
14. New Jersey Civil Commitment Hearings Secret, Biased, by Michael Rigby
15. Rape of Women Prisoners Rampant in Ohio, by Michael Rigby
16. Facts Contained in Administrative Remedies Not Automatically Deemed Facts Alleged in Complaints
17. Executions Rose in 2002; Texas Led in Number of Deaths
18. California Prison Guards Organize to Sue Assaultive Prisoners
19. No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials on Tobacco Smoke Complaints
20. Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Under Spotlight, by David Reutter
21. California Guard's Obscene Behavior Towards Prisoner Is Actionable, by Marvin Mentor
22. California No-Parole-Policy Suits For Damages And Injunctive Relief Fail, by John E Dannenberg
23. Denial of Dentures States Eighth Amendment Claim
24. Ohio Supreme Court Holds Some Sex Predators Not Required to Register
25. Permanent Injunction Against California Book Ordering Restrictions Affirmed, by John E Dannenberg
26. Georgia Sheriff as "Arm of the State" Entitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity, by Bob Williams
27. Washington Court Establishes Procedures for Community Placement Violation Hearings
28. Tenth Circuit Holds Prisoner Has Burden Under PLRA To Plead Administrative Exhaustion, by John E Dannenberg
29. Hearsay Testimony of Prison Officials Found Inadmissible in Criminal Prosecution and Probation Revocation
30. Mailbox Rule Applied To Administrative Forfeiture Proceeding, by Bob Williams
31. California Credit Restoration Denial Ruled Ex Post Facto, by John E Dannenberg
32. Mentally Ill Texas Prisoner Not Entitled to Hepatitis Treatment
33. Tennessee: Staph Outbreak, Delayed Treatment, Death Highlight Prison Healthcare Problems, by Michael Rigby
34. Two Courts Interpret Provisions of Federal Appellate Rule 4; Prisoner Appeals Dismissed as Untimely
35. 2004 Supplement to the California State Prisoners Handbook, by John E Dannenberg
36. PLRA Indigency Provision Inapplicable When Filing Fee Paid
37. No Qualified Immunity in Jail Suicide Attempt
38. Washington Agencies Must Explain Reasons for Denying Public Disclosure Requests
39. Intentional Delay to Prevent Prisoner's Suicide Precludes Qualified Immunity
40. News in Brief
41. Virginia SCC Without Jurisdiction to Hear Prisoner Phone Rate Challenge

More from Kent A. Russell:

• Habeas Hints: Understanding and Satisfying the Strickland Test for IAC, May 15, 2018
• Rundown on California Propositions 57 and 64, Jan. 10, 2017
• Habeas Hints: Staring Down the Two-Headed Monster: Richter-Pinholster, Dec. 15, 2013
• Habeas Hints: Staring Down the Two-Headed Monster: Richter-Pinholster, Nov. 15, 2013
• Habeas Hints: Actual Innocence, Sept. 15, 2013
• Habeas Hints: 2012 Supreme Court Habeas Highlights: Plea Bargaining Cases, Sept. 15, 2012
• Habeas Hints: Expert Testimony in Habeas Cases, Aug. 15, 2011
• Habeas Hints: The Year in Review, Feb. 15, 2011
• Habeas Hints: Certificate of Appealability, June 15, 2010
• HABEAS HINTS – CALIFORNIA COMMENT Pace and Bonner: Avoiding and Fighting “Untimeliness” Rulings Under California Law, Dec. 15, 2009

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.