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Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition)
The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition), by Brandon Sample and Alissa Hull (PLN Publishing, 2016). 275 pages, $49.95 (softcover)
Book review by Christopher Zoukis
The much-anticipated second edition of The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, by Brandon Sample and Alissa Hull, is the fifth book to ...
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More from this issue:
- Apples-to-Fish: Public and Private Prison Cost Comparisons, by Alex Friedmann
- U.S. Department of Justice Finds Fault with Privatized Federal Prisons, by Christopher Zoukis
- Alabama Public Service Commission Enacts Prison, Jail Phone Reforms, by David Reutter
- Supreme Court: Sixth Amendment Prevents Pretrial Seizure of Untainted Assets, by Derek Gilna
- New York Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 25 Years
- Oregon Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Release Debit Card Suit, by Derek Gilna
- DOJ Gives $179.7 Million to State Law Enforcement in FY 2016 Grant Funding, by Derek Gilna
- Studies Suggest Parental Incarceration is More Damaging to Children than Death of a Parent, by Christopher Zoukis
- Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition), by Christopher Zoukis
- CCA Prison Not Reporting Valley Fever Cases among Hawaii Prisoners
- Merger of Prisoner Transport Companies Delayed after Objections Filed, by Derek Gilna
- Oregon Post-conviction Judgment Violates State Law, by Mark Wilson
- Sixth Circuit Vacates Denial of Qualified Immunity; Each Defendant’s Conduct Must be Individually Evaluated, by Mark Wilson
- U.S. Office of Special Counsel Assists BOP Whistleblowers, by Derek Gilna
- Chicago Police Detective Accused of Brutality Used Similar Techniques at Guantanamo, by Derek Gilna
- Conservatives Try to Co-opt Criminal Justice Reform, by Matthew Clarke
- There is Talk of Prison Reform, but for the 150,000 People in Prison for Life, There is No Reform on the Horizon
- Presidential Candidates’ Current and Past Positions on Criminal Justice Issues, by Joe Watson
- First Unconditional Release from Minnesota’s Sex Offender Program
- Federal Court Finally Ends Oversight at Fulton County Jail, by David Reutter
- Corporations, Colleges and Cities Dump Private Prison Stock, by Joe Watson
- Eleventh Circuit Upholds Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Following Remand from Supreme Court
- Federal Judge Clears Way for Civil Rights Suit in Oklahoma Jail Death
- Seventh Circuit: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Help No Reason to Deny Appointment of Counsel, by Gary Hunter
- Second Chance Pell Pilot Program Will Bring College to 12,000 Prisoners
- Class-action Suit Filed Against GEO Group for Violation of Job Applicants’ Rights
- Judge Orders End to Recording of Attorney-Client Meetings at CCA’s Leavenworth Detention Center, by Derek Gilna
- South Carolina Sheriff Fires Whistleblower Instead of Jailer Who Assaulted Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
- Third Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Restraint Chair Case, by Mark Wilson
- Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board, by Christopher Zoukis
- Los Angeles County Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $1.6 Million
- Federal Civil Procedure Rule 15 is Substantive, Not Chronological in Application
- Drastic Sentence Reduction for Mentally Ill Former Tamms Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
- Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity
- Wisconsin: Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner Receives $6.5 Million
- Ninth Circuit: Congress Can Criminalize Federal Sex Crimes Committed in State Facilities, by Mark Wilson
- Illinois: Exonerated Prisoner Calls $80,000 Award a Travesty, Retrial Ordered, by Gary Hunter
- New Orleans Sheriff Ends Oversight of Electronic Monitoring Program, by David Reutter
- Wisconsin Prison Enters into Consent Decree to Correct Tainted Water, by Derek Gilna
- Oregon Habeas Cognizable to Challenge Confinement in Florida and Colorado under Interstate Compact
- Massachusetts’ Anti-shackling Law Limits Restraints on Pregnant Prisoners but Problems Persist, by Joe Watson
- GEO Group Still Invests in Florida Politics
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- News in Brief
More from Christopher Zoukis:
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- Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice, Oct. 1, 2020
- Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality, Aug. 1, 2020
- With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand, July 1, 2020
- A Nation on the Brink, June 15, 2020
- Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release, June 1, 2020
- Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 1, 2020
- New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk, June 1, 2020
- Coronavirus: A Nationwide Survey of the Push for Early Release as Pandemic Fears Grow, May 1, 2020
- California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic, May 1, 2020
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- Fifth Circuit Announces When Initial § 2255 Petition Not Decided on Merits and Appeals Court Later Recalls Mandate Dismissing Direct Appeal and Affirms Conviction, Subsequent § 2255 Petition Not ‘Second or Successive’ Under AEDPA, Aug. 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
- Fourth Circuit Announces Counterman v. Colorado Is New Rule of Constitutional Law That Applies Retroactively to Cases on Collateral Review and Grants Authorization to File Successive § 2255 Motion, July 1, 2025. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Habeas Corpus, Threats.
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- Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
- 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.