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Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
My Life with Lifers, by Dr. Elaine J. Leeder. (E-Books Unbound, 2012). 140 pages, $4.99 (e-book) or $14.95 (paperback) by John Dannenberg Book review by John E. Dannenberg Dr. Elaine Leeder, Dean of the of the School of Social Sciences at Sonoma State University, offers a concise, compassionate view of …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
From the Editor by Paul Wright As we publish our second issue with PLN’s new design, the feedback we have received so far has been overwhelmingly positive, including with respect to our expanded size. The additional pages are important as they allow us to include even more news and legal …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
A ‘Nobody’s’ Legacy: How a Semi-literate Ex-con Changed the Legal System by M. Alex Johnson by M. Alex Johnson and Vidya Rao, NBC News If you've heard of Clarence Earl Gideon at all, it’s probably because of a movie you had to watch in school. He deserves better, though, because …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Law Man: My Story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Court Cases, and Finding Redemption, by Shon Hopwood and Dennis Burke (Crown, August 2012). 320 pages, $25.00 hardcover by Lisa McElroy Book review by Lisa McElroy In the Spring of 2003, the phone on Seth Waxman’s desk rang. “Will you accept …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to PLN's anniversary issue. This issue marks 23 years and 277 issues since Prison Legal News first began publishing in May 1990. When PLN started, I didn’t think we would last this long or grow as much as we have; I also didn’t …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
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Have the Media Stopped Covering Courts? by by Joshua Gerstein Big legal showdowns between the press and courts often draw attention, as news organizations battle for the right to cover hearings and trials, for access to court records and to be allowed to take cameras into the courtroom. These battles …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
From the Editor by Paul Wright I would like to thank everyone who has donated to the Human Rights Defense Center/Prison Legal News annual fundraiser. As of mid-January 2013 we had raised a little over $29,000 of our $60,000 goal to continue the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, and still …
Reintroducing the Private Prison Information Act: An Interview by Mel Motel Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann are leading a coalition of organizations urging U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to reintroduce the Private Prison Information Act during the 113th Congress. I reached them both on the phone on a busy …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
In Memory of Jon E. Yount (1938-2012) by Peter Wagner Sometime in the early morning of April 26, 2012, in his cell in a remote Pennsylvania prison, a 74-year-old jailhouse lawyer serving a life sentence hung himself. He was a quiet man who avoided taking credit for his work, so …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
The Collapse of American Criminal Justice, by William J. Stuntz (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011). 432 pages, $35.00 by Derek Gilna Book review by Derek Gilna The late William J. Stuntz, a Harvard law professor who conducted extensive research into the “rule of law” in American society, authored …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption, by Nancy Mullane (Public Affairs Books, 2012). 384 pages, $26.99 (hard-cover) by John Dannenberg Book review by John E. Dannenberg With a gripping meld of investigative journalism and personal involvement, author Nancy Mullane digs into the true meaning of “life with …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Johnny Cash and His Prison Reform Campaign by Danny Robins On July 26, 1972, three grizzled-looking men dressed uneasily in suits gave evidence at a U.S. Senate subcommittee on prison reform. Two of the men were former prisoners of some of the toughest prisons in the U.S. – the third …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over almost 23 years of publishing PLN, the saddest duty I have had as editor has been noting the passing of many of our friends and supporters. One person who liked my PLN obituaries, and thought I wrote them well, was my father, Rollin …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright This is the last issue of PLN for 2012. By now, all PLN subscribers should have received our annual fundraising appeal; if you have not yet donated, and can afford to do so, then please do. This year we are asking our readers for …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story on the bail bonding industry focuses on one of the lesser discussed but equally important economic players in the U.S. prison industrial complex. One of the main causes of jail overcrowding in many local jurisdictions tends not to be mundane …
Petitions of Salih et al, MD, Pet Joint Reply to Memo, DOC ban on media interviews with prisoners, 2013.pdf PETITION OF * ROBERT MORGAN,# 273-810 * CIRCUIT COURT FOR FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE DECISION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES * ANNE ARUNDEL …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over the past 22 years Prison Legal News has been represented by dozens of lawyers around the country in a variety of cases, mostly dealing with censorship and public records requests. We have met many if not most of our attorneys because they subscribed …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Advanced Criminal Procedure in a Nutshell, 2nd Ed., by Mark E. Cammack and Norman M. Garland (Thomson West, 2006). 505 pages, $38.00 by John Dannenberg Book review by John E. Dannenberg Advanced Criminal Procedure in a Nutshell is an informative book that covers procedural aspects of a criminal case after …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Criminal Law in a Nutshell, 5th Ed., by Arnold H. Loewy (West Law School, 2009). 387 pages, $38.00 by John Dannenberg Book review by John E. Dannenberg Loewy, a law professor, warns his students not to substitute reading this book for doing the hard work of mastering course material in …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Interview with Conrad Black, Former Federal Prisoner and Millionaire Media Magnate by Paul Wright “I never ask for mercy and seek no one’s sympathy. I would never, as was once needlessly feared in this court, be a fugitive from justice in this country, only a seeker of it.” – Conrad …
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