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Article • August 15, 2008
Washington State Prisoner Gets Life for Fight Resulting in Broken Nose by Washington State prisoner Charles Weber appealed his 2005 conviction for second degree assault resulting in a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Although his attorney admitted to providing ineffective assistance, the court affirmed the judgment. Weber …
As Connecticut's Prison Population Increases, So Does the Number of Imprisoned Mentally Ill by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Like other prison systems throughout the nation, Connecticut's is reaching peak capacity. In the midst of dealing with overcrowding and parole issues, the Connecticut Department of Correction (CDOC) must also …
Racial Impact Statements as a Means of Reducing Unwarranted Sentencing Disparities by Marc Mauer The extreme racial disparities in rates of incarceration in the United States result from a complex set of factors. Among these are sentencing and drug policies which, intended or not, produce disproportionate racial/ethnic effects. In retrospect, …
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
Arizona Enacts Three Strikes Law, Again by The Arizona Legislator and Governor have continued exploiting the ?get tough on poor criminals? bandwagon, enacting SB 1444, in April, 2006, a law that requires a life sentence for any person convicted of a third violent felony. That law prohibits ?suspension of sentence, …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Filing Fee Waiver of Appeals in Three Strikes Cases by No Filing Fee Waiver of Appeals in Three Strikes Cases Plaintiff got his third strike in the district court, which, contrary to the literal language of the three strikes provision, granted him IFP status on appeal. At 541: That …
California Guard Murdered By Prisoner; Investigative Reports Blame Gross Staff Incompetence by Marvin Mentor A prison guard at the California Institution for Men (CIM) at Chino was stabbed to death in the Sycamore Hall housing unit on January 10, 2005 by an East Coast Crips gang-affiliated prisoner who had just …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
Los Angeles County Pays $300,000 To Settle Public Defender's Legal Malpractice by by John E. Dannenberg On October 4, 2004, the Los Angeles County, California Claims Board granted authority of $300,000 to settle a claim by a prisoner for legal malpractice on the part of the Public Defender, wherein the …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Pay To Play: Guard Union Spreads the Wealth by From January 3, 2000 to February 9, 2004, 26 of the 40 California state Senators and 50 of the 80 Assembly Members received funds - ranging from $1,000 to $333,000 - from the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), the guards …
California Initiative To Soften "3-Strikes" Law Defeated; DNA Collection From Arrestees Approved by California Initiative To Soften "3-Strikes" Law Defeated; DNA Collection From Arrestees Approved Proposition 66 (Prop. 66), a voter Initiative Act placed on the ballot by prisoners' families to soften California's unforgiving "3-Strikes" law by qualifying an offense …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee in Botched Raid; Prisoner Also Killed by Michael Rigby Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee In Botched Raid; Prisoner also Killed By Michael Rigby One day after he used a fake gun to escape from a courthouse in Tacoma, Washington, a "three-strikes" prisoner was killed by …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds California's Harsh Three-Strikes Law by John E Dannenberg U.S. Supreme Court Upholds California's Harsh Three-Strikes Law by John E. Dannenberg In two 5 to 4 decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California's harsh "three strikes and you're out" law is not grossly disproportionate in violation …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
ALEC in the House: Corporate Bias in Criminal Justice Legislation by Brigette Sarabi The past twenty years have marked a dramatic shift to more harsh criminal justice policies. While it is common knowledge that politicians beat the "tough on crime" drum to win elections, one has to wonder where they …
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Bush's Conservative Compassion: Allowing a Life Sentence for Three Bounced Checks by by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Governor George Bush has based his presidential aspirations on the questionable concept of compassionate conservatism, but how compassionate is the Texas criminal justice system in dealing with its citizens under the Bush regime. …
Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
CA 3 Strikers Entitled to Good Time by The Supreme Court of California held that: a defendant sentenced under the three strikes law (Pen.Code § 1170.12) is entitled to presentence conduct credits under Pen.Code § 4019. Otis Michael Thomas, a California prisoner, was found guilty of first degree residential burglary …
Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999
Washington Good Time Ban Unconstitutional by In a ruling with far reaching implications, a Washington state court of appeals held that a "three strikes" ballot initiative that eliminated good time and early release credits for first time offenders convicted of first degree murder, first degree rape and assault and assault …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Three Strikes in California by Willie Wisely By all accounts, the three strikes sentencing law in California is a failure according to criminal justice experts. They point out that three strikes is applied more often than not to people of color, that it hasn't reduced crime, that it's overwhelming the …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Filed under: Sentencing, Three Strikes
Analysis of People v. Romero by On June 20, 1996, the California Supreme Court decided People v. Romero (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497, 917 P.2d 628, 65 USLW 2017, 96 Daily Journal DAR 7229. The question posed in the case was whether trial judges retained discretion to strike prior felony convictions …
Washington Legislation Passed by The Washington legislature was in session for a mercifully short 60 day session between January and March, 1996. In that period several hundred anti-prisoner and anti-defendant bills were introduced, at a cost of $1,500 each. While several passed the legislature about half of those passed were …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Citizen Anti-Crime Initiatives? How the Gun Lobby Bankrolls the War on Crime by Paul Wright Recent years have seen a plethora of so called anti-crime initiatives placed on various state ballots, the most famous being the "Three Strikes You're Out" type laws. These initiatives purport to be efforts by state …
Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996
Filed under: Sentencing, Three Strikes
Virginia Class Action Members Sought by In 1982 Virginia state lawmakers passed Section 53.1-151 (B1), dubbed the "3-Time Loser Law." The law was modified several times over the years. The most recent rewrite, in 1994, reads, "Any person convicted of three separate felony offenses of (i) murder, (ii) rape, or …
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