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Brief • June 21, 2016
Roberts et al v. Black et al, LA, Complaint, debtors prison, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-11024 Document 1 Filed 06/21/16 Page 1 of 31 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA EBONY ROBERTS, ROZZIE SCOTT, LATASHA COOK and ROBERT LEVI, Case No. Plaintiffs, COMPLAINT v. ROBERT J. …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Mississippi Town Ordered to Abandon “Secured Bail” Arrest Bond System by Chevon E. Thompson, an unemployed, indigent mother of three, was arrested by Moss Point, Mississippi police for shoplifting, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. She was told that if she posted a bond of $3,200 for the three charges she …
Jenkins v. City of Jennings, MO, Class Action Complaint, Debtor's Prisons, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION ) SAMANTHA JENKINS, EDWARD ) BROWN, KEILEE FANT, BYEON ) WELLS, MELDON MOFFIT, ALLISON ) NELSON, HERBERT NELSON JR., ) TONYA DEBERRY, et al., …
Article • May 12, 2016
Proposals Aim to End Debtor’s Prison in Pennsylvania by David Reutter Pennsylvania courts are frequently imprisoning people who are unable to pay fines. Proposed rule changes aim to end debtor’s prisons, but the real problem may be a lack of oversight for the local courts that oversee such cases. Ann …
Publication • March 10, 2016
In for a Penny - Rise of Americas New Debtors Prison, ACLU, 2010 IN FOR A PENNY The Rise of America’s New Debtors’ Prisons A report by the American Civil Liberties Union OCTOBER 2010 IN FOR A PENNY The Rise of America’s New Debtors’ Prisons A report by the American …
Brief • March 8, 2016
Anderson ACLU v. Judge Carl F. Gerds III, Order of Superintending Control, MI, indigent debtors prison, 2015
Article • March 3, 2016
Electronic Monitoring Has Become the New Debtors Prison by Eric Markowitz It all started with a traffic violation. Antonio Green didn’t have a license and admits he shouldn’t have been driving. But when his mother’s 1994 Chrysler Sebring broke down at a Taco Bell near their home in October last …
Publication • February 25, 2016
Filed under: Indigent Defense
No Right to Rest - Criminalizing Homelessness in CO, UC, 2015 NO RIGHT TO REST Criminalizing Homelessness in Colorado Tony Robinson (Ph.D.) and Allison Sickels University of Colorado Denver Survey Design and Data Collection by Denver Homeless Out Loud April 3, 2013 NO RIGHT TO REST NO RIGHT TO REST …
Publication • February 24, 2016
Filed under: Indigent Defense
Debtor's Prisons Redux - How Legal Loopholes Let Courts Criminalize Poverty, AJS, 2015 > POLICY BRIEF Debtors’ Prisons Redux How Legal Loopholes Let Courts Across the Country Criminalize Poverty DECEMBER 2015 By Allyson Fredericksen and Linnea Lassiter TAKING ACTION, MAKING CHANGE The Alliance for a Just Society’s mission is to …
Article • February 18, 2016
Unauthorized, Unpreserved Oregon Court-Appointed Attorney Fees Reversed by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed lower court assessments of attorney fees against criminal defendants without finding that they are, or may be, able to pay. Clifford Graham was convicted of four sex crimes. Since he had previously been twice …
Publication • February 15, 2016
Indigent Defense in Texas, Fair Defense, 2000 b THE FAIR DEFENSE REPORT b ANALYSIS OF INDIGENT DEFENSE PRACTICES IN TEXAS A REFERENCE REPORT BY THE TEXAS APPLESEED FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT DECEMBER 2000 b THE FAIR DEFENSE REPORT b ANALYSIS OF INDIGENT DEFENSE PRACTICES IN TEXAS A REFERENCE REPORT BY THE …
Brief • February 15, 2016
Castro v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Amicus Brief - ACLU, indigent defence pretrial detainees, 2016 Case: 12-56829, 02/15/2016, ID: 9864916, DktEntry: 80-2, Page 1 of 40 No. 12-56829 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JONATHAN MICHAEL CASTRO, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. COUNTY OF LOS …
Publication • February 12, 2016
In Jail and In Debt - Ohios Pay-to-Stay Fees, ACLU 2015 In Jail & In Debt: Ohio’s Pay-to-Stay Fees ~ Fall 2015 In Jail & In Debt: Ohio’s Pay-to-Stay Fees Fall 2015 www.acluohio.org In Jail & In Debt: Ohio’s Pay-to-Stay Fees Fall 2015 Table of Contents Introduction Page 1 Analysis …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Filed under: Indigent Defense, Bond Fees
Charging Inmates Perpetuates Mass Incarceration, Brennan Center for Justice, 2015 Charging Inmates Perpetuates Mass Incarceration By Lauren-Brooke Eisen Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law ABOUT THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and …
Publication • February 10, 2016
Order Re Indigent Defense, Nevada Supreme Court, 2007
Publication • February 10, 2016
Defence Counsel in Criminal Cases, DOJ BJS, 2000 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report November 2000, NCJ 179023 Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases By Caroline Wolf Harlow, Ph.D. BJS Statistician Almost all persons charged with a felony in Federal and large State …
Publication • February 10, 2016
Effective Advocacy in the Lower Criminal Courts, American University College of Law (Roberts), 2011 45 U.C. DAVIS L. REV. (forthcoming Winter 2011) AMERICAN SSRN Draft, Nov. 21, 2011 ~.. UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COL LEG E OF LAW American University Washington College of Law Washington College of Law Research Paper No. 2011-32 …
Publication • February 9, 2016
Neither Equal Nor Just - Legal Services to the Poor, Sb Bright, 1999 NEITHER EQUAL NOR JUST: THE RATIONING AND DENIAL OF LEGAL SERVICES TO THE POOR WHEN LIFE AND LIBERTY ARE AT STAKE By Stephen B. Bright* New York University School of Law Annual Survey of American Law Volume …
Walker v. City of Calhoun, GA, Order, Preliminary Injunction, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00170-HLM Document 40 Filed 01/28/16 Page 1 of 74 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ROME DIVISION MAURICE WALKER, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION FILE NO.: 4: …
Brief • January 20, 2016
Tucker v. Idaho, ID, Order, indigent defense debtors prison, 2016
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