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Arkansas Board of Corrections Settles Sunshine Law Charges, Caving to Governor’s Power Grab by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 30, 2026, the Arkansas Board of Corrections (BOC), which manages and oversees the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC), gave up its fight against two new laws that severely limit …
HRDC Sues Colorado Jail for Prohibiting Dozens of Magazines and Books by Robert Haughn by Robert Haughn On March 31, 2026, the Human Right Defense Center (HRDC), nonprofit publisher of PLN and Criminal Legal News (CLN), filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Colorado against the Weld County Jail …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
CDCR May No Longer Use Sentence Credits to Advance Parole Eligibility of Some California Prisoners Serving Indeterminate Sentences by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a tough ruling for some California prisoners, the state Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, said on July 28, 2025, that a 2016 voter initiative …
Colorado Supreme Court Holds Governor Is Appropriate Defendant in Cases Involving State Constitutional Responsibility by The Colorado Supreme Court has decided “that the Governor is an appropriate defendant in cases involving ‘his constitutional responsibility to uphold laws of the state and to oversee Colorado’s executive agencies.’” The Court’s February 1, …
Brief • April 27, 2021
Ziegler v. Ivey, AL, Complaint, Private Prison Contracts, 2021 DOCUMENT 2 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 4/27/2021 4:53 PM 03-CV-2021-900447.00 CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA GINA J. ISHMAN, CLERK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA JIM ZEIGLER JOHN W. ROGERS LESLIE OGBURN KENNY GLASGOW ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Editorial: The Case Against Florida’s Amendment 4 on Felon Voting Rights by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Florida leads the nation with over 1 million citizens disenfranchised and unable to vote due to felony convictions. The path to having their voting rights restored is long and difficult, and has been …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
California Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Reform Law by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Proposition 66, also known as the Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act, was passed by 51.13% of California voters on November 8, 2016. Prop. 66 was intended to “facilitate the enforcement of judgments and achieve cost …
Minnesota v. Eason, MN, Opinion, Appointment of Counsel, 2018.pdf STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A16-1647 Hennepin County Lillehaug, J. Dissenting, Stras, McKeig, JJ. State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Filed: January 24, 2018 Office of Appellate Courts Jamil Joshua Eason, Appellant. ________________________ Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and …
Brief • January 11, 2018
New Mexico v. Whitaker, NM, Opinion, Bail, 2018.pdf 1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 2 Opinion Number: 3 Filing Date: January 11, 2018 4 NO. S-1-SC-36379 5 STATE OF NEW MEXICO ex rel. 6 RAÚL TORREZ, Second Judicial District Attorney, 7 Petitioner, 8 v. 9 …
Grenier v. Semple, CT, Class Action Complaint, Prisoner Exposure to Gas, Case 3:16-cv-01465-AVC Document 1 Filed 08/26/16 Page 1 of 36 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT LEE GRENIER; TAVORUS FLUKER; ANTHONY ROGERS; THOMAS MARRA; LAWRENCE TOWNSEND; TERRENCE EASTON; LAMONT SAMUEL; IAN COOKE; and J. MICHAEL FARREN on behalf …