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Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Fourth Circuit Reverses Denial of Counsel for “Low IQ” North Carolina Prisoner by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In an opinion decided July 22, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of a motion for appointment of counsel by a North …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Fourth Circuit Chides Virginia Magistrate for Assuming Prisoners Proceed IFP by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held on November 15, 2023, that a lower court erred in assuming that a group of Virginia prisoners proceeded in forma pauperis (IFP) when they …
$3.25 Million Settlement Reached With Defendants Jailed in Missouri “Debtor’s Prison” for Unpaid Fines, Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On April 5, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of Missouri gave final approval to a $3.25 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging the City of …
Virginia DOC Resists Prisoner Fee Cuts by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A report released by the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) on October 1, 2022, largely rejected recommendations made by a work group to reduce costs for prisoners in state lockups and their families. Tasked by the state …
Brief • February 17, 2023
Larocque v. Turco, MA, Settlement, Denial of Right to Counsel, 2023 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS In settlement of the civil action filed in the Suffolk Superior Court entitled Carl LaRocque, et al. v. Thomas Turco, et al., 2084CV00295 ("the Litigation"), CARL LAROCQUE, ROBERT SILVA-PRENTICE, COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL …
Brief • July 28, 2021
Green v. MA DOC, MA, Class Action Complaint, Fake Drug Tests, 2021 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Suffolk, ss. JULIAN GREEN, EUGENE IVEY, JAMES P. MCKENNA, and LISA NEWMANPOLK, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, CAROL MICI, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Pay-to-Stay Fees Impoverish Prisoners, Increase Recidivism by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Pay-to-stay fees are charged by over 30% of the county jails and detention centers in the state of Wisconsin. Critics contend that the system contributes to recidivism and that the penalties are so high that they violate the …
Alabama Court Allows Lawsuit Over Indigent Traffic Offenders Jailed for Not Paying Fines by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Alabama federal district court allowed portions of a lawsuit to move forward that sought damages from the City of Montgomery (the City) and Judicial Correction Services, Inc. (JCS). The …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
California First State to Eliminate Post-Prison Fees by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins California became the first state in the nation to roll back laws that allowed for the collection of fees and fines from people released from prison or jails. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Families Over Fees Act …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Denial of Recruitment of Counsel for Wisconsin Prisoner Affirmed by Seventh Circuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order denying a prisoner’s motion for recruitment of counsel. This was the second appeal brought by Wisconsin prisoner Randy McCaa. His …
Publication • 2020
Pay to Play? Campaign Finance and the Incentive Gap in the Sixth Amendment's Right to Counsel, Duke Law Journal, 2020 70 DUKE L.J. __ (2020) (forthcoming) Pay to Play? Campaign Finance and the Incentive Gap in the Sixth Amendment’s Right to Counsel Neel U. Sukhatme* and Jay Jenkins** Abstract For …
Brief • January 31, 2020
Larocque v. Turco, MA, Complaint, Denial of Right to Counsel, 2020 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPERIOR COURT DEPT. SUFFOLK, ss. oo:;,~N.o CARL LAROCQUE, ROBERT SILVAPRENTICE, T AMIK KIRKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATIO OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LA WYERS, and COMMITTEE for PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES, Plaintiffs, V. THOMAS TURCO, Secretary of the Executive Office of …
Publication • 2019
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Sixth Amendment Center, the Right to Counsel in Maine, 2019 The Right to Counsel in Maine EVALUATION OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE MAINE COMMISSION ON INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES April 2019 6AC SIXTH AMENDMENT CENTER The Right to Counsel in Maine: Evaluation of Services Provided by the Maine Commission on Indigent …
Brief • February 28, 2018
The State of South Carolina v. Samuel, SC, Opinion, Ineffective Counsel, 2018 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State, Respondent, v. Lamont Antonio Samuel, Petitioner. Appellate Case No. 2015-002401 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS Appeal From Orangeburg County The Honorable Diane Schafer …
Brief • February 16, 2018
Iowa v. Mulatillo, IA, Appeal, Right to Counsel, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 16–1994 Filed February 16, 2018 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. CARLOS RAMON MULATILLO, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Wapello County, Annette J. Scieszinski, Judge. A criminal defendant appeals the district court …
Publication • January 29, 2018
Less is More in New York: An Examination of the Impact of State Parole Violations on Prison and Jail Populations, Columbia University Justice Lab, 2018 Shaping Justice for the Future Research Brief Less is More in New York: An Examination of the Impact of State Parole Violations on Prison and …
Ferguson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, KY, Appeal Brief, Shooting, 2017 3/14/2018 FERGUSON v. COMMONWEALTH | FindLaw Not a Legal Professional? Visit our consumer site Register | Login CASES & CODES PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Forms FindLaw Caselaw Kentucky KY Ct. App. JOBS & CAREERS NEWSLETTERS Lawyer Marketing Corporate Counsel BLOGS LAW TECHNOLOGY …
aryland v. Weddington, MD, Criminal Law, Right to Request Discharge of Counsel, 2017 State of Maryland v. Robert Clifford Weddington, No. 52, September Term, 2017. Opinion by Greene, J. CRIMINAL LAW — MARYLAND RULE 4-215 — RIGHT OF DEFENDANT TO REQUEST DISCHARGE OF COUNSEL The Court of Appeals held that …
'Not in it for Justice': How California’s Pretrial Detention and Bail System Unfairly Punishes Poor People, Human Rights Watch, 2017 H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H “Not in it for Justice” How California’s Pretrial Detention and Bail System Unfairly Punishes …
Fighting Fines & Fees: Borrowing from Consumer Law to Combat Criminal Justice Debt Abuses, Neil Sobol, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2017 Legal Studies Research Paper Series Research Paper No. 17–34 Fighting Fines & Fees: Borrowing from Consumer Law to Combat Criminal Justice Debt Abuses Neil L. Sobol This …
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