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Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
$10 Million Reimbursed for Vacated Washington Drug Possession Convictions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In September 2023, just two months into a program to rebate fines and fees for vacated drug convictions, Washington state courts had paid out more than $9.4 million. That’s nearly 20% of a $50 …
Article • April 26, 2024
Fourth Circuit Finds No Defamation for Inaccurate Media Reporting of Criminal Record of Former Federal Prisoner in West Virginia by After a 2010 explosion killed 29 miners at a Massey Energy Company coal mine in West Virginia, CEO Don Blankenship was convicted of conspiracy to violate federal mine safety regulations …
DeSantis Axes Florida Criminal Justice Reform by Stuck in distant second place in the race for the GOP Presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) vetoed a new criminal justice reform measure on June 27, 2023, even though it was passed by most members of his own party in the …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: jobs, Criminal History
“Ban the Box” Hiring Law Sets National Standard for Federal Contracts by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders A little-known provision attached to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2020 prohibits federal contractors from asking about a job applicant’s criminal history. Signed into law in December 2020 by former Pres. …
Vermont Supreme Court Keeps State Prisoner’s Challenge Alive to DOC’s Use of Expunged Convictions in Classification Decision by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 21, 2022, the Vermont Supreme Court remanded a case to the state Department of Corrections (DOC) so that it could respond on the record to …
Publication • 2022
University of Pennsylvania-Decarceration's Inside Partners, March 2022 PennLaw UNIVERSITY of PEN SYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series Research Paper No. 22-24 Decarceration’s Inside Partners Seema Saifee UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research …
Publication • 2019
A Call for New Criminal Justice Values, The Square One Project, 2019 EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE POLICY JANUARY 2019 Arthur Rizer, R Street Institute A CALL FOR NEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE VALUES The Square One Project aims to incubate new thinking on our response to crime, promote more …
Brief • February 28, 2018
Pue v. State of Texas, TX, Opinion, Sentence Enhancements, 2018 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-85,447-01 EX PARTE JEREMY WADE PUE, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. CR2008-214-1 IN THE 207 TH DISTRICT COURT COMAL COUNTY R ICHARDSON, J., delivered the …
Utah v. Lopez, UT, Opinion, Insufficient Evidence, 2018 This opinion is subject to revision before final publication in the Pacific Reporter 2018 UT 5 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF UTAH STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. KOMASQUIN LOPEZ, Appellant. No. 20151094 Filed February 9, 2018 On Direct Appeal …
USA v. Harper, TN, Opinion, "Crime of Violence," 2017 RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 17a0254p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, ┐ │ │ > v. ADARIUS HARPER, Defendant-Appellee. │ │ │ │ │ ┘ …
USA v. Soza, TX, Opinion, Firearm Possession, Sentencing Guidelines, 2017 Case: 16-41689 Document: 00514218587 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/31/2017 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 16-41689 United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED October 31, 2017 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce …
State of Kansas v. Simmons, KS, Appeal Brief, Offender Registration, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 108,885 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. AMI LATRICE SIMMONS, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT Nonsex offenders seeking to avoid retroactive application of provisions of the Kansas Offender Registration Act …