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11 Oct 2019, 5:02 am by Andrew Leipold
  If prosecutors are convinced that incarceration is an over-used tool, there is reason to hope that the prison system can become permanently smaller and more effective. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 9:47 pm
A few years later, when President George Washington was in Philadelphia (then the nation's capital), a slave named Ona Judge who helped Mrs. [read post]
27 Jun 2012, 9:21 am by Steve Hall
The change, manifest in court decisions starting in 2005, is a result of a confluence of factors: a drop-off in the crack-related crime wave that began in the late 1980s and that led states to move violent juveniles into the adult system and create mandatory prison terms for some crimes; an explosion in scientific research on adolescent brain development; a desire to cut costs by reducing prison populations; and the frustration of juvenile judges with mandatory… [read post]
10 May 2018, 4:12 am by SHG
“We should be proud that our constitutional system protects the rights of the accused, but over the past few years that system has allowed the safeguards protecting the rights of the innocent to be torn away. [read post]
26 Feb 2020, 3:50 am by Edith Roberts
Philadelphia, a challenge to Philadelphia’s exclusion of Catholic Social Services from the city’s foster care system because the group will not place children with same-sex couples that the court will hear next term, “is a significant escalation from most of the Supreme Court’s previous cases asking when religious people may seek an exemption from the law. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 5:46 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
While today’s outcome isn’t what we had hoped, I respect our nation’s judicial system. [read post]
12 Sep 2022, 7:36 am by Justin Chan
Such a unit within the Philadelphia DA’s office worked with the Innocence Project to vacate the conviction of Termaine Hicks, who spent 19 years in prison based on the false testimony of police officers. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 4:16 pm
Barack Obama spoke today in Philadelphia. [read post]
31 Mar 2007, 11:34 pm
The federal government and military also can execute prisoners. [read post]
10 Sep 2021, 1:47 pm by Joseph Longley
And jails and prisons should ensure access to medications for opioid use disorder for everyone who needs it. [read post]
10 Sep 2021, 1:47 pm by Joseph Longley
And jails and prisons should ensure access to medications for opioid use disorder for everyone who needs it. [read post]
28 Nov 2017, 2:13 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
(Caveat: The new DA in Philadelphia appears to have a more visionary agenda, and I'm interested to see how he fares and exactly what he does differently from his predecessors. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 7:44 am by Roshonda Scipio
TITLE The German legal system and legal language : a general survey together with notes and German vocabulary / Howard D. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 5:59 am by Rachel, Legal Assistant
Everyone. - http://goo.gl/Tll74Judges dismiss wind turbine setback challenge - Markdale Standard - http://goo.gl/NXWHtObama creates indefinite detention system for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay - http://goo.gl/tf3rn- Rachel Spence, TorontoVisit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net TORONTO EMPLOYMENT LAW • TORONTO CIVIL LITIGATION & ESTATE LITIGATION • TORONTO FAMILY LAW & DIVORCE ORIGINALLY POSTED AT WISE LAW BLOG • SUBSCRIBE TO WISE LAW BLOG [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 2:08 am by Bill Otis
Haley could invite Philadelphia Police Officer Jesse Hartnett, who was shot several times last week in a premeditated attack by ex-con and ISIS adherent, Edward Archer  --  a man who, in a more serious system, would have been in jail for his numerous prior offenses (as shown here).Gov. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 5:16 am by Dani Selby
Free Meek This program chronicles Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill’s 12-year-long fight for freedom after being charged with illegal gun possession and drug dealing at age 19. [read post]
6 Sep 2023, 4:27 am by SHG
Zachary Rehl, 38, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. [read post]
31 May 2012, 1:34 pm by CJLF Staff
District Judge Thelton Henderson on Wednesday ruled California is not yet ready to completely retake control of the medical care systems in its prisons, and ordered the federal receiver J. [read post]