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27 Jun 2017, 1:48 pm by Brianne Gorod
’” As the court explained, the guidelines established by the CCA “‘creat[ed] an unacceptable risk that persons with intellectual disability will be executed. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 10:22 am by Ruby Powers
The CCA also provides other ways for Cubans to legally migrate to the U.S. through an immigrant visa issuance, refugee admission, the diversity lottery and the Special Cuban Migration Program (“SCMP”), also known as the Cuban Lottery. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 7:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
That would help weed out frivolous claims and make it more likely the CCA can spot the valid ones.Make Grits Philosopher King and I'd suggest Texas should create a public-defender office for appeals and writs comparable to the Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney on the government's side, with a specific mandate for representing defendants' state habeas claims. [read post]
26 Jun 2017, 7:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"The CCA could have refused the agreement, but thank heavens they did the right thing and ratified it. [read post]
21 Jun 2017, 9:05 am by John Floyd
  The CCA rejected the trial court and the state’s recommendation that habeas relief be granted. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The categories, and the rules that govern each one, are spelled out in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (INA), as amended in 2000 by the Child Citizenship Act (CCA).Section 301(c) of the INA provides, for example, that a person born outside of the U.S. to two U.S. citizen parents acquires citizenship at birth as long as at least one of the parents “has had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions, prior to the birth of such person. [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 6:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
So Texas courts go forward knowing that some percentage of erroneous IDs and false convictions could be prevented if the Legislature or the CCA would just put their foot down.Making it all advisory, suggested policies, etc., without having the exclusionary rule apply or even requiring jury instructions when suggestive lineups are allowed into evidence means these reforms don't have a lot of teeth. [read post]
25 May 2017, 1:12 pm by Allison Smith
  Under the statute, implementation of a CCA cannot result in cost shifting between CCA customers and those customers choosing to remain with the IOU. [read post]
27 Apr 2017, 3:12 pm by Melissa Perry (CA)
However, as of late January 2017, the CCA was only in the early stages of its review and its report is not expected until late 2018. [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 10:00 am
For these reasons, the ACLU is staunchly opposed to prison privatization, and we’ll continue working to expose the harm to human rights caused by the Trump administration’s embrace of companies like CCA/CoreCivic and GEO Group. [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 5:56 am by Michael Lowe
  Read our post on that travesty, “Report on Crime Lab Evidence Released: DPS Lab Tech Jonathan Salvador May Have Sent 1000s to Texas Prisons in Wrongful Convictions & and the CCA is Reversing The Convictions. [read post]
13 Apr 2017, 4:07 pm by INFORRM
Since the Defamation Act 2013 failed to address any costs related issues, the only alternative to secure access to justice for impecunious claimants if the current CFA regime were to be declared incompatible with Article 10 would be section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (“CCA”). [read post]
25 Mar 2017, 6:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In the McClintock case, the CCA reviewed a lower appellate court ruling which held, relying on longstanding precedent, that evidence obtained without probable cause, even if a judge improperly issued a warrant, must be excluded. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 9:06 pm by Dan Flynn
FSIS is this country’s Central Competent Authority (CCA) responsible for regulating and inspecting meat, poultry, and egg products. [read post]