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17 Jul 2020, 10:35 am by Dylan Hayre
Since the outset of the pandemic, public health experts unequivocally stated that getting people out of jails and prisons must be part of any state’s response to the Coronavirus. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 5:36 am by HSnader
  Cases of Aggravated Assault Under the criminal justice system, assault charges refer to any actions that cause injury or harm to another person. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Trump Commutes Longtime Friend Roger Stone’s Prison Sentence AP News – Jill Colvin and Eric Tucker | Published: 7/11/2020 President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone days before Stone was to begin serving a 40-month prison term for lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing the U.S. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 4:32 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
 We must find a way to make drug and mental-health treatment available in Texas outside the justice system. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 5:00 pm
Respect for the legal system is not promoted when they are told, over and over again by their lawyers: “Nothing. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by James Romoser
The episode considers broader questions on the Electoral College system and what might occur in this year’s election. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 1:22 pm by Michael Barber
” Any officer who is found to have administered a prohibited restraint that causes serious bodily injury or death may be sentenced to serve up to 20 years in prison and pay up to a $50,000 fine. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 12:30 pm by John Ross
So proponents of a ballot measure (that would restore a good time credits system for state prisoners) that gathered 215k signatures, instead of the requisite 347k, may yet see it put to voters.  Proponents of several proposed ballot measures in Illinois are out of luck, however, says the Seventh Circuit. [read post]
9 Jul 2020, 10:37 am by Shayna Strom
Over half of all 122 federal prisons have been impacted by the virus. [read post]
7 Jul 2020, 6:52 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
McKinney, which held that prison officials can violate the Eighth Amendment in exposing inmates to health risks such as cigarette smoke. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
As the lawsuit notes, prisons, including the Terre Haute facility, are well-known COVID-19 hot spots.In a recent blog post Seigen claimed that “I’m being asked to make an impossible decision — violate my religious beliefs or risk my health and life by attending an execution that could become a ‘super-spreader’ event for COVID-19. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 9:00 pm by Guest Contributor
 As the Associated Press reported, “of the 15 U.S. counties with the highest per-capita infection rates between April 28 and May 5, all are homes to meat processing plants or state prisons. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Abramoff made a public showing of rehabilitating himself after he was released from prison in 2010. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 3:31 pm by Suhre & Associates, LLC
Some of the consequences of a pandemic were expected, such as high rates of unemployment and overloads of our health care system. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 7:27 am by Dylan Hayre
We know that the egregious harm created by our carceral systems has always been deliberately concentrated in Black and Brown communities. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 9:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A separate database compiles reports on all deaths in custody, including deaths in police custody and in prisons and county jails, going back to the 1980s. [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 1:47 pm by Tia Sewell
Stone, a longtime ally of President Trump, cited health concerns due to the danger presented by the pandemic in prisons. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 2:28 pm by Eugene Volokh
["Publicly expressing anger toward an elected official is not a basis for entry of an injunction. [read post]