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26 May 2009, 7:09 am
In the last of three opinions on the merits, the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for a state to bar all damage lawsuits brought under federal civil rights law against prison officers or guards, allowing instead only a claim against the state itself in a special claims court. [read post]
13 May 2009, 9:36 am
“The rush to enact new statutes to prohibit cyberbullying, both at the state and federal level, reveals the absurdity of the government's claim that a severe prison sentence in this case is needed to deter cyberbullying,” the defense attorneys write. [read post]
12 May 2009, 5:31 pm
"Gilson's is scheduled to be executed Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.He was convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 death of his then-girlfriend's son, Shane Coffman.Telephone calls to Gilson's Norman attorney, Robert Jackson, went unanswered Friday.But James Rowan, a veteran capital defense attorney familiar with the case and the chairman of the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, said he was disappointed… [read post]
6 May 2009, 4:51 am
Unfair Park broke the news of the committee vote; see also brief coverage from AP.MORE (5/7): From the Dallas News' Trail Blazers Blog:When Shapleigh quizzed Perkins and three other Perry appointees to the board about their credentials, the other three cited advanced degrees, years of prison work and experience in state and local government. [read post]
5 May 2009, 1:11 am
., matrimonial attorney who did not bill her client at the requisite intervals cannot collect claimed legal fees, a New York state judge has ruled. [read post]
4 May 2009, 7:04 am
New York City, 08-969), and a state legislature’s power to bar federal courts from ruling on class action cases that are based on state law claims (Shady Grove Orthopedic Association v. [read post]
30 Apr 2009, 3:13 am
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The Mayor BunchJackson Free Press - Jackson,MS,USAJohnson got two of the state's… [read post]
29 Apr 2009, 11:47 am
Among some of Obama’s top science appointments include Lisa Jackson, to be chairwoman of the Environmental Protection Agency. [read post]
29 Apr 2009, 9:00 am
I would reverse the judgment and discharge the prisoner. [read post]
28 Apr 2009, 5:55 pm
And those already in prison need relief from the unfairly disparate sentences. [read post]
28 Apr 2009, 12:45 am
Jackson, a major 1986 ruling on the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 8:15 pm
Since taking office, Obama has drawn criticism for backing the continued imprisonment of enemy combatants in Afghanistan without trial, invoking the "state secrets" privilege to avoid releasing information in lawsuits and limiting the rights of prisoners to test genetic evidence used to convict them. [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 8:00 am
Texas Prison Bidness lets us know about a bill by Rep. [read post]
14 Apr 2009, 10:01 pm
Grassi, 783 F.2d 1572 (11th Cir. 1986) that a component of extortion for the purposes of the Hobbs Act is the victim’s fearful state of mind, and that “fear” is “‘a state of anxious concern, alarm or apprehension of harm and it includes fear of economic loss as well as fear of physical violence. [read post]
1 Apr 2009, 12:38 pm
She denies one appeal as moot -- the petitioner had already been deported, since after eight solid years in prison during ongoing deportation proceedings the petitioner told the IJ that it'd be better "to die in a real jail in front of his people" than to continue his seemingly indefinite confinement in the United States. [read post]
25 Mar 2009, 10:19 am
What Danner says is written in the Red Cross report was almost entirely, or entirely, contained in the Preliminary Report of the Robert Jackson Committee released three months ago. [read post]
25 Mar 2009, 7:18 am
What Danner says is written in the Red Cross report was almost entirely, or entirely, contained in the Preliminary Report of the Robert Jackson Committee released three months ago. [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 12:50 am
The appeals court upheld a jury's decision that State Farm owed the couple about $200,000 for wind damage. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 6:23 pm
In Georgia, Robert Newland, 65, was put to death by lethal injection at the state prison at Jackson. [read post]
7 Mar 2009, 11:45 pm
Under Megan's Law, which was enacted after 7-year-old Megan Kanka was raped and killed in 1994 by a convicted sex offender living near her Hamilton home, sex offenders must register with police after leaving prison. [read post]
