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‘Data for Defenders’: Valuable New Resource for Defense Counsel and Pro Se Litigants
by Jordan Arizmendi
A new open access database called “Data for Defenders,” a project of MDefenders program at the University of Michigan Law School, is a valuable tool for defenders. The resources available in the database – including briefs, motions, and transcripts – will instantly broaden the tools for defenders ...
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- Police Misconduct Reform: Forcing Police Officers to Have ‘Skin in the Game’ by Creating Financial Incentives with Insurance Premiums, by David Reutter
- Sixth Circuit: Sentence Procedurally Unreasonable Where District Court Failed to Explain Decision to Impose Consecutive Sentences and Substantively Unreasonable Where Court Improperly Weighed Sentencing Factors, by Douglas Ankney
- Closed Circuit Cameras: Not the Objective Lenses We’re Told, by Benjamin Tschirhart
- Database Containing 450,000 Records of NYPD Misconduct Now Available, by Douglas Ankney
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- New Tool Used by Police to Improve Interviewing Skills, by Jordan Arizmendi
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- Kansas Supreme Court: Defendants May File a Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence in Appellate Court While on Direct Review, by Douglas Ankney
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Compassionate Release Datafile for Fiscal Years 2020-2022, by Casey Bastian
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