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Publication • January 1, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018 World Prison Population List twelfth edition Roy Walmsley Introduction This twelfth edition of the World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 223 prison systems in independent countries and dependent territories. It shows the …
Article • December 28, 2017
Supreme Court Sets Aside Complicated Pennsylvania Death Penalty Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court on June 9, 2016 overturned the action of relief by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, that vacated the decision of a post conviction court that found the death penalty conviction  of Terrence …
Brief • December 22, 2017
Snodgrass v. Messer, Amici Curiae, 2017 No. 17-635 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ———— KEVIN SNODGRASS, JR., Petitioner, v. S.L. MESSER; M.L. COUNTS; C. BISHOP; E.R. BARKSDALE; J. BENTLEY; JOE FANIN; TORI RAIFORD; GARRY A. ADAMS; HAROLD CLARK, Respondents. ———— On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari …
Article • December 19, 2017 • from CLN January, 2018
New York City Quietly Assembling Massive Unregulated DNA Database by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Add overly aggressive collection of DNA samples from often unwitting individuals to the list of questionable police tactics in New York City with which criminal defense attorneys and the general public must now deal. Operating …
Article • December 19, 2017
Petition Asks Massachusetts High Court to Dismiss 18,000 Drug Convictions Tainted by Chemist Who Falsified Results by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Committee for Public Counsel Services, Hampden County Lawyers for Justice, Inc., American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (“ACLUM”), and two individuals who were convicted in cases that …
Second Chance Reforms 2017 CCRC Limiting Second Chance Reforms in 2017 Roundup of new expungement and restoration laws December 2017 COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public discussion of the collateral consequences of conviction, the legal restrictions and …
Article • December 14, 2017
Filed under: War on Terror, Terrorism, FBI
D.C. Circuit Holds Bivens Not Available for Extraterritorial Incidents by On October 23, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that a man who had been detained, interrogated and tortured for four months in three African countries by and with the consent of FBI agents could not …
Publication • December 11, 2017
Filed under: War on Terror, Immigration
Concerns About ICE Detainee Treatment Concerns about ICE Detainee Treatment and Care at Detention Facilities December 11, 2017 OIG-18-32 DHS OIG HIGHLIGHTS Concerns about ICE Detainee Treatment and Care at Detention Facilities December 11, 2017 Why We Did This Inspection In response to concerns raised by immigrant rights groups and …
State Counsel for Offenders Report Review of the Operations of State Counsel for Offenders Report by the State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee1 Approved for Publication December 8, 2017 Disclaimer: The following report and the underlying research were completed by members of the …
Publication • December 1, 2017
The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders U N I T E D S TAT E S S E N T E NC I NG COM M I S S ION United States Sentencing Commission One Columbus Circle, N.E. …
Article • November 30, 2017
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of NAACP Ad by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a lower court's ban of a prison reform ad was unconstitutional. The court upheld a lower court's injunction, enjoining Philadelphia from prohibiting non-commercial speech …
Article • November 30, 2017
Reform of Florida’s Criminal Justice Laws Urged by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida taxpayers spend around $2.3 billion annually on the state’s Department of Corrections--twice what they spend on Florida’s 28 public colleges combined. At least five other states also led by Republican governors and GOP legislative majorities--Alabama, …
Article • November 30, 2017
Study Indicates Racial Bias Skews Criminality Risk Assessment Tool by David Reutter by David Reutter The use of software to predict future criminality is increasing in popularity. However, a study by ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit news agency that produces investigative journalism, found that prediction programs are racially skewed. Risk assessments …
Article • November 28, 2017
Fifth Circuit Upholds Denial of Continuance to Retain Counsel Morning of Revocation Hearing by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a lower court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to continue a supervised release revocation hearing to allow …
Article • November 28, 2017
Filed under: War on Drugs, Sentencing, Parole
Missouri’s Release of Pot Dealer Doing LWOP Gives Hope to Nonviolent Drug Offenders Incarcerated Nationwide by Joe Watson By Joe Watson Jeff Mizanskey, a 62-year-old Missouri state prisoner serving life without parole (LWOP) on a nonviolent drug conviction, was released on Sept, 2, 2015, eliciting cautious optimism that thousands like …
Publication • November 17, 2017
Filed under: War on Drugs
Congress Should Press Philippines to Stop the Extrajudicial Drug War Killings Since the Philippines escalated its "drug war" in June of last year, over 3,900 people have been killed in anti-drug operations1, with nearly 2,300 more drug-related murders2 and thousands still "unexplained,"3 according to police reports. Estimates by media and …
Publication • November 17, 2017
Demographic Differences in Sentencing, an Update Demographic Differences in Sentencing: An Update to the 2012 Booker Report UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION United States Sentencing Commission One Columbus Circle, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 www.ussc.gov William H. Pryor, Jr. Acting Chair Rachel E. Barkow Commissioner Charles R. Breyer Commissioner Danny C. Reeves …
Article • November 16, 2017
Filed under: Crime/Demographics
Absurd, Abusive, and Outrageous: The Creation of Crime and Criminals in America by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The U.S. is a world leader in the jailing and imprisoning of its own citizens. The FBI estimates that local, state, and federal authorities have carried out more than a quarter-billion arrests …
Article • November 16, 2017
State Bar of Texas Pursuing Disciplinary Action against Prosecutor Who Lied about Deals with Jailhouse Informants in Capital Case by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In September 25, 2017, the State Bar of Texas filed a disciplinary action against former Harris County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth A. Exley. She is …
Article • November 16, 2017 • from CLN December, 2017
Filed under: Crime
Colorado Supreme Court Rules That Criminal Trespass Is a Lesser Included Offense of Burglary by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on September 11, 2017 that the crime of unlawful sexual contact is a lesser included offense of sexual assault, meaning the two must merge. This …
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