Mistreatment of prisoners interferes with rehabilitation efforts and can exacerbate crime, a new Australia-US study finds. The research by Flinders … [Read more...]
Incarceration speeds up aging process
Prisons cause some incarcerated people to get older faster, according to research on Black prisoners. Time spent in jail or prison can speed up the … [Read more...]
Visible restraints violate right to fair trial-MICHIGAN
The Supreme Court overturns a federal appeals court decision ordering a Michigan state court to retry or release a convicted murderer because his … [Read more...]
Pharmaceutical companies want to manufacture death drugs in secret-IDAHO
A new bill prohibiting drug supplier transparency on lethal injection drugs has reached the full Idaho Senate. A 5-4 vote pushed the bill to the … [Read more...]
High Court lowers bar for ‘malicious prosecution’ lawsuits
People who sue law enforcement for malicious prosecution after they are falsely accused of a crime have a better chance in court as the Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Brooklyn man serves 24 years on coerced testimony, settles for $10.5M – NEW YORK
Based on the testimony of a single eyewitness, and with zero forensic evidence against him, Shawn Williams was convicted of a fatal 1993 shooting in … [Read more...]
Chicago man settles wrongful conviction lawsuit for $7.5M
In 2016, Cooper’s pardon application was declined by Indiana’s former governor, Mike Pence, despite his having the support of the state’s parole … [Read more...]
Pair found innocent decades later – Tennessee
Couple exonerated by new evidence; one died in custody, declared innocent posthumously A couple convicted in the brutal rape of a young child in … [Read more...]
Prosecutors sue to block 1,000 commutations – OREGON
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is being sued for allegedly unlawfully freeing almost 1,000 prisoners. Two district attorneys and victim families … [Read more...]
‘Civil Death’ doctrine ruled unconstitutional, RHODE ISLAND
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has thrown out an old law that says anyone serving a life sentence has no civil rights. The 1909 law said such … [Read more...]
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