Since the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to overhaul its overcrowded prisons in 2011 and realignment reforms were implemented, inmate-on-inmate … [Read more...]
Cell phones being monitored in jails and free world alike
The government spies on incarcerated citizens who use illegal cellphones in correctional facilities. Those aren’t the only people government officials … [Read more...]
Supreme Court grants new trial based attorney’s assertion of client’s guilt
The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a new trial, despite evidence of the man’s guilt, in a case where the defendant testified he is innocent while his … [Read more...]
Plea bargain challenges are not barred to defendant
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that plea bargains do not prohibit defendants from challenging the constitutionality of their convictions. The … [Read more...]
USSC rules bail hearings undocumented immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court in early March ruled 5 to 3 in the case of Jennings v. Rodriguez that the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit … [Read more...]
California’s next governor faces executions
California’s next governor could be forced to make a life-or-death decision that the state’s top executive hasn’t faced in over a decade; whether to … [Read more...]