Mass Incarceration
Dockery v. Hall
The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2006
Mass Incarceration
Prisoners' Rights
Beard v. Banks
Reviewing whether maximum security prisoners in long-term segregation can be denied access to all non-religious newspapers and magazines. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2006
Mass Incarceration
Prisoners' Rights
Beard v. Banks
Reviewing whether maximum security prisoners in long-term segregation can be denied access to all non-religious newspapers and magazines. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2006
Mass Incarceration
Prisoners' Rights
Woodford v. Ngo
Reviewing whether federal law bars a prisoner who files a late administrative claim from ever challenging the conditions of his confinement in federal court. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2006
Mass Incarceration
Prisoners' Rights
Woodford v. Ngo
Reviewing whether federal law bars a prisoner who files a late administrative claim from ever challenging the conditions of his confinement in federal court. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2006
Mass Incarceration
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Halbert v. Michigan
Raising the same issue as Kowalski, which was dismissed on standing grounds. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2006
Mass Incarceration
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Halbert v. Michigan
Raising the same issue as Kowalski, which was dismissed on standing grounds. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2006
Mass Incarceration
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Hudson v. Michigan
Reviewing whether the exclusionary rule applies to evidence seized following a violation of the "knock-and-announce" rule. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2006
Mass Incarceration
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Hudson v. Michigan
Reviewing whether the exclusionary rule applies to evidence seized following a violation of the "knock-and-announce" rule. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2005
Mass Incarceration
Women's Rights
Davis v. Washington and Hammon v. Indiana
These cases raise the question of how to determine whether evidence is "testimonial" for purposes of the Confrontation Clause, and thus inadmissible at trial unless the defendant has an opportunity to cross-examine the witness whose "testimony" is being offered by the prosecution. The 糖心Vlogbrief urges the Court to adopt an objective standard under which a statement would be treated as "testimonial" if a reasonable person under the circumstances would understand that the statement could be used for criminal investigation or prosecution. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2005
Mass Incarceration
Women's Rights
Davis v. Washington and Hammon v. Indiana
These cases raise the question of how to determine whether evidence is "testimonial" for purposes of the Confrontation Clause, and thus inadmissible at trial unless the defendant has an opportunity to cross-examine the witness whose "testimony" is being offered by the prosecution. The 糖心Vlogbrief urges the Court to adopt an objective standard under which a statement would be treated as "testimonial" if a reasonable person under the circumstances would understand that the statement could be used for criminal investigation or prosecution. DECIDED