Posts Tagged ‘Supreme Court’
Former inmate emerges from prison a Supreme Court practitioner
Click here to read the New York Times article, A Mediocre Criminal, but an Unmatched Jailhouse Lawyer.
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Supreme Court Hears Case on Federal Prisoner Sentencing
Can the federal government keep convicted sex offenders past their sentences if they are deemed dangerous to society? Today the Supreme Court is hearing a case that challenges the federal government’s ability to hold prisoners.
Read more here.
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Juvenile Life Sentences in Florida Under Question
On Monday, November 9th, the Supreme Court will hear two appeals from juvenile offenders who were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for crimes other than homicide. The offenders are claiming that the eighth amendment – no cruel and unusual punishment – should prevent juvenile offenders from dying in prison for a crime that was not a homicide. But many lawmakers in Florida disagree. According to this New York Times article:
There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed. All are in the United States. And 77 of them are here in Florida.
Read more about juvenile life without parole and these Supreme Court cases here.
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Schwarzenegger Prepared to go to Supreme Court
California has been given until September 18th to come up with a plan reduce its number of inmates by 40,000 in the next two years. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has requested more time and claims he will appeal to the United States’ Supreme Court if the panel of federal judges do not grant his request.
Read more about California’s overcrowding crisis here.
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Sotomayor on Capital Punishment
Now that President Obama selected Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for Supreme Court judge, where will she stand on capital punishment? Read more about her history as a federal judge and the new issues she may face dealing with death penalty cases.
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