Legal Updates
Court rulings, filings, appeals, and misconduct in the case.
CA Prisons Expect To Show A Profit
The CA Prison Industry Authority expects its revenues to increase by 15.6% for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. The Prison Industry Authority uses prisoners to make items such as; furniture, pre-packaged…
Police Militarization
NPR reports on a story from an ACLU investigation about the militarization of police departments. SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) teams were initially formed to aid police with high risk situations
Judicial Conflict Of Interest
There are rules in place regarding federal judges hearing cases they have a financial conflict of interest in, regrettably that hasn’t stopped them from ruling in such cases. The Center…
Ajay’s Appeal Brief
Ajay Dev’s Appellant’s Opening Brief (AOB) at the California Third District Court of Appeals has been officially filed. We have posted Ajay’s AOB for those interested in knowing more about his case. W
650 Cases of Misconduct
According to the Project On Government Oversight, over a 12 year period, there were 650 cases of misconduct committed by federal prosecutors, judges, and other officials at the Justice Department. Bet
The Felony Murder Rule
Only in America could Ryan Holle serve a life sentence with no possibility of parole for loaning his car to a friend. Ryan, who had no prior record, was convicted…
Ajay Dev’s Reply Brief Filed in the Appellate Court
[caption id="attachment_341" align="alignright" width=""] Ajay Dev[/caption]Ajay Dev’s Reply Brief was filed with the California Third District Appellate Court on March 19, 2014. After almost five yea
Stuck In Jail
In county jails, 6 out of 10 inmates are stuck behind bars not because of any risk to the outside community or the likelihood they would fail to appear in…
“Kids For Cash”
Democracy Now interviewed Jamie Quinn who caught up in Pennsylvania’s corrupt “kids for cash” judicial system when he was 14 years old. We wrote about this story earlier but to…
Triple the Time For Court Trials
A new Human Rights Watch study of federal prosecutions and sentences has found a disturbing trend that Americans fighting drug charges in federal courts are given three times as long a sentence when…
Michael Morton An Innocent Man
Michael Morton spent 25 years in prison and lost the privilege of raising his young son because the prosecutor withheld critical evidence that would have exonerated him in the murder…
Prosecutor Serves Jail Time
A former prosecutor and current judge in Texas will be the first to serve jail time for prosecutorial misconduct. Ken Anderson pled guilty to criminal contempt for intentionally failing to…