Legal Updates
Court rulings, filings, appeals, and misconduct in the case.
Prison Profiteers
An article written by Liliana Segura explains how corporations profit from both the prison system and those incarcerated in it. From telephone companies charging over $1 per minute for phone…
Video Clears Men Falsely Accused Of Rape
A cellphone video taken during a night of sex between two men and a woman saved the men from a prison term. The woman accused both men of rape and…
The 712th Mile for the California 12
Thursday, June 20 – Very few people in this world would ever consider walking 20 miles. How about 712 excruciating miles? That is exactly what three attorneys (Justin, Mike and…
Is This Terrorism?
18-year old Justin Carter has been charged with making terrorist threats and spent 4 months in jail for posting a sarcastic comment on Facebook. He sat in jail for a…
Jail Time For Chalk Writing
A trial in San Diego, California has Jeff Olsen facing 13 counts of vandalism that together can potentially mean a 13-year jail sentence and fines of up to $13,000. Olsen…
America’s Prisons vs. Iran’s Prisons
Shane Bauer was one of three hikers apprehended near the border of Iraq and Iran. He spent 26 months in an Iranian prison, 4 of those months were in solitary…
The Absurdity of Sequestration Cuts
Sequestration is supposed to save the country money by making across the board cuts in every department. We have to wonder about the logic of it all when sequestration cuts…
What Happens When Prosecutors Cheat?
When ProPublica analyzed more than a decade’s worth of New York state and federal court rulings, they found more than two dozen cases where city prosecutors had committed misconduct harmful…
Ajay Dev’s Case and Facts Submitted to the Court of Appeal
Below is the table of contents for Ajay Dev’s Appellant’s Opening Brief submitted to the Court of Appeal on August 3, 2012 . The table of contents outlines the case quite effectively. As you read it,
Mental Illness and Prisons
A 2006 study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that the number of inmates with mental health issues has risen four times since 1998. The lack of mental health…
Half of all Inmates Have Mental Illness
A 2006 study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that the number of inmates with mental health issues has risen four times since 1998. The lack of mental health…
Case Law Favors Prosecutor in Misconduct
California State Bar Judge Patricia McElroy decided not to strip the license to practice law from a prosecutor accused of professional misconduct. The Santa Clara County prosecutor claims he didn’t…