Legal Updates
Court rulings, filings, appeals, and misconduct in the case.
States Spending More on Corrections Than on Universities
The state of Wisconsin is now spending more of the states budget on the Department of Corrections than on higher education. The upward trend in spending for corrections has been…
Multiple Police in Saginaw Kill Man
Multiple police officers in Saginaw, Michigan shot a man in a parking lot on a busy street. The man, Milton Hall had a disagreement with a store clerk, then dialed…
Dozens Imprisoned Are Legally Innocent
The state of North Carolina is keeping legally innocent people behind bars despite the fact prosecutors agree they are innocent of the crimes that they are incarcerated for. A USA…
From School To Prison
The US Justice Department released it’s investigation showing the youth in Meridian, Mississippi’s constitutional rights are being violated by the Mississippi Division of Youth Services, Meridian Poli
Oregon Inmate Fights Clemency
The governor of Oregon has blocked the death penalty in his state saying no executions will happen under his watch. Gary Haugen, an inmate scheduled to die is fighting the…
Study: Prosecutors Not Disciplined for Misconduct
In 91 criminal cases in Texas since 2004, the courts decided that prosecutors committed misconduct, ranging from hiding evidence to making improper arguments to the jury, according to data that…
Prosecutorial Misconduct Running Rampant
A study done by the Chicago Tribune found that between 1963 and 1999 the courts dismissed the conviction in 381 homicide cases because prosecutors held back evidence that would prove the defendant’s i
Politics Corrupting Courts
Judge Michael Murphy, who was appointed to the bench by New Mexico Gov. Richardson in 2006, was indicted in 2011 on bribery charges for allegedly offering political assistance for campaign contributio
When Judges Take Bribes
Two judges in Pennsylvania accepted bribes to send an estimated 5,000 teenagers to private detention centers. Many were first time offenders like 17 year old Hillary Transue, an excellent student…
Prosecutors’ Tactics Amounted to Civil Rights Violations
The Times-Picayune reports, “The tactics of Orleans Parish prosecutors under former District Attorney Harry Connick came under renewed attack on Tuesday in federal court, in a civil rights lawsuit tha
July 23, 2012 Update on Ajay’s Appeal
On July 23, 2012, the appellate court granted Ajay’s attorney’s motion to file an over-sized brief. This is wonderful as the brief is over 75,000 words and the allowable filing size is 25,500 words.
Prosecutors Not Held Accountable
On May 6th, 2012 Barry Scheck of The Innocence Project wrote a letter to the American Statesman, an Austin Texas newspaper regarding prosecutorial misconduct. Groups affiliated with Innocence Projects