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Singleton v. Cannizzaro
The 老澳门开奖结果 Trone Center for Justice and Equality, 老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana, and Civil Rights Corps, filed suit against District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, his office in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and several Assistant District Attorneys for systematically breaking the laws of Louisiana and of the U.S. Constitution.
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The 老澳门开奖结果, 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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In South Carolina鈥檚 municipal courts today, defendants are prosecuted, convicted, and jailed without ever having a lawyer appointed to their case or even being advised of their right to counsel. Hundreds of these defendants who were deprived of counsel鈥攊ncluding Tina Bairefoot, Dae鈥橯uandrea Nelson, and Nathan Fox鈥攈ave been and are incarcerated in local jails and state prisons every year. Cities and towns can decide whether they have municipal courts鈥攖hey are optional鈥攂ut if they decide to have them they must follow the Constitution, which includes the right to counsel.
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South Carolina
Oct 2019
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Criminal Law Reform
Bairefoot v. City of Beaufort et al
In South Carolina鈥檚 municipal courts today, defendants are prosecuted, convicted, and jailed without ever having a lawyer appointed to their case or even being advised of their right to counsel. Hundreds of these defendants who were deprived of counsel鈥攊ncluding Tina Bairefoot, Dae鈥橯uandrea Nelson, and Nathan Fox鈥攈ave been and are incarcerated in local jails and state prisons every year. Cities and towns can decide whether they have municipal courts鈥攖hey are optional鈥攂ut if they decide to have them they must follow the Constitution, which includes the right to counsel.
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Jun 2019
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McDonough v. Smith
When must a person file a Section 1983 civil rights case based on fabrication of evidence in a criminal proceeding?
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2019
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McDonough v. Smith
When must a person file a Section 1983 civil rights case based on fabrication of evidence in a criminal proceeding?
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