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Illinois Scores Top Rank in Reintegrating Ex-Incarcerees, Alaska is Lowest

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Pardon Attorney, in the introduction to the report. A companion “report card” ranking all 50 states according to how well they measure up in nine different areas of reentry and reintegration gives Illinois the highest marks and places Alaska at the bottom. Pardon Attorney and current Executive Director of the CCRC.

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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

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By night he drafted court documents for judges to sign. As a subsequent ruling by the Texas Court of Appeals finally made clear, the arrangement was not a momentary lapse in judgment or a one-time offense induced under pressure. They complained to an immigration and employment attorney about long hours and poor living conditions.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

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A common misconception, perpetuated by popular television shows and movies, as well as the Sixth Amendment, is that everyone gets their day in court. But they were still frog-marched into a plea bargain by their defense attorney or the prosecutor or the judge or some combination thereof. The courts are not for landless laborers.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107.

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