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

The Crime Report

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. and then assigning an overall ranking for each state.

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Alaska’s Justice System Struggles to Define Mental ‘Competency’

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In Alaska, a man accused of assaulting a woman behind a grocery store who was later found incompetent to stand trial for multiple felonies including assault, sexual assault, and robbery, and was then released back into the community, has highlighted a major flaw in the state’s criminal justice system, reports Alaska’s News Source.

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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

The Crime Report

Now-retired prosecutor Ralph Petty earned a living at the Midland County District Attorney’s Office in West Texas. He also moonlighted as a law clerk for the same judges who presided over his cases. Overall, Petty simultaneously served as a prosecutor and law clerk at least 300 times. Photo by Clyde Robinson via Flickr.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

The remaining 97 percent have been decided by plea bargain: an arrangement made between a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and the defendant under which an individual enters a guilty or no contest plea in exchange for a reduction in the level of a charge, a reduced number of charges, or the recommendation of a lighter sentence.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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