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The Crime Report
MAY 18, 2021
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But the majority of the court unraveled this holding. In Miller v.
ABA Journal
JANUARY 5, 2023
A Mississippi inmate’s habeas appeal is doomed because of U.S. Supreme Court decisions remarking that federal courts have discretion to deny relief as “law and…
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The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The treaty eventually led to the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from its land east of the Mississippi and the deaths of many Cherokee Natives on the Trail of Tears. Native American Law Professor Lindsay Roberts, and legislative attorney from the Congressional Research Service Mainon Schwartz.
The Crime Report
JUNE 1, 2021
What if the decisions of your 15-year-old self now made it impossible for you to have a family, a career, or any life at all? Supreme Court’s April decision on Jones v. Mississippi , the majority of justices made it much easier for teens who commit serious crimes to pay with the rest of their lives. Mississippi.
The Crime Report
APRIL 28, 2023
Fifteen months earlier (June 18, 2021), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Hope v. The decision by the Fifth Circuit ran against the grain of at least five other federal circuit courts of appeals which have held that, under certain circumstances, solitary confinement can create an Eighth Amendment violation. Sinclair v.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
She contacted the Minneapolis police officer at the scene and shifted blame to Mohamud and her friends, according to court documents. Because of Weyker’s statements, which one court described as “ lies and manipulation ,” Mohamud and her friends were arrested on suspicion of tampering with a federal witness. Supreme Court.
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