Carlee Russell, Found Guilty of Faking Her Own Kidnapping, Rolls the Dice with Appeal to Circuit Court
In a bizarre turn of events, Carlee Russell has been found guilty of faking her own kidnapping in Alabama but, per news reports, her attorney
In a bizarre turn of events, Carlee Russell has been found guilty of faking her own kidnapping in Alabama but, per news reports, her attorney
A drug court is a pretrial, diversion program. Judges have the opportunity to divert low-level drug offenders away from incarceration and into treatment through drug
In Alabama, after someone is arrested, the law requires that that person be presented by the police to a magistrate or judge within a reasonable
According to University of Utah Law Professor Shima Baradaran Baughman, Mass incarceration is one of the greatest social problems facing the United States today. America
As explained well by the Supreme Court of Hawaii, Numerous jurisdictions have held that the First Amendment affords individuals the right to photograph and film
We have seen money bail end via legislative acts and via judicial intervention. Now we have evidence of a third option: executive action. Defendants in
Early this week, I reported that Alaska joined a growing number of states eliminating their money bail systems. Now New York state may join the
There has been another step in this nation’s path toward elimination of money bail. This time it is from the Alaska legislature. “It’s a fundamental
In a heavily divided opinion, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction and thereby approved the abusive interrogation tactics employed against this
Professor Duane is back with a new interview on the Fifth Amendment: Practically: His argument, which he’s since expanded into a new book called You
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