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The Least Among Us: Unconstitutional Changes In Prisoner Litigation Under The Prison Litigation Reform Act Of 1995, Julie M. Riewe
The Least Among Us: Unconstitutional Changes In Prisoner Litigation Under The Prison Litigation Reform Act Of 1995, Julie M. Riewe
Duke Law Journal
I don't like prisoners. Nobody pretends to like them, but every once in a while, one of these people is right. And a society is judged by how it treats the least among it, not the best. I'm not worried about how presidents of banks and chairmen of the board and of country clubs are treated, or star quarterbacks, or other prima donnas. The job of the Constitution is to make sure that everyone is treated properly. [Prisoners] fall[] into the everybody category.
Symbolic Statues And Real Laws: The Pathologies Of The Antiterrorism And Effective Death Penalty Act And The Prison Litigation Reform Act, Mark Tushnet, Larry Yackle
Symbolic Statues And Real Laws: The Pathologies Of The Antiterrorism And Effective Death Penalty Act And The Prison Litigation Reform Act, Mark Tushnet, Larry Yackle
Duke Law Journal
Criminals are not popular. No politician in recent memory has lost an election for being too tough on crime. In 1996, the Republican Congress and the Democratic President collaborated on two major statutes affecting the legal protections available to criminals. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) modifies the habeas corpus statute in a number of ways, affecting the disposition of federal post-conviction challenges to all criminal convictions, not just those resulting in death sentences. The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) addresses lawsuits filed by prisoners challenging the conditions of their confinement. The PLRA covers both suits …
Cadenced Power: The Kinetic Constitution, Laura S. Fitzgerald
Cadenced Power: The Kinetic Constitution, Laura S. Fitzgerald
Duke Law Journal
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