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Shadow Trial: Prosecutors In Ferguson Violated Our Right To An Open Criminal Justice System, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
Shadow Trial: Prosecutors In Ferguson Violated Our Right To An Open Criminal Justice System, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
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St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch’s decision to “open up” the grand jury proceedings by including massive amounts of testimony and evidence has been decried as “highly unusual,” “deeply unfair,” and evidence that police officer Darren Wilson received “special treatment.” McCulloch’s move to include a good deal of exculpatory evidence and testimony led to a three-month, closed-door proceeding that included 70 hours of testimony, including 60 witnesses and three medical examiners. The breadth of the evidence presented to the grand jury has led many to declare that it turned the entire proceeding into something that walks and quacks an awful …
Advice For Ferguson From The Supreme Court, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
Advice For Ferguson From The Supreme Court, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
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This article looks at the factors regarding protestors and counselors set forth in the Supreme Court's decision in McCullen v. Coakley and puts them in the Ferguson, Missouri context.
The Great Writ Hit: The Curtailment Of Habeas Corpus In Georgia Since 1967, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
The Great Writ Hit: The Curtailment Of Habeas Corpus In Georgia Since 1967, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
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A welcome development, the landmark Georgia Habeas Corpus Act of 1967 modernized and vastly expanded the availability of postconviction habeas corpus relief in the Georgia court system. Since the early 1970s, however, there has been an unfortunate trend of imposing crippling restrictions on use of the Georgia writ of habeas corpus to obtain postconviction relief. Six restrictive Georgia habeas statutes, enacted between 1973 and 2004, have, among other things, reduced the number of claims which may be asserted in postconviction habeas proceedings, curtailed appeals of postconviction habeas decisions denying relief, and created a maze of procedural barriers to obtaining postconviction …