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The California Public Defender: Its Origins, Evolution And Decline, Laurence A. Benner
The California Public Defender: Its Origins, Evolution And Decline, Laurence A. Benner
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"And I Don't Know Why It Is That You Threw Your Life Away": Abolishing Life Without Parole, The Supreme Court In Graham V. Florida Now Requires States To Give Juveniles Hope For A Second Chance, Leslie Culver
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Terrance Graham pled guilty to armed burglary with assault or battery and attempted armed robbery when he was sixteen years old. He was sentenced to prison for the rest of his life. Like Roe v. Wade made history by forcing this country to consider the morality of abortion, so too will the United States Supreme Court's decision in Graham v. Florida make history by challenging the morality of sentencing juveniles for the rest of their lives. After firmly abolishing the death penalty for all juvenile offenders under the age of eighteen, as a violation of the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and …
View From The Trenches: The Struggle To Free William Richards, Jan Stiglitz
View From The Trenches: The Struggle To Free William Richards, Jan Stiglitz
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This article discusses the circumstantial evidence against a wrongly convicted man and the California Innocence Project's efforts to seek his release.