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Sane, Manipulative Self-Harm: When Hostage And Hostage Taker Become One, John R. Fitzgerald Dec 2020

Sane, Manipulative Self-Harm: When Hostage And Hostage Taker Become One, John R. Fitzgerald

West Virginia Law Review

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Crain V. Bordenkircher: Prison Reform In The Eighties--An Impossible Dream, Deborah Jean Saladini Jan 1987

Crain V. Bordenkircher: Prison Reform In The Eighties--An Impossible Dream, Deborah Jean Saladini

West Virginia Law Review

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Prisoner's Rights--The Need For An Inmate Grievance Commission In West Virginia, Thomas W. Kupec May 1976

Prisoner's Rights--The Need For An Inmate Grievance Commission In West Virginia, Thomas W. Kupec

West Virginia Law Review

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Criminal Procedure--Recidivism--Constitutionality Of The West Virginia Recidivist Statute, Cynthia L. Turco Feb 1975

Criminal Procedure--Recidivism--Constitutionality Of The West Virginia Recidivist Statute, Cynthia L. Turco

West Virginia Law Review

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The New Scope Of Federal Habeas Corpus For State Prisoners, Willard D. Lorensen Jun 1963

The New Scope Of Federal Habeas Corpus For State Prisoners, Willard D. Lorensen

West Virginia Law Review

The year 1963 may be marked as another milestone in the evolution of the federal writ of habeas corpus. Two recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court have resolved with long needed clarity two threshold problems that face a district court when application for the writ comes from a state prisoner: (1) what issues may be raised and (2) what effect is to be given previous state court consideration of these same issues. Though storms of protest resounded a decade ago about abuse of the writ, the habeas corpus scene in more recent years has been relatively quiet. While …


Consecutive And Concurrent Sentences--A Comment, J. Alexander Creasey Feb 1961

Consecutive And Concurrent Sentences--A Comment, J. Alexander Creasey

West Virginia Law Review

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Capital Punishment: The Moral Issue, Orvill C. Snyder Feb 1961

Capital Punishment: The Moral Issue, Orvill C. Snyder

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.