High Court Vacates Immunity In Prison Guard Mace Case By
Emma Whitford | February 22, 2021, 2:59 PM EST The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a Fifth Circuit ruling that had granted immunity to a Texas prison guard who allegedly pepper-sprayed an inmate in the face in 2016, citing a November decision that found prison officers liable for obviously egregious behavior.
Granting certiorari to Prince McCoy Sr., the high court directed the Fifth Circuit to reconsider its February 2020 decision granting qualified immunity to Darrington Unit Officer Tajudeen Alamu. The justices directed the circuit court to reconsider in light of Taylor v. Riojas
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Judge finds Missouriâs public defender waiting list unconstitutional; gives legislature four months to fix it In February 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Missouri, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe filed a lawsuit to end the use of public defender waiting lists, alleging that more than 4,600 people were on the waiting list, and that the list was growing. (Source: None) By Ashley Smith | February 19, 2021 at 5:28 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 5:28 PM
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - On February 18, 2021, Judge Willaim Hickle ruled that placing people on a waiting list for a public defender violates no only violates their U.S. Constitutional right to counsel and a speedy trial, but also violates the state constitutional right to counsel and a speedy public trial.
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Johnny Cash famously sang about shooting a man in Reno, “just to watch him die in his legendary “Folsom Prison Blues.” In the song “Money Trees,” Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar proclaims “the one in front of the gun lives forever.” While both songs depict gun violence, only one is banned in Arizona prisons.
When an inmate receives a letter, magazine, book or CD in the mail, prison administrators review the materials first. If the items fall within one of several broad categories established by Arizona Department of Corrections guidelines, the inmate is denied the material. Reasons for exclusion can include “depictions of street gangs” to “descriptions of drug paraphernalia.”