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California has created a compensation fund for victims of state-sponsored, non-consensual sterilization, which happened in prisons for decades. But as the deadline looms, many who lost organs aren’t qualifying.
A convicted murderer who has spent nearly 28 years in prison for killing a German tourist could soon be released, reigniting calls for justice.
Ted Sampsell-Jones, professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Minnesota Rachel Moran, law professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis THE ANSWER Derek Chauvin can and most likely will appeal his conviction; however, that doesn’t mean he will win the appeal. WHAT WE FOUND Chauvin has 90 days following the date of his conviction to appeal the decision, according to Minnesota rules. An appeal would not automatically grant him release from his incarceration. His defense would argue its appeal to a panel of three judges, and the judges must issue a decision with...