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Taxing incarcerated individuals would give them access to social safety net benefits.

Members Who Inspire Apr 1, 2021 12:40 AM CDT It’s been nearly nine years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory life without parole for juveniles violates the Eighth Amendment. It’s been five years since it held in Montgomery v. Louisiana that its 2012 decision was retroactive. In that time, Amy Breihan has helped seek second chances for prisoners in Missouri who were younger than age 18 when they were sentenced to life behind bars. Mar 30, 2021 8:56 AM CDT Elizabeth Greene had been practicing with Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee in Worcester, Mass...

Meet 14 ABA members who inspired us in 2020 Year in Review     Throughout the year, the ABA Journal profiles exceptional ABA members in its Members Who Inspire series. In 2020, we featured attorneys from across the country whose important and influential work includes using visual storytelling for legal advocacy, bringing attention to the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, and combating racial injustice and inequity. LaToya Bell, an assistant public defender in Houston County in Georgia, handles as many as 200 to 250 cases involving misdemeanors and traffic offenses in state c...