#Defendants

@punchbooks.bsky.social

1 month ago

“Fetch me the law for the rich, will you?” PUNCH cartoon by Riana Duncan 1986 #legal #lawyers #judges #justice #courtrooms #defendants

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Enlightened Tennessee Hillbillie

@tngenewhiz.bsky.social

3 months ago

Court-appointed lawyers and their clients face fallout from government shutdown, funding crisis The longest U.S. government shutdown in history is officially over, but the fallout will continue to hit federally funded defense lawyers and the people they represent.

When you have rights, but they are hampered by bureaucracy, where do you turn?

#DOJ
#Shutdown
#Funding
#RighttoCounsel
#Defendants
#Attorneys
#JudicialSystem
#Courts
#Dockets

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@prgormley.bsky.social

4 months ago

Alabama promised to improve psychiatric care for men charged with crimes. They still wait years Fernando Clark died in the Montgomery County Jail while waiting for psychiatric treatment. He was one of many in Alabama stuck on a waitlist for mental health facilities, despite a 2018 agreement to a...

The wheels of #justice move slowly - in #Alabama, #defendants with #mentalillness wait for #court-ordered treatment for years - if you live that long. Some die waiting for #mentalhealth treatment. It is a simple question of fiscal priorities - not a priority for Alabama.
apnews.com/article/alab...

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@prgormley.bsky.social

5 months ago

This act, going into effect today, provides models and guidelines for diverting #defendants with #mentalillness in #Florida courts and directs model processes while providing for data collection and analysis to identify and understand the scope of this problem.
www.flsenate.gov/PublishedCon...

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[The Great War & Modern Memory]

@ps9714.bsky.social

6 months ago

Lisa Cook sues Trump over attempt to fire her from the Fed

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook has sued Trump over his attempt to fire her from the Board of Governors, challenging the effort and asking a judge to block it.

The suit, filed in the D.C. district court, also names #Chairman Jerome #Powell and the Board of Governors as #defendants.

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beSpacific

@bespacific.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

Original post on newsie.social

A #US #judge on Thursday sided with two #NewJersey #criminal #defendants who sought to block a former personal #lawyer to President #DonaldTrump, #AlinaHabba, from #prosecuting them based on a claim she was #unlawfully appointed as the state's top #federal #prosecutor […]

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SSRN

@ssrn.bsky.social

7 months ago

This image shows the scales of justice with a hammer and dish.

This article critiques the "treatment program complex," including problem-solving courts, showing how it harms #defendants by silencing their voices about their needs and experiences.

Read: spkl.io/63320AGMCq
Subscribe: spkl.io/63321AGMCS

#LawSky

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BanAllBansAmendment

@banallbans.bsky.social

7 months ago

#TempleLaw grad #Immigration #Judge #ShashaZu bucks 250 years of #American legal precedent to allow #ICE attorneys to appear ANONYMOUSLY in her court seeking to deport #defendants snatched off the streets by anonymous #ICE agents.

The #founders of this #democracy are throwing up in their graves.