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• April 09, 2025

  NC Fights Bias Finding In Death Row Case After Clemency

  North Carolina has asked the state Supreme Court to review a trial court ruling finding racial bias tainted the jury selection at a Black man's capital murder trial, saying the man's case was rendered moot in December when the outgoing governor commuted his sentence, according to a petition filed Monday.

• April 04, 2025

  Paladin's CEO Kristen Sonday On Streamlining Pro Bono

  While the legal industry has long touted the impact of volunteer work, Kristen Sonday, the co-founder and CEO of Paladin, an online platform matching pro bono opportunities with lawyers, said the industry has failed to properly value its impact on recruiting, retention and morale.

• April 04, 2025

  Court-Involved Supervised Release Shows Promising Results

  With questions about supervised release currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, the whole of our criminal justice system should look to a successful court-involved supervised release model created by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, which provides a blueprint for improving reintegration outcomes post-incarceration, say Carrie Cohen and Savanna Leak at MoFo, and Marjorie Berman at Krantz & Berman.

• March 31, 2025

  Sotomayor And Jackson Rue Court's Rejection Of Habeas Case

  Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday the U.S. Supreme Court should resolve a circuit split regarding how many circuit judges' votes are needed to allow a habeas appeal, critiquing the denial of cert to a death row prisoner.

• March 31, 2025

  Justices Doubtful Of Inmate's Habeas Amendment Petition Bid

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared reluctant to make an exception to a federal law preventing incarcerated people from bringing multiple habeas corpus challenges to their convictions by allowing prisoners to amend their initial habeas petitions while they are still pending on appeal.

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