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Arkansas Lawmakers and judges gathered this week to celebrate specialty courts and kick off National Specialty Court Month, Will Langhorne reports for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Arkansas has specialty courts geared towards specific affinities, including veterans, intoxicated drivers, children with substance use disorders and people with mental health disorders.
Regular TCR viewpoints contributor Billy Sinclair recounts his over 40 years in the Louisiana penal system, including time in solitary confinement and discusses the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to decline a review of the use of solitary confinement in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Sinclair shares his personal experiences in solitary confinement and on death row, and the deplorable conditions Sinclair and other inmates faced.
Regular Columnist James M. Doyle highlights the recent exoneration of ten men in Massachusetts, most of whom were wrongfully convicted in Suffolk County and are Black. Doyle argues that wrongful convictions are not just caused by individual “bad apples,” but by systemic failures at every level of the criminal justice system. Doyle questions whether state appellate courts, such as the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, are interested in learning from these wrongful convictions, and argues that relying on end-of-process inspection for safety is doomed to failure.
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul nominated Hector LaSalle to replace DiFiore, but he was rejected by the State Senate.
While held without bail, hearings in Javarick Gannt’s case were regularly delayed, in part because the court struggled to secure interpreters needed to accommodate and communicate with Gannt fairly.
Across the country this week, corrections officers have been indicted and sentenced for accepting bribes from inmates at detention centers and smuggling in contraband items in Pennsylvania, New York and Texas.
Nebraskan lawmakers are considering routing more people through state ‘problem-solving courts’ to address exceptional prison population growth in the state, Erin Bamer reports for the Omaha World-Herald.
Some of the courts, overseen by judges without law degrees, violate state rules by failing to require law enforcement to return search warrants and related documents.
California’s drug courts’ participation decreased statewide by 67 percent between 2014 and 2018. In contrast, a Pennsylvania program offering treatment instead of charges for drug offenses is gaining traction.