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As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder  

The Crime Report

Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska. Many legal experts say that people facing life without parole should receive the same level of representation as those facing the death penalty.

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25 Years After Court Ruling, Released Sex Offenders Endure ‘Shadow Prisons’

The Crime Report

Crane , a 7-2 ruling announced in 2002 that denied requiring a set legal standard for determining “behavioral abnormality” in civil commitment proceedings, the High Court in effect created a purgatory for persons who have served their sentences but are subject to indefinite detention based on fears that they are a danger to the public.

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ALPS In Brief – Episode 64: Project Destination

ALPS

We have gone into post-secondary and really just plant the seed that, “Hey, have you considered the legal profession?” But I would anticipate there are probably a fairly significant portion of people on the reservations that do not have access in terms to legal services. Tamara Nash: Yes. Mark Bassingthwaighte: Okay.

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