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Supreme Court finalizes revised policy on clemency record confidentiality

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The Supreme Court today approved a new policy for how it treats files submitted by a Governor when asking the court to recommend clemency. An affirmative recommendation is a constitutional prerequisite to a gubernatorial pardon or sentence commutation for anyone who has been “ twice convicted of a felony.”. See rule 8.45

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Supreme Court will hear forum selection and workers’ comp cases, but it turns down two animal rights matters; also, there’s one separate statement

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At its conference yesterday, a double one, the Supreme Court ruled on a robust 164 matters. The court granted review in EpicentRx, Inc. ” The Supreme Court has a similar forum selection case under review — Gerro v. The Supreme Court denied review in Brooks. Actions of note included: Forum selection.