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Morning Docket: 03.27.23

Above The Law

Bloomberg Law News ] * Supreme Court to hear more argument about law banning speech about illegal immigration and practically deployed to surveil journalists. Courthouse News Service ] * "Utah governor: Social media law limiting minors' access not 'foolproof.'" Maybe we were all onto something.

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California ICE Detainee Lawsuit Alleges 14 Months of Solitary Confinement, Abuse

The Crime Report

A California lawsuit filed by ICE detainee Carlos Murillo Vega alleges that he was kept in 23-hour a day solitary confinement for 14 months and denied basic rights by staff at a private prison detention facility in Calexico, California, operated by Utah-based Management and Training Corporation, reports the Washington Post.

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ACLU Nebraska Sues for More Information on O’Neill Immigration Raid

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The A.C.L.U. claims that the federal government has refused to respond to public records requests for two years.

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Milestones, Startup that Automates Client Updates, Raises $2.1M Seed Round, Rebrands As Hona

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Leading the seed round in the Lehi, Utah, company are three investors: Y Combinator , Ludlow Ventures and Soma Capital. It primarily served law firms in areas such as personal injury, workers’ compensation and immigration, where cases are linear and have fairly standard milestones. It completed a Y Combinator batch in March.

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Guest Post: The Year in Justice Tech: 2023 Report and News Roundup

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Clearbox builds solutions to simplify the US immigration process for DIY applicants. In its first year, Rasa served over 10,000 people with criminal records across the state of Utah and will be expanding to Arizona.

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‘Blood Money’: How Profit Shapes U.S. Incarceration

The Crime Report

In 2020, Utah and Nebraska both voted to delete language from their state constitutions allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment,” Appleman detailed, and says that other states like Tennessee and Minnesota are likely to follow. Additional Reading: Private Prison Provider Unjustly Profited From Immigrant Detainees, Jury Rules.

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Reviving the ‘Power of a Pardon’

The Crime Report

Pardons are also the only state relief mechanism in America recognized by federal immigration law that would allow “a non-citizen convicted of an aggravated felony to avoid mandatory deportation and remove the conviction-related bar to citizenship.”.

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