"Michigan's policy of putting people on a sex-offender registry even if their crime was nonsexual is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court said Monday" Why this had to be litigated is beyond me....but here we are. detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

New Michigan Law School #DataforDefenders motion to suppress statement using social science to argue judges shouldn't ask if offensive police interrogation tactics caused person to confess. Lack of reaction & aggressive reactions are common, esp. among Black men. datafordefenders.org

New Michigan Law School #DataforDefenders brief relying on neuroscience to show that kids’ long-term planning, emotional regulation, impulse control, ability to evaluate risk/reward, and susceptibility to peer pressure are still developing into a person’s twenties.  datafordefenders.org

New Michigan Law School #DataforDefenders brief showing how race infects sentencing, that Black men and boys are punished with more severe penalties than their white counterparts, and collecting studies showing judges are not immune to these implicit biases. datafordefenders.org

Pretrial detention is a public safety concern. It makes people lose jobs, housing & government benefits – life-altering consequences that judges ignore. How does this leave anyone better off? prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/08/0…

The Southern District of Ohio Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! (Based in Cincinnati, but potential for remote work from anywhere.) fd.org/sites/default/… #AppellateTwitter #AppellateJobs #PublicDefenderJobs

The Central District of California Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney! One of the best FPD appellate units in the country! Be in Los Angeles in time for the 2028 Olympics! fd.org/sites/default/… #AppellateTwitter #AppellateJobs #PublicDefenderJobs

The Maryland Federal Public Defender's Office is hiring an appellate attorney for its Greenbelt location (just outside DC). Great folks in that office - go now! fd.org/sites/default/… #AppellateTwitter #AppellateJobs #PublicDefenderJobs

WA prisons take millions from incarcerated people & their loved ones every year – and the money is collecting dust Basically, an already vulnerable population is footing the bill of incarceration, all while needs on the inside go unmet (via @gracesdeng) washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/08/31/wa-…

ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: "the odor of burnt cannabis, alone, is insufficient to provide probable cause for police officers to perform a warrantless search of a vehicle" illinoiscourts.gov/resources/cfb2…

The State of Oklahoma plans to execute Emmanuel Littlejohn this morning even though prosecutors argued another man was the shooter and a state board has recommended the governor spare Littlejohn's life. theappeal.org/emmanuel-littl…

Do you know how great Michigan Law School's MDefenders community is? For our inaugural on-campus Public Defender Interviewing Week we have 26 public defense employers from across the country here and 146 student interviews scheduled. GO BLUE!

Come work with me! The MDefenders program is looking to hire a Program Director/Instructor to work with the aspiring public defender community Michigan Law School. Details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/255…

1/5: In a wrongful conviction case where a man was about to be put to death, a wild turn of events. The Republican dominated legislature in TX stopped the clock with hours to go by subpoenaing the condemned man to appear before them to testify about his innocence.

Every single state in the US incarcerates more people per capita than most nations. Where does your state stand?👇 prisonpolicy.org/global/2024.ht…

Every defense attorney knows the situation of a client taking a plea deal just to be released from the confines of a pre-trial detention facility and return home to their family, their friends, their life…

Yesterday I had the privilege of participating in United States Sentencing Commission Drug Sentencing Roundtable. Forty years into the failed War on Drugs, it is past time to rethink the drug Guidelines. Thankful to the Commission for hosting this conversation. 1/2

The nomination of Pam Bondi, a death penalty enthusiast, for AG further corroborates that federal executions will resume rapidly unless Biden commutes the sentences of the people on death row.

Attn Crim Law/Pro/Evidence Profs: Want to join a letter to jury instruction drafting committees arguing for an explanation-based change to instruction on right to remain silent that says there are innocent reasons why a defendant might not testify? 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/1iPKfQ…?

“It’s encouraging to see that the Commission has taken that discussion into consideration in crafting these proposals,” Clinical Prof. Alison Siegler said. She had the opportunity to help shape proposed amendments to federal sentencing Guidelines. buff.ly/40RaeIR