Fear of overwhelming the courts with resentencing cases compels prosecutors and judges to rethink the DVSJA. Creating a multi-step application process to resentence incarcerated survivors of domestic violence found to be more complicated to prove. The application process requires survivors to demonstrate official documents, such as medical records, police reports, or domestic violence shelter intakes,…
PEN America probably had no idea of the intimacy it kindled when it introduced a star children’s author with an incarcerated Black Panther. Click article to learn more.
Idaho’s former United States Attorney Bart Davis has thrown his hat into the ring for Idaho’s soon-to-be open position on the Supreme Court of Idaho. Read more
The Supreme Court of Idaho has paused jury trials indefinitely and issued an Order that a trial delay due to the current global pandemic should not be counted as violating a person’s right to a speedy trial. Jury trials in Idaho delayed until 2021 amid rising COVID-19 cases | ktvb.com Idaho courts operating at reduced…
We are seeing and hearing that most people confined to an institution at the moment have been exposed to the novel coronavirus or have or are recovered from Covid-19. Idaho’s institutions are unable to provide social distancing, placing both incarcerated people and the community-at-large at risk. Limiting the spread of COVID-19 in justice institutions –…