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MacArthur Justice Center Adds Two U.S. Supreme Court Clerks

Easha Anand and Devi Rao join the firm’s Supreme Court & Appellate Program WASHINGTON D.C. – The MacArthur Justice Center, a national civil rights law firm, is pleased to announce two new additions to its Supreme Court and Appellate Program. Easha Anand, who clerked for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Devi Rao, who clerked for Justice...

Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds the Right of Condemned Men and Women to Challenge Torturous Methods of Execution in State Court

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a Death Row prisoner to seek a state court order prohibiting a torturous method of execution. In Crawford v. Fisher, the Mississippi Supreme Court rejected the Mississippi attorney general’s attempt to block Charles Ray Crawford from filing a civil rights lawsuit in...

Exonerated Man Returns to Illinois Supreme Court for Right to Sue Cops who Framed Him

Alan Beaman spent 13 years behind bars despite being 130 miles away at time of crime ILLINOIS – On Tuesday, Alan Beaman returns to the Illinois Supreme Court, 12 years since it handed down his exoneration, to ask for leave to pursue a jury trial against the Town of Normal and the three former police...

Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Decision, Grants Exonerated Man a Certificate of Innocence After Eight-Year Battle

After spending 14 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Wayne Washington is finally a fully free man.

After 14 Years in Prison for Wrongful Conviction, Exonerated Man Takes Innocence Fight to IL Supreme Court

Appellate denial ignored evidence of innocence and relied on invented technical obstacle.

Delaware Supreme Court Ruling Expands Formerly Incarcerated Individuals’ Right to Challenge Their Convictions

Last week, the Supreme Court of Delaware unanimously decided that individuals challenging the legality of their criminal convictions can continue pursuing their challenges even if they are released from custody while their cases are pending.

Wrongfully Convicted of his Mother’s Murder at 14 Years Old, Michael Politte Takes Fight for Justice to Missouri Supreme Court

State admits that only physical evidence leading to conviction was false; three jurors support case.

Federal Court Rules Missouri Parole Board Ignores U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Protecting the Rights of Youth Given Mandatory Life Sentences

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A federal judge has ruled that the Missouri Department of Corrections has violated the constitutional rights of individuals sentenced to life prison terms for crimes committed when they were children and ordered Missouri to provide a meaningful opportunity for them to obtain release from prison based on demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation. U.S....

MacArthur Justice Center Seeks Greater Transparency Around Missouri Supreme Court’s Racial and Ethnic Fairness Commission

MISSOURI — Today the MacArthur Justice Center at St. Louis filed a Sunshine request with the Missouri Supreme Court seeking all records relating to the work of the Racial and Ethnic Fairness Commission in order to press for greater transparency and accountability around the group’s efforts. As noted in the Center’s letter to the Court,...

First Brief in Opposing Trump’s Muslim Ban Filed in Supreme Court

The brief argues that Trump’s voluminous record of hatred toward Muslims confirms his Travel Ban is driven by religious persecution WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has before it a comprehensive record of Donald Trump’s hatred of Muslims, detailed in a friend-of-the-court brief, filed today by the MacArthur Justice Center. The brief, the first...