Law Archive
In Caddo Parish in northwest Louisiana, the public defender’s office is struggling to provide council for hundreds of poor clients in need of state-funded legal representation. The Guardian recently featured one such defendant, a 16-year-old by the name of Norman Williams …
A few years ago, it was revealed that distracted driving was an ongoing problem, both among ordinary drivers and truckers. As noted in that article, numbers indicated that about 400,000 people were killed or injured in accidents related to distracted …
WASHINGTON — A bill that would give states more flexibility to use federal foster care funding to help families stay together cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday.
The slightly re-named Family First Prevention Services Act, an overhaul of federal child welfare financing aimed at supporting more efforts to prevent foster care placements, will likely be introduced next week in both the House and Senate. “At a time …
Putting ourselves in the situation of people who lived years ago in a different historical place and time is a challenge. For example, before technological advances in medicine such as penicillin, common infections,wounds, and injuries would often proven to be …
Private Prisons: The Injustice League The two largest private prison providers in the U.S. each rake in tens of millions of dollars every year. How do they make their money, and what agreements are in place to protect their profits? …
By Dr. Bonnie Cleaveland “arious debunked mental health theories continue to exert inappropriate influence over the decisions of family courts.” – Nichols (2013) We all agree we want what’s best for children. To do that, we must base our legal …
A social worker’s visit with youth offenders at Pelican Bay State Prison. By Wendy Smith The road to Pelican Bay State Prison led through majestic redwoods a stone’s throw from the stirring beauty of Pacific Ocean coastal waters. The concrete …
In January of 2015, Governor Lawrence J Hogan, Jr. assumed office making him only the second Republican Governor for the state of Maryland in the past 46 years. Hogan’s predecessor, Martin O’Malley, brought impactful social changes to the state during his incumbency, many …
RALEIGH, N.C. — Advocates for people with criminal records are calling for changes to state laws they say make it nearly impossible for former convicts to become productive members of society once they’ve finished their sentences. In the weeks leading …
