Our office goes to trial as much as anyone. Which is to say sometimes it is difficult to find a jury trial. This is a shame. Is that because i want to play with someone’s life? I want to hone my skills on someone’s liberty? No. The jury trial is the only measure by which …
Our office has years of experience dealing with the parole board in both release hearings and clemency proceedings. Our lawyers were part of the lawsuit that successfully sued the parole board to follow its own guidelines .
28 U.S.C. 2254 allows a person in state custody to ask the federal district court to review decisions made regarding federal constitutional violations. It must be filed within one year of the conviction becoming final in the state court. The petition itself must contain all of the constitutional claims raised in either the direct appeal …