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Arizona
Oct 2023
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of

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Racial Justice

Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of

Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix’s practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
McElrath v. Georgia

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McElrath v. Georgia

Does the Double Jeopardy Clause bar an appellate court from reviewing and setting aside a jury’s verdicts of acquittal on the ground that the verdict is inconsistent with the jury’s verdict on other charges?
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2023
Pulsifer v. United States

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Pulsifer v. United States

This case involves the interpretation of a federal law that allows defendants to avoid mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug crimes, allowing judges to impose sentences tailored to their individual circumstances.
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Texas
Jul 2021
Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al

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Prisoners' Rights

Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al

Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The Ƶhas been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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157 Criminal Law Reform Cases

Hemphill v. New York
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2022

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Hemphill v. New York

Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant who opens the door to responsive evidence also forfeits his right to exclude evidence otherwise barred by the Constitution’s Confrontation Clause.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2022
Hemphill v. New York

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Hemphill v. New York

Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant who opens the door to responsive evidence also forfeits his right to exclude evidence otherwise barred by the Constitution’s Confrontation Clause.
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Concepcion v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2022

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Racial Justice

Concepcion v. United States

Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments when deciding if it should “impose a reduced sentence” on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, which was enacted to ameliorate the unjust sentences imposed by overly harsh treatment of crack cocaine offenses under prior law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2022
Concepcion v. United States

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Racial Justice

Concepcion v. United States

Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments when deciding if it should “impose a reduced sentence” on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, which was enacted to ameliorate the unjust sentences imposed by overly harsh treatment of crack cocaine offenses under prior law.
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Caniglia v. Strom
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021

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Caniglia v. Strom

Whether the “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement extends to the home.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Caniglia v. Strom

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Caniglia v. Strom

Whether the “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement extends to the home.
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Terry v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021

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Terry v. United States

Whether all individuals sentenced for crack cocaine offenses under a now-amended federal statute that created a 100-to-1 disparity between the treatment of cocaine in its crack and powder forms are eligible for resentencing under amendments made by the First Step Act of 2018.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Terry v. United States

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Terry v. United States

Whether all individuals sentenced for crack cocaine offenses under a now-amended federal statute that created a 100-to-1 disparity between the treatment of cocaine in its crack and powder forms are eligible for resentencing under amendments made by the First Step Act of 2018.
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Oliva v. Nivar
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021

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Oliva v. Nivar

Whether individuals can challenge the conduct of federal officials engaged in standard law enforcement operations as unconstitutional under Bivens or whether such claims present a new context unless they involve narcotics officers “manacling the plaintiff in front of his family in his home and stripsearching him in violation of the Fourth Amendment,” as the Fifth Circuit held.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Oliva v. Nivar

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Oliva v. Nivar

Whether individuals can challenge the conduct of federal officials engaged in standard law enforcement operations as unconstitutional under Bivens or whether such claims present a new context unless they involve narcotics officers “manacling the plaintiff in front of his family in his home and stripsearching him in violation of the Fourth Amendment,” as the Fifth Circuit held.
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