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Mar 2017
Dockery v. Hall

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Dockery v. Hall

The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated in a perpetual state of crisis where prisoners are at grave risk of death and loss of limbs. The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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State of Tennessee v. Taylor
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Mar 2008

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State of Tennessee v. Taylor

Severely Mentally-Ill ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµClient is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment After Successful Appeal and 18 Years on Death Row
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State of Tennessee v. Taylor

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State of Tennessee v. Taylor

Severely Mentally-Ill ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµClient is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment After Successful Appeal and 18 Years on Death Row
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J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents
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Feb 2008

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J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents

The plaintiff in this case, a student at Arizona State University (ASU), was raped in her dormitory room by an ASU football player. ASU administrators had expelled the harasser for severe sexual harassment of multiple women at ASU over the summer, and then weeks later arranged to re-admit him – with no supervision – to ASU and to the ASU dorms where he raped the plaintiff a few months later.
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Feb 2008
J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents

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J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents

The plaintiff in this case, a student at Arizona State University (ASU), was raped in her dormitory room by an ASU football player. ASU administrators had expelled the harasser for severe sexual harassment of multiple women at ASU over the summer, and then weeks later arranged to re-admit him – with no supervision – to ASU and to the ASU dorms where he raped the plaintiff a few months later.
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Kennedy v. Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008

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Kennedy v. Louisiana

Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
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Feb 2008
Kennedy v. Louisiana

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Kennedy v. Louisiana

Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008

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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education

The Court rejected the constitutionality of school district plans in Seattle and Louisville that used race as a factor in student assignment in an effort to address racial segregation in K-12 schools. DECIDED
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Feb 2008
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education

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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education

The Court rejected the constitutionality of school district plans in Seattle and Louisville that used race as a factor in student assignment in an effort to address racial segregation in K-12 schools. DECIDED
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Cases Challenging Indefinite Detention of Immigrants

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµis challenging the incarceration of immigrants in detention centers for prolonged and indefinite periods of time while they fight their immigration cases.
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Cases Challenging Indefinite Detention of Immigrants

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Cases Challenging Indefinite Detention of Immigrants

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµis challenging the incarceration of immigrants in detention centers for prolonged and indefinite periods of time while they fight their immigration cases.
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