More from this issue:

1. Strapped States Threaten Prisoner Releases to Extort Revenue
2. Settlement Reached in Beating Death of Florida Prisoner
3. Ninth Circuit Affirms Constitutionality of RLUIPA
4. Habeas Hints, by Kent A. Russell
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: The Militarization of Law Enforcement, by Silja JA Talvi
7. Informal Grievance Procedure Must Be Exhausted Before Filing Suit
8. CSC: More Misery and Misfortune, by C.C. Simmons
9. BOP Guards Smuggle Sperm for Mobsters, by Gary Hunter
10. Washington DOC Settles Kosher Diet Complaints, by John E Dannenberg
11. Arizona's Pima County Settles Prisoner Beating Death Lawsuits for $500,000
12. Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined in PLN Suit, Due Process Required, by Paul Wright
13. New York Muslim Prison Chaplains Purged
14. CDC Report Outlines Prevention and Control of Hepatitis in Prisons, by John E Dannenberg
15. Washington State's Changes to Good Time Laws Benefit Few, by Lonnie Burton
16. Military Prisoners Cannot Sue Over Conditions of Confinement
17. Georgia Jury Awards $325,000 to Prisoner's Widow in Legal Malpractice Case
18. Texas Magistrate Suspended for Verbally Abusing Prisoners
19. Canadian Supreme Court Grants Prisoners Right to Vote, by Lonnie Burton
20. Justice Department Report Decries Smuggling in Federal Prisons
21. The Death Penalty in 2001
22. Court Okay Needed Before Housing Mentally Ill Prisoners in California Supermax
23. South Carolina Found in Contempt for Non-Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners
24. Expert Witness Standard in RLUIPA Gang Case
25. Tennessee Prisoner Awarded $242,500 in CCA Medical Neglect Suit
26. Gay Visiting Rule Challenged
27. Mediation Costs Not Taxable in §1983 Suit
28. Women Prisoners in Alabama Win Preliminary Injunctive Relief
29. Alabama's Women Prisoners Moved to Louisiana to Ease Overcrowding
30. The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry
31. News in Brief

More from Kent A. Russell:

• Habeas Hints: Understanding and Satisfying the Strickland Test for IAC, May 15, 2018
• Rundown on California Propositions 57 and 64, Jan. 10, 2017
• Habeas Hints: Staring Down the Two-Headed Monster: Richter-Pinholster, Dec. 15, 2013
• Habeas Hints: Staring Down the Two-Headed Monster: Richter-Pinholster, Nov. 15, 2013
• Habeas Hints: Actual Innocence, Sept. 15, 2013
• Habeas Hints: 2012 Supreme Court Habeas Highlights: Plea Bargaining Cases, Sept. 15, 2012
• Habeas Hints: Expert Testimony in Habeas Cases, Aug. 15, 2011
• Habeas Hints: The Year in Review, Feb. 15, 2011
• Habeas Hints: Certificate of Appealability, June 15, 2010
• HABEAS HINTS – CALIFORNIA COMMENT Pace and Bonner: Avoiding and Fighting “Untimeliness” Rulings Under California Law, Dec. 15, 2009

More from these topics:

• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Where Defense Counsel Failed to Understand State Self-Defense Statute Provides Complete Defense to Felony Murder Based on Felon-in-Possession Charge, Oct. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Felon in Possession Statute, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Murder/Felony Murder.
• Third Circuit Orders Evidentiary Hearing on State Prisoner’s Petition Seeking Federal Habeas Relief Because Both State and Federal Courts Denied Relief Without Holding Hearing on IAC Claim That, if Proven, Would Entitle Him to Relief, Aug. 1, 2024. Evidentiary Ruling, Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Counsel - Effective Assistance of.