Day archives: September 16th, 2011

An Examination of Parole Release for Prisoners Serving Life Sentences with the Possibility of Parole in California

Life in Limbo – An Examination of Parole Release for Prisoners Serving Life Sentences with the Possibility of Parole in California, Robert Weisberg, Debbie A. Mukamal and Jordan D. Segall. September 2011. Stanford Criminal Justice Center “In recent years, California’s prison system has been under federal judicial control because of severe overcrowding, which partly results …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

Judicial Conference of the United States Approves Pacer Rate Increase

News release: “The Conference also authorized an increase in the Judiciary’s electronic public access fee in response to increasing costs for maintaining and enhancing the electronic public access system. The increase in the electronic public access (EPA) fee, from $.08 to $.10 per page, is needed to continue to support and improve the Public Access …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research