Lawmakers heard this week from former inmates and prison officials as they consider proposing legislation to amend the laws government solitary confinement in state prisons. In emotional testimony, a former inmate described how after three years in solitary...
On October 16, 2013, the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Kaley v. United States. In deciding Kaley, the Court must answer a hotly contested question: Does the constitution require federal prosecutors seeking to seize a defendant’s assets to show...