Federal commutations information

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Links

ACLU National Prison Project

http://www.aclu.org/prison/index.html

Handle class action suits involving prison conditions and related issues in state and federal institutions.  Litigation is usually limited to cases involving major class actions challenging prison conditions or otherwise of national significance.  Also provide advice and materials to individuals or organizations involved in prison issues.  

American Bar Association's Consumers' Guide to Legal Help

http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/home.cfm

Resource provided by the ABA to help individuals find legal help in their state. 

Berman blog

http://sentencing.typepad.com/

Award winning blog written by law professor Doug Berman.  Covers criminal law and sentencing. 

Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law

Prosecutorial guidelines to address racial disparity in the criminal justice system

http://www.brennancenter.org/dynamic/subpages/download_file_48382.pdf

D.C. Prisoners' Project of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

http://www.washlaw.org/projects/dcprisoners_right/default.htm

Provide legal services to D.C. Code offenders, wherever they are incarcerated, in confinement and non-confinement related civil matters.  Serve as an individual representation clearinghouse on prisoners' rights issues related to D.C.; provide social services and health education (AIDS/HIV related); and more.  This group has also provided an easy to use, fill in the blank guide to navigating the federal Bureau of Prisons' administrative system.

The Innocence Project

http://www.innocenceproject.org

Non-profit legal clinic only handling cases where post conviction DNA testing of evidence can yield conclusive proof of innocence.

The Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook

The Center for Constitutional Rights, National Lawyers Guild and Columbia Human Rights Law Review have created the Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook, a valuable resource for anyone facing or serving a prison sentence.  Download the Handbook: www.jailhouselaw.org/download.html

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

http://prisonerswithchildren.org/

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

http://www.nacdl.org

Southern Center for Human Rights

http://www.schr.org

Non-profit, public interest law firm representing prisoners in challenges to unconstitutional conditions and practices in prisons and jails; challenging systemic failures in the legal representation of poor people in the criminal courts; and representing people facing the death penalty who otherwise would have no representation.

Southern Poverty Law Center

http://www.splcenter.org

Handle class action civil rights suits involving prison conditions, access to health care, aducation, voting rights, and hate crimes.

Supreme Court of the United States

http://www.supremecourtus.gov

Official website to the Supreme Court. Read opinions, check a docket, and search Court rules, among other things. 

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