Mark RosemanThreading a Legal Needle — Sandy Hook Civil Cases ProceedOn November 12, 2019, after years of appellate delay, the United States Supreme Court cleared the way for a civil lawsuit on behalf of the…Jan 30, 2020Jan 30, 2020
Mark RosemanClosing Private Prisons — California’s Bold (?) Pushback on the Corporate Warehousing of PeopleCalifornia has done what the federal government refuses to do: stop the incarceration of inmates for private corporate profit. With the…Nov 1, 20191Nov 1, 20191
Mark RosemanCollateral Consequences of Conviction — Civil DeathCollateral consequences of a criminal conviction arise at the time of reentry. The consequences are postsentence civil penalties with no…Sep 5, 2019Sep 5, 2019
Mark RosemanPot in California Prisons: No Problem; Just Don’t InhaleWords are a part of language lawyers contort in the game of advocacy. Words are important when legislatures write bills that eventually…Aug 8, 2019Aug 8, 2019
Mark RosemanCalifornia’s New Police Accountability Law — Forty Years in the MakingBefore July 1, 2019, California law forbade police departments from sharing information about officers’ criminal backgrounds. The ACLU…Jul 30, 20191Jul 30, 20191
Mark RosemanJunk Mail: An Instance of Trying to Capitalize on Mass IncarcerationThe subject matter for a prison reform blog can come from anywhere, even a piece of junk mail. Usually, junk mail letters are instantly…Jul 1, 2019Jul 1, 2019
Mark RosemanWhat Price Freedom (Lost)?You spend years, even decades, in prison, knowing you’re innocent. Your conviction locks up your life and smothers your senses and…Jun 17, 2019Jun 17, 2019
Mark RosemanI Won’t Be Seeing You in Court! Meet the PLRA: A Castaway LawCommon prison reform necessarily highlights the federal government’s smothering of inmates’ constitutional rights. The age-old patterns of…Jun 6, 2019Jun 6, 2019
Mark RosemanInmates’ Rights to Vote: Lipstick on a PigSenator Bernie Sanders recently announced a sweeping plan to allow incarcerated people to vote. According to Business Insider, Sanders…May 30, 2019May 30, 2019
Mark RosemanThe Thirteenth Amendment Exception Clause ScrewsLet’s take a simple test about the scope of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution (ratified in 1865).May 22, 2019May 22, 2019
