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Arkansas Act 372 was signed by the Arkansas governor on March 31, 2023. [1] Sections one and five of Arkansas Act 372 expose librarians and booksellers to criminal penalties, [ 2 ] which includes up to a year in prison, in the case they distribute materials such as books , magazines , and movies deemed "harmful to minors."
United States law professor Daniel Medwed says convicts who go before a parole board maintaining their innocence are caught in a catch-22 that he calls "the innocent prisoner’s dilemma". [1] A false admission of guilt and remorse by an innocent person at a parole hearing may prevent a later investigation proving their innocence. [2]
After a parole violator was accused of committing a 2013 murder, [42] the Arkansas Board of Corrections changed the conditions of parole, stating that any parolee accused of committing a felony must have his/her parole revoked, even if he/she has not yet been convicted of that felony. This caused the prison population to increase.
Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case that provided for a hearing, before a "neutral and detached" hearing body such as a parole board, to determine the factual basis for parole violations. This hearing is colloquially known as a "Morrissey hearing." The hearing can take place with the defendant in or ...
Hutto v. Finney, 437 U.S. 678 (1978), is a landmark Supreme Court case against the Arkansas Department of Correction.The litigation lasted almost a decade, from 1969 through 1978.
The chair of Arkansas' parole board resigned on Friday after personnel records revealed he was fired from a local police department several years ago for lying to investigators about having sex ...
An Arkansas lawmaker shocked onlookers this week when he asked a transgender health care professional about her genitals at a hearing on a bill that would prohibit gender-affirming care for minors.
Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, 355 Ark. 38, 130 S.W.3d 524 (2003) (holding that judicial conduct canon prohibiting judge from appearing at public hearing before legislative body or official except on matters concerning law, legal system, or administration of justice, except when acting pro se in a matter involving judge ...