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At the very least, the court will have to determine whether the diminished capacity defense is constitutionally required. The court will also have to decide whether it should be characterized as a means of negating the mental state of the crime charged or as an affirmative defense. This ...
The State of Washington challenges the trial court's power under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA), RCW 9.94A, to sentence Dean Allen Bernhard, a defendant with a prior criminal record, to an inpatient drug treatment facility. According to the State, under a standard SRA sentence, the...
Although conjugal visits have been a controversial topic throughout history, it seems clear that they are currently allowed inWashington Stateat the state prison level. If you have questions about whether or not your spouse will be able to see you during their incarceration, you should contact th...
Gilmore focuses specifically on California prison systems and analyses the systematic forces at work in this crisis. “Gilmore, a professor at the City University of New York graduate center, provides one of the first cumulative, critical analysis of the political economy of super incarceration in ...
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The next day he offered his services to Governor Tompkins, and was made the governor’s aid and military secretary, with the right to be addressed as Colonel Washington Irving. He served only four months in this capacity, when Governor Tompkins was called to the session of the legislature at...
At the same time, I do not think the rising powers have the capacity or the unity to run the world on their own. The BRICS are a very diverse group of countries both in terms of political systems and economic development and there is also rivalry between some of the rising powers (e....
Mr Biden spoke with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the first time in his capacity as US President on Friday ahead of the expected announcement.A day earlier, Mr Erdogan told advisors to "defend the trust against those who back the so-called 'Armenian genocide' lie".The ...
We served in this capacity because that’s what God called us to do, and we know how much He loves each precious child. To then be told by the state that you aren’t qualified because of your religious beliefs is wrong. Religious families who want to serve in foster care or adoption...