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THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF CHESTER

MR JUSTICE BURTON: The Claimant was sentenced to life imprisonment on 1st March 1978 for the rape and murder of his niece in 1977. The minimum term (tariff) has now expired, and he would be eligibl...

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jailhouselawyer published this 4 days ago

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Hirst v UK Grand Chamber Judgment 6 Oct 2005

The case originated in an application (no. 74025/01) against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of ...

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jailhouselawyer published this 6 days ago

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PRINCIPLES FOR JUDICIAL DEFERENCE

1. Deference involves the principle that the courts (out of respect for the legislature or executive) will decline to make their own independent judgment on a particular issue. The concept is crit...

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jailhouselawyer published this 6 days ago

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ASYLUM AND THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

ASYLUM AND THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS by Nuala Mole, AIRE Centre, London, United Kingdom. A key attribute of national sovereignty is the right of states to admit or exclude alien...

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jailhouselawyer published this 10/16/2009

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Basic Judicial Review for Prison Lawyers

Judicial review is of great importance to prison law. Almost all decisions involving prisoners can be challenged by this process, and it is often the only source of redress. In recent years the co...

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jailhouselawyer published this 08/28/2009

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Prisoner's Rights and Legal Wrongs - WO

The law of tort, which is designed to allow individuals to sue for compensation for wrongs (trepasses) against them, is one of the most dynamic and adaptable areas of the common law. Over hundreds ...

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jailhouselawyer published this 08/28/2009

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Ronnie Biggs Parole Licence

This is the parole licence and conditions for release of the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs.

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jailhouselawyer published this 08/07/2009

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Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v The USA

This book written by Death Row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is a jailhouse lawyer, tells the story in a way that "is a persuasive refutation of the ideological underpinnings of the Prison Litigation...

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jailhouselawyer published this 07/25/2009

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My Family Photo

The problem of an identity parade and a case of mistaken identity. They all look the same to me. A humourous account of a photo shoot and trying to remember who is who in the line up...

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jailhouselawyer published this 07/20/2009

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Madeleine McCann: The Forbidden Investigation

This 'censored-in-UK' book by Gonçalo Amaral is being translated into English by AnnaEsse and reproduced here to help increase the chances of it being read by people in the UK. Madeleine McCann:...

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jailhouselawyer published this 07/10/2009

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Counter Blast: Why penal reform should not be a Conservative issue

Ian Loader, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College, argues “Why penal reform should be a Conservative issue”. However, my own research exposes the co...

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jailhouselawyer published this 07/04/2009

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