In the fight game, the old adage goes something like this: The punch that hurts you the most is the one you don’t see coming. In the legal realm, the same could be said for the consequences of being convicted ...

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BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Jennifer Dumas sits on a sofa, her smiling 6-month-old girl on her lap. The room is full of bright toys and children’s books. A rainbow-colored activity mat is on the floor, and Winnie the Pooh ...

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Morva v. Zook, Warden (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-086-16, 35 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 15-1, May 5, 2016; USDC at Roanoke, Va. (Urbanski, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit affirms denial of habeas relief for the capital murder convictions and ...

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PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark says that overcrowding played a role in a jailhouse fight that left two inmates injured and eight facing charges. Media outlets report that two inmates were beaten up last Friday at ...

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Duckett v. Fuller, SCDC Dietician (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-072-16, 16 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 15-6568, April 25, 2016; USDC at Greenville, S.C. (Childs, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Plaintiff prisoner was not a party to a 2010 suit by inmates alleging ...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Prosecutors are requesting the maximum penalty of a year in prison and a $250,000 fine for convicted ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, who ran a West Virginia coal mine that was the site of a 2010 ...

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Raynor v. Pugh (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-057-16, 18 pp.) (Motz, J.) No. 14-7746, March 17, 2016; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Brinkema, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A plaintiff inmate who has filed a verified complaint, copies of medical reports and an ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gangs are taking over the main Department of Juvenile Justice prison in South Carolina, starting three riots in eight months and causing prisoners and staff to fear for their lives, a corrections officer said Thursday. “Is ...

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MONROE, Wash. (AP) — Eight years ago, when Noel Caldellis began serving time for killing a university student, his main objective was to make 20-plus years in prison pass as quickly as possible: work out, walk circles in the yard ...

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Oxygene v. Lynch, AG (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-036-16, 23 pp.) (Motz, J.) No. 14-2380, Feb. 22, 2016; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: A Haitian who fled his country because of political violence and became a lawful permanent resident, ...

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