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Jailhouse lawyer convinces Supreme Court to hear client's case

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Jailhouse lawyer convinces Supreme Court to hear client's case Michael Ray earns 29 cents representing other inmates from his perch in the law library at the federal prison in Estill, S.C. But unlike most of the high-powered lawyers who charge thousands to file a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, the Associated Press says Ray has actually convinced the justices to hear oral arguments in his client's case. Thanks to the convicted criminal's efforts, the nation's highest court will consider whether Keith Burgess should have received the mandatory minimum sentence in a drug case. "Conflicting court rulings have required 10-year sentences for people already convicted of misdemeanors, so a successful appeal could trim Burgess' sentence in half," AP says...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).