Post-Conviction
This power of the executive that encompasses pardons and sentence commutations.
What is clemency?
The uprising in this NYS prison occurred 54 years ago (please know this!)
What is Attica?
The draft bill that provides for the right to a parole interview if you are 55 or over and have served at least 15 years.
What is the Elder Parole Bill?
The Supreme Court case that provides for the right to counsel for all people charged with a felony.
What is Gideon v Wainwright (1963)?
Where you can find the prohibition against excessive bail.
What is the 8th Amendment?
The most common ground for denying parole.
What is the serious nature of the offense?
What non-profit organization was created as part of the Attica rebellion settlement?
What is Prisoners' Legal Services of NY
The organization leading the effort to pass the Elder Parole Bill.
What is Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP)?
The Supreme Court case that provides for the right to counsel for all people facing any charge that carries the potential for incarceration.
What is Argersinger v Hamlin (1972)?
The statute that gives judges the power to lower sentences to survivors of domestic violence.
What is the DVSJA?
The only ground on which you can move for resentencing under New York Law.
What is if your sentence is illegal/unlawful?
“No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.”
What is the Third Amendment?
The draft bill that provides for resentencing review, regardless of the original sentence or crime of conviction.
What is the Second Look Act?
The Supreme Court case that held that capital punishment for anyone under 18 violated the 8th amendment.
What is Roper v Simmons (2005)?
The motion to file if the facts alleged in the Criminal Court complaint don’t make out each element of the crime charged.
What is a motion to dismiss for facial insufficiency?
Zero.
What is the number of people granted a sentence commutation in NY in 2025?
This amendment officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
The prominent judge lending their voice in support of the Second Look Act.
Who is NY Chief Judge Rowan Wilson? (who will be at a “second look” event at the law school on 2/27/26)
The Supreme Court case that held the death penalty is unconstitutional when it is imposed in an arbitrary and capricious manner that leads to discriminatory results.
What is Furman v. Georgia (1972)?
In Batson v. Kentucky the Supreme Court ruled that this practice of prosecutors was unconstitutional.
What is using peremptory challenges to exclude jurors on the basis of race?
Coward, heartless
What words best describe the Governor of NY
Between $0.10 to $1.30 per hour
What is the amount paid to incarcerated people in NY prisons for various jobs?
The bill that is supposed to limit the use of solitary confinement in NY.
What is Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT)?
The Supreme Court case that upheld death penalty state laws with new guidelines and guardrails.
What is Gregg v Georgia (1976)?
Where you can find the accused’s explicit right to testify at their trial.
What is nowhere? – the Supreme Court ruled that it is implicit in the right against self-incrimination