Sheryl Gordon McCloud, USC Class of 1984 and alumnus of the Post-Conviction Justice Project, was elected to the Washington State Supreme Court on November 6, 2012. For over two decades, Justice McCloud has been a criminal defense attorney with an active appellate practice -- including hundreds of arguments before the…
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Glenda Jo Virgil, 65, has served 25 years for killing her physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive partner who, after beating Ms. Virgil for several hours, threatened to kill her to prevent her from leaving him. Ms. Virgil is wheelchair-bound and in poor health. In September, doctors diagnosed Ms. Virgil with…
Second-year law students Michael Hart and Joanna Hall, with Supervising Attorney Heidi Rummel, discussed representing inmates sentenced as juveniles to life in prison without parole on KXSC Radio October 17. The Post-Conviction Justice Project, which since 1981 has represented parole-eligible inmates serving indeterminate life sentences, recently announced its plans to…
by Chao Qi My first year of law school can be summed up by various two-word phrases: Socratic method, reading cases, writing memos, outlining courses and taking exams. But after my first year of law school, I began a summer internship with USC Law’s Post-Conviction Justice Project (PCJP). I joined…
By Gilien Silsby USC Gould School of Law’s Post-Conviction Justice Project (PCJP) announced today that it is expanding its client base to include representation of juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. The move comes as California addresses life-term sentences for 16- and 17-year-old youths.…
On December 29, 2011, the California Supreme Court decided In re Richard Shaputis (Shaputis II), in which it reaffirmed the “some evidence” standard first articulated in Lawrence in 2008.
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On February 9, 2012, PCJP student Steve Papazian will argue on behalf of Jeanna Redwood before Division Seven of the California Court of Appeal, Second District.
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On December 5, 2011, Anand Krishnaswamy argued on behalf of PCJP client Destinni Mardesich before a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena.
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After holding in 2010, in Graham v. Florida, that juveniles may not be sentenced to life without parole for non-homicide crimes, the U.S. Supreme Court will again review the constitutionality of death in prison sentences for juvenile offenders.
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