Key Cases
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Crittindon v. Gusman
Parole
The MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) filed a lawsuit representing five individuals who were held in custody for several months after their release dates had come and gone. Each client pled guilty to charges in Orleans Parish and were sentenced to the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety (DPS&C); each was entitled to release at that...
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Wearry v. Perrilloux
Wrongful Convictions
As a direct result of Louisiana District Attorney Scott Perrilloux and former Chief of Detectives of the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office Marlon Kearney Fosters’ evidence fabrication and coercion of a minor to obtain a fictitious eyewitness testimony, Micheal Wearry was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The MacArthur Justice Center is committed to holding police and prosecutors accountable for their profound abuse of power that results in devastating miscarriages of justice, such as Mr. Wearry’s wrongful conviction.
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Alton Sterling Protesters
Right to Protest
The MacArthur Justice Center represents fourteen Baton Rouge area residents who were arrested during the protests following the murder of Alton Sterling by police. The suit alleges violations of their constitutional rights, physical injury and denial of necessary medical treatment while in jail; all experience ongoing trauma as a result of their unlawful arrest and brutal treatment by law enforcement officer
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Jordan and Chase v. Cain, et al.
Death Penalty
The MacArthur Justice's civil rights lawsuit seeks an order to stop Mississippi from using a series of three drugs which raise a significant risk of torture in the course of executions. We contend that Mississippi’s refusal to join the majority of executing states in abandoning the three-drug protocol in favor of a single, overwhelming dose of a barbiturate is contrary to the Eighth Amendment.
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