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Subject:Discharged In The Dark: Immigrant GIs Fight For Due Process 
Date:Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:50:33 +0000 
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Discharged In The Dark: Immigrant GIs Fight For Due Process 
More than 530 immigrant soldiers enlisted in the military through a program that 
promised to naturalize them as citizens, only to be discharged without warning 
due to purported security concerns. Now they're fighting for due process in the 
country they pledged to serve and facing potential persecution in the countries 
they left behind. 
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Justices' Answer On Excessive Fines Invites New Questions 
After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that state and local governments must 
abide by the constitutional ban on excessive fines, advocates say the fight 
against civil asset forfeiture is far from over. 
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For Prisoners, Privacy Of Attorney Emails An Open Question 
Communications with your attorney are usually private, but there's a glaring 
exception for people in prison. Federal prosecutors can access all emails sent 
over a system set up by the Bureau of Prisons, and it's unclear how often they 
might be looking at emails between attorneys and their clients. 
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Freedom At A Cost: Fighting Court Fees On The Acquitted 
In 2017, after two trials and years of legal fees that wiped out his life savings, 
Curtis Lovelace was acquitted of the murder of his wife, but the court ruled he 
still had to pay $35,000 as a "bond forfeiture fee," something Lovelace is novif 
arguing is unconstitutional. 
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Texas Rebuffed On Mental Fitness Review For Death Row 
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