Archive - Behind The Bench Newsletter

Issue 33: The Colorado Supreme Court Is Full Of Prosecutors And It Shows

The Court has been a menace to personal liberty and equality while granting more power to police and prosecutors

Jun 10 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

April 2025

Special Edition: Michigan Supreme Court Bans Mandatory LWOP For People Under 21

The ruling extends a prior case that applied to 18-year-olds and further expands state constitutional rights beyond federal precedent

Apr 10 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

March 2025

Issue 31: Some good news for civil rights and racial justice in state supreme courts

Plus: Michigan remains the epicenter of developing state antipunishment jurisprudence

Mar 18 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

October 2024

Issue 30: Colorado Supreme Court Makes Complete Mess Of Excessive Sentencing Case

Plus: Driving from Des Moines to Chicago isn't a crime, it turns out

Oct 8, 2024 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

August 2024

Special Edition: Will The Michigan Supreme Court Ban Death By Incarceration?

Plus: The South Carolina Supreme Court's chilling order approving the firing squad & electric chair

Aug 5, 2024 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

July 2024

Issue 28: “In criminal matters, judicial economy must give way to the demand for the truth”

Plus: Will the Michigan Supreme Court break up with the 'reasonable person'?

Jul 29, 2024 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

Issue 27: Two California Justices Fight Extreme Punishments

Plus: The Surprising Progressive Histories of State Antipunishment Rights

Jul 11, 2024 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

June 2024

Issue 26: SLRI Featured In New Yorker Story On State Constitutionalism

What You’ll Read:

Jun 6, 2024 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

May 2024

Special Edition: SLRI Launches New Online Resources

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May 10, 2024 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

March 2024

Issue 24: The Eugenics Origins of “Habitual Offender” Sentencing Laws

What You’ll Read:

Mar 27, 2024 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

February 2024

Issue 23: There Are Morally-Depraved 8th Amendment Cases To Ridicule, Too

What You’ll Read

Feb 20, 2024 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

January 2024

Issue 22: Michigan & Massachusetts High Courts Expand State Constitutional Limits On Life Sentences

What You’ll Read

Jan 21, 2024 •

Kyle Barry (SLRI)

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