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On November 15, 2022, Professor JaneAnne Murray, director of the Law School's Clemency Project, presented a CLE program at the Law School to launch the Minnesota State Clemency Project, a program of the…

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On October 21, 2022, the Star Tribune reported on a victory for the Law School's clemency clinic, run by Prof. JaneAnne Murray.  In August of this year, the Clinic, working with the ACLU and the LAMP clinic at…

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The Star Tribune reports that in light of the TRO won by the Law School's Clemency Clinic, Mitchell-Hamline's LAMP Clinic and the ACLU  earlier this week, the Department of Corrections is backing off its plan to…

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On August 9, 2022, the Law School's Clemency Clinic, run by Professor JaneAnne Murray, filed a class action suit with the ACLU and Mitchell-Hamline's LAMP Clinic on behalf of the 15 prisoners currently on…

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The Law School's Clemency Clinic, run by Professor JaneAnne Murray, has filed a class action suit with the ACLU and Mitchell-Hamline's LAMP Clinic to halt the plan of the Minnesota Department of Corrections to…

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On July 27, 2022, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers released a recording of an interview of the recently-appointed U.S. Pardon Attorney, Elizabeth Oyer, by Professor JaneAnne Murray, director of…

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Over two days, March 3 and March 8, 2022, the Minnesota House Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Committee held informational hearings on a bill spearheaded by the Law School's Clemency…

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On February 18, 2022, Professor JaneAnne Murray, Director of the Law School's Clemency Project, participated in a panel on federal clemency petitions and compassionate release motions as part of the Second…

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The Star Tribune asked its metro reporters to identify which stories from 2021 "they felt were among the most memorable."  One of the 14 chosen was Stephen Montemayor's Nov.

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MPR reported that the Board of Pardons formally voted today to grant the commutation petition of Samantha Heiges, a client of the Law School's Clemency Clinic run by Professor JaneAnne Murray.  Heiges was…

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The Star Tribune reported on the unanimous vote of the Minnesota Board of Pardons to commute the sentence of Samantha Heiges, a client of the Law School's Clemency Clinic, run by Professor JaneAnne…

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In a column headed "Law School Excellence," Minnesota Lawyer reported on the efforts of the Law School's Clemency Clinic, run by Professor JaneAnne Murray, to secure clemency for its client Kelli…