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Shon Hopwood

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3 years

I am now a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Not an insignificant event for someone with my background.)

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4 years

Congratulations on graduating from law school, @TiffanyATrump . Thank you for the work you did on criminal justice reform as my research assistant. @realDonaldTrump @IvankaTrump @jaredkushner

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Shon Hopwood

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Today is an important anniversary: 10 years ago I was released from Federal Bureau of Prisons custody. Been fortunate to receive so many #secondchances from people. Still shocked that I'm married with 2 kids, and a law professor @GeorgetownLaw . Most days it doesn't seem real.

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Shon Hopwood

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8 years ago I was released from Federal Bureau of Prisons custody. Today I accepted offer to be a full-time law professor #secondchances

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5 years

My wife, @AnnMarieHopwood , just found out that she passed the DC bar. Welcome to the legal profession, Annie. I’m very proud of you.

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4 years

I've not seen a single document in the Flynn case. But I can confidently refute one bad take: just because someone pleads guilty in federal court does not mean they are guilty. Because of the trial penalty and prosecutors' threats, I've seen innocent people plead guilty.

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Shon Hopwood

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6 years

Several hundred lawyers told me I could never go to law school or receive a law license after having felony convictions. But this is number TWO. I’m now a licensed lawyer in Washington state and D.C. Thanks Judge Iscoe for swearing me in. #SecondChances

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Shon Hopwood

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4 years

Don't understand why we can't say that significant police reform is vitally needed, while at the same time condemning violent and looting protesters.

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Shon Hopwood

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3 years

For those that need to here this: You can practice law even if you were previously convicted of a crime. I am now admitted in: two state court bars, two federal district courts, nine federal circuit courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States. #SecondChances

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Shon Hopwood

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4 years

Ugly statistic: People in the United States with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are ten times more likely to be incarcerated than to be hospitalized.

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6 years

Took me several years before the nightmares about going back to federal prison stopped. Serving time in an American prison is traumatic and most people who’ve served long sentences leave with trauma. It’s a significant public policy issue that has not been given enough attention.

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Meek Mill worries about going back to jail "every day."

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5 years

So many formerly incarcerated people are receiving a second chance this year at law schools. In 2010 when I applied to over 50 law schools (and only 2 said yes), admitting people with criminal histories was viewed as novel and scary. Not anymore, and I’m ecstatic about it.

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4 years

Even though police know people are recording them, we've seen ample videos of police brutality, especially against people of color. Now imagine how this plays out in our nation's prisons, where there are no cameras to capture a prison guard's abuses.

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4 years

My former celly is also 1 of the sweetest people I know. He just called me, as he has every month since March to check up on Annie, my kids, and me to make sure we haven’t tested positive for COVID. We imagine that prisons hold the worst of the worst. But that is simply untrue.

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Shon Hopwood

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3 years

Have come a long way since I filed my first (and successful) cert petition with a typewriter (and no Westlaw or Lexis) from a federal prison law library. Hard to believe that 19 years ago. #SecondChances

Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

3 years

I am now a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Not an insignificant event for someone with my background.)

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3 years

We should pack the Supreme Court with a few formerly incarcerated lawyers, rather than just graduates of Yale and Harvard law schools. (But no, I wouldn't want that job.)

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3 years

May the men and women in prison, who have suffered as much as anyone in 2020, have a better 2021. I have friends who have received only a single visit with their children in 2020.

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3 years

Thread: August is the month that many people start applying to law schools, and this thread is for those with criminal convictions who want to go to law school.

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4 years

If you're going to legislatively fix qualified immunity, then you should also provide a Bivens/money damages remedy when federal law enforcement violates peoples' constitutional rights.

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Shon Hopwood

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4 years

Been thinking about the criminal justice reform push to rehabilitate people in prison. But the focus is always just on recidivism. Shouldn't we set the bar higher than just not re-offending? Why can't we teach people in prison how to be better husbands, fathers, and citizens.

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Shon Hopwood

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6 years

He makes a lot of people angry, but I so appreciate how @VanJones68 puts his politics to the side to work on federal criminal justice reform. Those in federal prison don't care about political parties; they just want some relief from appalling and counterproductive conditions.

CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt

@CNNThisMorning

6 years

CNN's @VanJones68 on working with Jared Kushner: “In America, you should be able to say 'listen, on Tuesday I’m voting against you to get you out of here,' and on Wednesday, whoever’s in power, let’s work together to help the people who have nothing.”

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Shon Hopwood

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6 years

About to start my second year as a law professor @GeorgetownLaw , the best job I’ve ever had in my life. Being at Georgetown feels just as improbable this year as last. Looking forward to teaching a bunch of really smart and eager students about sentencing and prison law.

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5 years

The #TrialPenalty is real. The choice in my case was between 12 years in prison for a plea versus 92 years if I went to trial. Even if one is innocent (which I was NOT), it’s hard to believe anyone would risk a life sentence by excerising their right to jury trial.

Rachel Barkow

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5 years

Why do innocent people plead guilty (as we know they do)? @VanessaPotkin tells us based on her research with @innocence that it’s the huge disparity in sentences they face if they go to trial vs plea offer

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6 years

"President Trump has the power to pardon Charles — and he should waste no time in doing so." Couldn't agree more @KatTimpf . Hoping @realDonaldTrump grants clemency to Matthew Charles and returns him back to his family.

Mr. President, Pardon Matthew Charles | National Review

He was a model prisoner for 21 years, and he completely turned his life around. He deserves freedom.

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Shon Hopwood

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4 years

Ugly statistic take two: There are between 1.7 and 2.7 million children with parents who are incarcerated. When we sentence someone to prison, we think only that person suffers the punishment. But the family left behind suffers too.

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Shon Hopwood

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6 years

Thanks for all the lovely comments about the @60Minutes piece and my story. I could have been the hardest working and smartest lawyer ever (which I’m clearly not), and it wouldn’t have mattered had people not given me a second chance. Want others to get that same chance.

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Shon Hopwood

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4 years

Like this story. A lot! This former bank robber was just sworn in as a lawyer — by the same judge who once sent him to prison

This former bank robber was just sworn in as a lawyer — by the same judge who once sent him to...

“It’s really quite remarkable and rare," said Hillsdale County Circuit Court Judge Michael Smith. "Very seldom do you see such a successful turnaround.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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Shon Hopwood

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4 years

Looks like the big loser last night was the War on Drugs. Americans continue to support drug decriminalization as a policy matter.

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5 years

Watching politicians, lawyers, and advocates explain why they think Manafort’s sentence was so lenient reminds me that most Americans have no idea how much punishment comes from just one year in an American prison followed by thousands of collateral consequences that never end.

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6 years

Nothing is official until you receive a card. I now have a law license in the District of Columbia. #SecondChances

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4 years

A former prosecutor realizing on camera that being a former prosecutor doesn’t guarantee electability anymore. And the whole “a prosecutor’s job is to do justice” slogan is so worn and untrue. Prosecutors are fallible human beings, with the same failings as everyone else.

Fox News Sunday

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Sen Amy Klobuchar responds to new evidence in a murder case she prosecuted years ago as well as to criticism that her tough-on-crime record is alienating some black voters. #FNS #FoxNews

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3 years

When federal judges write about the finality of sentences, I want to throw up. Finality is not the end all be all of sentencing. Sentences that might initially be just can, with time, be overly punitive and cruel and actually decrease public safety. We should reconsider them.

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4 years

Every lawyer has their favorite judicial opinions, and this one just moved into first place on my list. #LawMan

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4 years

C'mon bar associations. If ever there was a time to reevaluate bar exams and the character and fitness test, it would be in the middle of this pandemic.

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Shon Hopwood

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2 years

See the original US Sentencing Commissioner is retiring. No matter his SCOTUS opinions, I will always remember him as the creator of a Sentencing Guidelines system that helped entrench draconian federal sentences, especially for people convicted of federal drug offenses.

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Shon Hopwood

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6 years

I’ve studied German prisons. Astonishing isn’t the right word, but it’s the first that comes to mind. German prisons are based on principles of rehabilitation, dignity, and normalization. Not punishment. No wonder they are so much more successful than American prisons.

Vera Institute of Justice

@verainstitute

6 years

While American prisons are designed to dehumanize, in Germany, incarcerated people enjoy an incredible amount of privacy, autonomy, and freedom of expression. And it works. Not only is Germany's incarceration rate lower, its recidivism rate is lower too:

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4 years

Very excited to Facetime soon with my client, Adam Clausen, after he is released from federal prison after serving 20 years, 5 months, and 17 days. But who's counting!!! #SecondChances

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4 years

Why are law enforcement policymakers so reluctant to release enough people to make their jails and prisons safe? Maybe they realize that, if enough people are released, it undermines all the reasons why the U.S. nearly leads the world in incarceration rates.

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5 years

Look who I get to hangout with: Matthew Charles. Time to retire the #FreeMatthewCharles hashtag.

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Shon Hopwood

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4 years

Just did the final edits on my Michigan Law Review piece called "The Misplaced Trust in the DOJ's Expertise on Criminal Justice Policy." The main thrust is that the DOJ opposes all CJ reform, even if its President supports reform. This has happened over several administrations.

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5 years

Watching people in the criminal justice reform community cheering and celebrating a political enemy going to solitary confinement at Rikers is a sad reminder that no one is immune from the punitive impulse.

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3 years

Looking forward to the pandemic ending for a number of reasons, not the least of which that I have a small to large anxiety attack every time I have to wear a mask into my Wells Fargo bank. And yes, for the obvious reason!

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6 years

Heartache: My inbox after 60 Minutes airs. Just read several emails detailing all the intended and collateral damage created by our criminal justice system. People are hurting and have nowhere to turn. And I have nothing to give.

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6 years

"I never met one person in my 11 years of federal prison who knew how much time they were facing or actually thought about that before they committed the crime." It's the threat of getting caught (not long sentences) that deters others from crime.

Kroft: Prison lawyer is "one of the best characters" in decades of reporting

Steve Kroft says Shon Hopwood's journey from convicted bank robber to Georgetown law professor is "one of the most compelling stories" he's ever reported on 60 Minutes

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6 years

Will be filing a clemency petition to @realDonaldTrump on behalf of Matthew Charles and asking the President to commute the sentence to time served. Matthew has already proved worthy of a #SecondChance and the President should give him one.

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Shon Hopwood

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3 years

Getting emails from law school students telling me that I created a welcoming space to argue about difficult legal, moral, and justice issues is the best compliment I can receive. If we can’t discuss issues like race, class, and gender in law school, where can we?

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5 years

An 18-year-old, in the midst of the trauma of losing a beloved brother, rejects punitiveness. Forgiveness is an emotion not evoked enough in American society.

ABC News

@ABC

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BREAKING: In stunning moment, Botham Jean's brother embraces Amber Guyger after her sentencing for his brother's murder. "I don't even want you to go to jail. I want the best for you, because I know that's exactly what Botham would want."

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3 years

If we quit criminalizing so much behavior we don’t like (when the threat of civil penalties will work), we wouldn’t need so many police/citizen encounters.

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6 years

Damn. Got sworn into DC bar yesterday and arrived for jury duty at 8 am this morning. Almost felt like a full citizen. But I was removed at the first step cause it hasn’t been 10 years since finishing my term of supervised release. Categorically barred from jury duty until 2021.

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

5 years

Almost any lawyer can secure convictions as a federal prosecutor. With 5,000 federal criminal laws at my disposal, I could charge and convict most Americans with multiple offenses. Often, the best lawyering comes from those for whom all the rules are stacked against them.

Josh Hammer

@josh_hammer

5 years

Libertarians are aligning with leftists to advocate for more defense lawyers on the bench. In no world is the median defense lawyer of the same credentials as the median prosecutor. Representing drug dealers, gangbangers, and felons in possession of firearms is not a dream job.

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3 years

Georgetown University to introduce degree program for Maryland inmates

Georgetown University will launch a degree program this fall for inmates in Maryland's state prison system. The announcement marks the expansion of an existing program that has offered non-credit-b...

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Shon Hopwood

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3 years

This sickness. Of thinking we are brilliant because of where we went to school or we teach or where we clerked.

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Shon Hopwood

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5 years

Thank you @60Minutes for all the criminal justice stories that have been highlighted in the past two years—mine included. #SecondChances

60 Minutes

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5 years

Shon Hopwood was serving time for armed bank robbery when he discovered he had a brilliant mind for the law. Steve Kroft reports on an improbable tale of redemption

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Shon Hopwood

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6 years

And people wonder why our recidivism rate is so high. If people coming out of prison can't find work, their reentry is doomed, unless they have friends or family to rely on for support. Very few have that level of support, especially after serving long terms of imprisonment.

Prison Policy Init.

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6 years

5 million formerly incarcerated people live in the U.S. Their unemployment rate is a shocking 27% - worse than the Great Depression. Our new report:

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Shon Hopwood

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4 years

Hard to believe that @AnnMarieHopwood ⁩ has served an 11-year sentence of being married to me. NONE of my success after my release would’ve happened without her unconditional love and support. Happy anniversary!

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Shon Hopwood

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3 years

Thank you for the kindness. Didn’t expect to wake up and find that on Twitter this morning. That damn prison system leaves some scars. I feel foolish for showing some of them.

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4 years

Even my 8-year-old daughter understands mens rea. She just told me, “well, I didn’t do it intentionally.”

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Shon Hopwood

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5 years

. @AnnMarieHopwood graduates from @CathULaw with honors today. Very proud of her. Graduating law school while also caring for two kids and one 43-year-old adolescent is quite the accomplishment! #GraduationDay

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5 years

The poison of partisan punitiveness: A few weeks ago, many progressives were calling for a longer sentence for Paul Manafort. This week, many conservatives are angry about Jusse Smollett. We are conditioned to think the only way to punish is through long prison sentences.

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7 years

Highly recommend you watch @60Minutes this weekend. It will feature my wife and children. And Seth Waxman. And maybe even some of me.

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5 years

Just got word that Matthew Charles will be released tonight. So very very happy for him. #FirstStepAct #SecondChances

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5 years

The #FirstStepAct just hit 80 votes for cloture in the U.S. Senate. I can't believe I'm seeing this.

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6 years

The letters I get from guys in prison would break your faith in the American justice system.

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6 years

Just love this⬇️⬇️⬇️ Ricky and I spoke about his future in the law a few weeks ago. I’m incredibly excited to see his life and career unfold. We need more #SecondChances for people and #FIrstStepAct will provide them. @RepJeffries @VanJones68

Hakeem Jeffries

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6 years

Meet Ricky, an intern in my office who was incarcerated as a youth and turned his life around. He just graduated from college and is headed to law school in the fall! #FIRSTSTEPAct #CriminalJusticeReform

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3 years

You have no idea what a statement like this means to me. I spend too much of my time trying to work/convince myself that I’m not just a great story, but a good lawyer. So when a lawyer the caliber of a @KannonShanmugam says nice things, it really matters. Thank you Kannon.

Kannon Shanmugam

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3 years

Congrats to @shonhopwood . As I can attest from several recent matters, he's a fantastic lawyer and a welcome addition to the Supreme Court bar.

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5 years

Even my kids are all in on criminal justice reform. Senator McConnell ( @senatemajldr ) keep your word. Bring the #FirstStepAct to the Senate floor for a vote. @IvankaTrump @jaredkushner @realDonaldTrump @ChuckGrassley @FAMMFoundation @cut_50 @VanJones68 @KevinARing

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4 years

Great opinion from SCOTUS this morning. Placing someone into a cell covered in feces and raw sewage is an OBVIOUS constitutional violation and prison officials can't hide under the mantle of qualified immunity.

ACLU

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just ruled that the Texas prison officials who locked Trent Taylor in cells full of feces and raw sewage for six days will NOT receive qualified immunity. All government officials must be held accountable for violations of human rights and dignity.

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A friend of mine emailed me after working at a progressive DA's office for a number of months. This person wants to serve the public and improve the criminal justice system. In sum, this person is in the job for the right reasons. These were his/her conclusions:

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4 years

I hope that both sides of the aisle realize that criminal justice reform is not the third rail of politics anymore. It should be in both parties' platforms from here forward.

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4 years

Can’t quite believe we’re at a point where Trump highlighted criminal justice reform and clemency in his ad in the Super Bowl. Not sure what to say other than this shows criminal justice reform can be a winning issue for anyone.

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4 years

Today, I’m blessed to teach 105 first-year law school students the Katz case—the foundational Fourth Amendment case. Love my job!

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3 years

Getting texts on Christmas from clients I’ve helped get out of federal prison is an incredible gift. I’m very blessed! #SecondChances

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6 years

In other news, thank you D.C. Court of Appeals for admitting me to the DC Bar today. #SecondChances

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7 years

The response from 60 Minutes has been overwhelming. Thank you for all the support. #SecondChances are important.

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4 years

Thread: This case is emblematic of every bad pathology in federal criminal law: An 18-year-old African American defendant sentenced to 21 in federal prison for posting two pictures of himself on Facebook holding a gun and because he is a marijuana user.

Social Media Posts Lead to Federal Prison Sentence

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4 years

One person is released early and commits a new crime, THEREFORE, we must not release anyone from jail or prison no matter how many lives it saves. Very sound logic!

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6 years

I meet with lots of formerly incarcerated people. The one thing that I consistently see are signs of trauma. People are traumatized after coming out of prison. And we think the recidivism rate is merely tied to bad people doing bad things. #prisonreform #secondchances

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5 years

For the first time, Congress might pass a fully retroactive sentence reduction to those currently in federal prison. That one provision could reduce sentences for the nearly 3,000 prisoners, mostly black men, who received excessive sentences for crack cocaine-related offenses.

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4 years

Had something unusual happen to me last week. After teaching Crim Pro, a woman served me with a lawsuit at the law school. I don’t know the plaintiff and at no point does he state in the complaint why I am a defendant. Good times! #Rule12b6

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3 years

Imagine if we told criminal defendants that, if they accept the assistance of counsel, they will face substantially harsher sentences. Yet this routinely occurs for those who exercise their fundamental constitutional right to a jury trial. #TrialPenalty

Somil Trivedi

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🚨BREAKING: in Maricopa County, Arizona, if people accused of crimes assert their constitutional rights during plea bargaining, prosecutors retaliate with a “substantially harsher” offer--their words, not ours. Today, we sued to stop it. @ACLU @ACLUaz

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Shon Hopwood

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5 years

So very proud of the newest member of the DC Bar: @AnnMarieHopwood DC Superior Court Judge Craig Iscoe swore her in this morning. Congrats Annie!

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What a great interview by @DanaPerino with Matthew Charles and @KevinARing of @FAMMFoundation . #SecondChances are what we as a society should stand for. #CJreform #Decarceration @FoxNews

The Daily Briefing

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WATCH: @DanaPerino 's full interview with the 1st person released under the Step Act Matthew Charles and President of Families Against Mandatory Minimums Kevin Ring. #DailyBriefing

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Shon Hopwood

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3 years

Excellent opinion highlighting one of the bigger problems at the DOJ: the failure to correct injustices involving people who were overly sentenced, in part, because they did not cooperate and instead exercised their constitutional right to a jury trial.

Sixth Circuit Blog

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3 years

ED Mich Judge granted a sentencing reduction today to remedy an excessive 107-year sentence based on stacking mandatory minimums, and criticized the U.S. Attorney for continuing to defend the sentence.

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Shon Hopwood

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Apparently, my memoir has been banned by the Florida Dept. of Corrections. That's a shame. The book could only inspire people in prison to work towards rehabilitation. Guess that's a message that some don't want in prison.

Books to Prisoners (Seattle)

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5 years

This is a gallery of a mere fraction of the books that Florida prisons have banned, from @shonhopwood 's memoir of his work as a jailhouse lawyer, to @StephenAtHome 's satirical "America Again," to a collection of writings by Malcolm X. #StopDOCcensorship

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Shon Hopwood

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Yes, I represented or had my hands on many of the clemency recipients last night. I absolutely HATED the process. It was very random. And there weren’t nearly enough grants. For every injustice righted, there were several thousand more that went untouched.

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Shon Hopwood

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6 years

Just got off the plane and learned that the Washington Supreme Court issued an order granting @TarraSimmons5 the right to take the bar exam. Wow. Stunned. And so incredibly happy for Tarra.

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Shon Hopwood

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4 years

I've been on a few lockdowns in my life, and I have to say that @AnnMarieHopwood has been, by far, my best cellmate.

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Shon Hopwood

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3 years

Thoughts on the Biden private prison EO: Less than 9% of the over 151,000 federal prisoners are serving time in a private prison facility. Many private prison facilities have more humane conditions than those at Bureau of Prisons facilities.

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3 years

I’ve met so many people deserving of clemency. Hoping 2021 will be the year for its expanded use. #SecondChances

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

4 years

New lawyers and students: many of you probably already know this, but I can't tell you how helpful it is when someone emails me to schedule a phone call and then follows up with a calendar invite. Without the invites, I'd be a mess trying to remember all of my calls.

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

6 years

“Sen. Cotton would have us believe that all criminals are incorrigible and efforts to reduce incarceration are folly. This is nonsense. His pessimism about the potential for prisoner rehabilitation ignores the realities of reform.”

Heather Rice-Minus

@RiceMinus

6 years

WSJ Letters: Former Police Chief Responds to @SenatorCotton --> Sentencing Reform Is Right @JusticeReform @USJusticeAction @MarcALevin @jgmosteller1 @craigderoche @RepDougCollins @realDonaldTrump @justiceroundtab @SentencingProj @KGotsch

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

4 years

Adam Clausen's sentence was effectively reduced by 189 years. And nearly all of my neighbors know about his sentence reduction because I was screaming when I got the order while walking with @AnnMarieHopwood around our neighborhood.

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

5 years

Suicide watch usually includes frequent monitoring, sometimes even 24-hour monitoring. And it also includes a bed with no sheets or blankets that can be fashioned into a noose. I don’t know what went wrong, but the FBOP should have to answer for why this happened.

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

6 years

I will be presenting oral argument in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on September 27th, in a case where a former sheriff's deputy spoke out about misconduct within a county jail, was fired, and is now bringing a First Amendment retaliation claim. #QualifiedImmunity

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

4 years

It’s like Twitter just realized that black men are often targeted in our criminal justice system even when they’ve done nothing wrong.

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

6 years

This feels like a mistake. I’m doubtful that anyone will let me serve on a jury in a criminal case.

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

7 years

Under Sessions' memo, I would've been sentenced to 92 years and 3 months. And taxpayers would have foot the bill for my life sentence.

Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

7 years

. @FAMMFoundation Had my federal prosecutor used Session's memo, I wouldn't be taking Father's Day selfies w/ these cuties! #SecondChances

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

4 years

Several criminal justice reform groups are currently recruiting attorneys, social workers, and medical professionals to work on compassionate release motions for those inmates most vulnerable to COVID-19. Go to the link to signup. @FAMMFoundation @NACDL

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

5 years

I enjoy Twitter because I learn a great deal from people I follow. Yet I've considerably reduced my time on Twitter the past month, and I feel better about the world and myself as a result. My wife and kids have also appreciated that I'm spending less time on my phone.

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

5 years

Success pushes me to work on #CJreform so that others can overcome the stigma and collateral consequences of a felony conviction. It's difficult when you're always judged by your worst actions. It's why I push so hard for legal and cultural change in the criminal justice system.

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Shon Hopwood

@shonhopwood

2 years

4. Even cities that elect progressive DA's are still very retributive. 5. Having law enforcement hate your office makes your job 10X more difficult. 6. Everyone loves misusing crime data to advance their agendas.

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