Punch and Jurists

Simmons v. Nash, No. Civ. No. 04-4334(JEI) (D.N.J.) (361 F.Supp.2d 452) (March 30, 2005) (Judge Joseph E. Irenas) by This is the first case we can remember seeing in which a petitioner has successfully challenged his classification by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as a sex offender. The core …

Wilkinson v. Austin, No. 04-495 (U.S. Supreme Court) (545 U.S. 209; 125 S.Ct. 2384) (June 13, 2005) (Justice Kennedy) by Americans who have been shocked by the harsh conditions of confinement accorded to foreign detainees at places like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay would do well to read this decision. …