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      <image:caption>An example of actual physical restraint, not verbal commands or implied control, under the clarified federal sentencing guidelines effective November 1, 2025.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>TN Public Chapter 282 (SB 256/HB 601): is a significant piece of criminal justice reform that allows defendants who entered guilty, no contest, or best interest pleas to petition for relief if they discover new evidence of innocence.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>How Tennessee law evolved from limited guilty-plea challenges under § 40-30-117 to expanded coram nobis relief, with 2026 defining the limits.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>After other lawyers had deemed the case hopeless, Attorney Adam Rodrigues’ innovative post-conviction relief strategy regarding consecutive sentencing saved his client, Cordario DeBose, as much as 39 months in prison.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights Blog - How Can a Lawyer Defend Someone They Know Is Guilty? - Attorney Insight</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I rarely know whether my client is guilty or not. The reality is that the government has far more resources than the defendant and so if anything my job is to keep the government honest because the last thing that we want in our system is people who are innocent being convicted.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Exoneration of Brian Boles and Charles Collins (New York, 2024) Photo Credit: The Innocence Project</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When I review court transcripts aka the “cold records,” I am not reading for guilty vs not guilty. I am reading for fairness. I am looking for the moments when the process failed the promise of justice.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Under the ADA, “reasonable accommodations” for a wheelchair user can include physical changes like installing ramps or widening doorways, workstation modifications such as adjustable desks and accessible filing systems, and even changes to job structure or schedule, such as flexible work hours.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights Blog - Debunking the Top 5 Myths About Post-Conviction Relief - 3 Min. Read</image:title>
      <image:caption>Think you can’t appeal a guilty plea? Or that innocence alone wins? We dispell the top 5 most commons myths about post-conviction relief—fast, factual, and with actionable insights.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights Blog - Clemency, Pardons &amp;amp; Expungement: Decoding Your Post‑Sentence Options - 11 Min. Read</image:title>
      <image:caption>Navigating life after a criminal conviction can be challenging, with lasting impacts on employment, housing, and civil liberties. Fortunately, various legal avenues exist to help individuals seek a fresh start. This guide decodes three distinct post-sentence options—clemency, pardons, and expungement—what each does, when to use them, federal &amp; state differences, and how they affect immigration status.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights Blog - Clemency, Pardons &amp;amp; Expungement: Decoding Your Post‑Sentence Options - Monumental Clemency in North Carolina</image:title>
      <image:caption>Governor Roy Cooper granted clemency to 15 death-sentenced individuals, and also issued 43 commutations and 34 pardons in total during his eight years in office, setting a record for the most extensive use of clemency powers by any North Carolina governor in the 21st century. He also established the Juvenile Sentence Review Board to review sentences of juveniles and recommend clemency. “The governor’s power of clemency is not just a legal mechanism. It’s a powerful symbol of our capacity for growth, forgiveness, and redemption.” -NC Justice Center Executive Director Reggie Shuford</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights Blog - Clemency, Pardons &amp;amp; Expungement: Decoding Your Post‑Sentence Options - Between 2022 and 2024, the Office reviewed approximately 12,000 clemency applications and reduced case processing times by about 85%.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>ICE deportment charter heading to Guatemala as reported by El Paso Times on August 31, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The four main categories leading to compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) were expanded under the U.S Sentencing Commission’s 2023 Amendments.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Insights Blog - Compassionate Release 2025: Who Qualifies, 924(c) &amp;amp; What’s Next - Attorney Insight:</image:title>
      <image:caption>State v. William Wylie, TN Criminal Appeals Court Dec. 10, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments for the case of Joe Fernandez v. United States case No. 24-556 is scheduled for November 12, 2025.</image:caption>
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