JaneAnne Murray

Check out Minnesota Law's Clemency Project 2024 Highlights! conta.cc/3CxJDag

Delighted that humanity and reason prevailed in my clinic’s class action lawsuit with ⁦@ACLUMN and LAMP at @MitchellHamline against @MinnCorrections startribune.com/state-of-minne…

As part of that agreement filed last Friday, the ACLU-MN, University of Minnesota Law School's Clemency and Civil Rights Appellate Clinics, and Mitchell Hamline's Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners Clinic (LAMP) agreed to dismiss their lawsuit Wagner and Jones v. MNDOC.

CASE UPDATE: The Minnesota Department of Corrections has agreed it won’t try to force ACLU-MN clients who are at high risk from COVID-19 return to prison unless they violate the terms of their release. aclu-mn.org/en/press-relea…

Delighted to announce the successful settlement of my clinic’s lawsuit with ⁦@ACLUMN⁩ and ⁦⁦@MitchellHamline⁩ LAMP clinic against ⁦@MinnCorrections⁩. Humanity has prevailed and our clients got the best holiday gift ever! aclu-mn.org/en/press-relea…

@johnnyasheville Better than my husband’s proposal for mine: “she tried.”

My wife wants her tombstone to say, “ She was funny.”

Excellent oral advocacy from both students in novel and tricky legal issue before @GovTimWalz, @keithellison and Chief Justice of MN Supreme Court. Proud to partner in this case with my colleagues who run the Child Advocacy Clinic, @MeganWalshGVP and Jean Sanderson.

Emma Kruger and Josh Gutzman, students in the Clemency Clinic and the Child Advocacy Clinic at the @UofMNLawSchool respectively, won historic “reprieve” from MN Board of Pardons yesterday for teen certified as an adult so he can transfer to juvenile facility until he turns 18.

BREAKING NEWS: In light of the court ruling won by @ACLUMN, U of M and Mitchell Hamline clinics yesterday, MNDOC has agreed to a TRO preventing it from forcing medically-vulnerable people to return to prison on Monday. This is good news for our clients and their rights!

BREAKING NEWS! A Ramsey County District Judge just granted a temporary restraining order in our case against MNDOC. This means that MNDOC cannot currently reincarcerate people who were released during the pandemic because of their high risk from COVID-19.

All without providing a hearing, considering their individual circumstances, or doing anything to prevent the harm that will occur from reimprisonment.

Of the 2,292 people who applied for conditional medical release (CMR), MNDOC only released a tiny fraction: 158 people. Now MNDOC plans to reincarcerate some of them in violation of their constitutional due process rights.

#BREAKINGNEWS: ACLU-MN, U of M’s Law School Clemency Clinic, & Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners filed a complaint to stop the MN Dept. of Corrections from reimprisoning people who were released during the pandemic due to their high medical risk. aclu-mn.org/en/press-relea…

Minnesota's Board of Pardons today approved 16 petitions, denied 7, returns next month to consider 3 more, including case of Samantha Heiges, convicted of drowning her newborn. Bd took step toward cutting short her prison time. Latest from @smontemayor: startribune.com/minnesota-pard…

The Minnesota Board of Pardon's just voted unanimously to grant a commutation to Samantha Heiges, which will allow her to immediately serve out the rest of her sentence under supervised release. Background on the case from @smontemayor startribune.com/minnesota-pard…

UPDATE: The Pardons Board voted 3-0 to commute Samantha Heiges in-custody sentence. Heiges will be released today under a supervised release plan that runs through 2033. Woman serving prison sentence in death of newborn may see early release mprnews.org/story/2021/11/… via @mprnews