@realjaredkeenan.bsky.social
Executive Director & Chief Litigation Counsel, Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest. Former Legal Director of ACLU of Arizona. Past-President of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice. Still a public defender at heart. He/Him. Views my own.
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Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk:
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
Now from Öztürk’s ACLU lawyer Esha Bhandari:
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
May 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk:
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
I recently had the pleasure of arguing before the Arizona Supreme Court as amicus curiae. My brief incl a vampire metaphor which may have led to the first @stephenking.bsky.social reference during oral argument at that court (reference at the 13:30 mark). supremestateaz.granicus.com/player/clip/...
State of Arizona v. John Logan Brown
Live and Recorded Public meetings of State of Arizona v. John Logan Brown for Arizona Supreme Court
supremestateaz.granicus.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I recently had the pleasure of arguing before the Arizona Supreme Court as amicus curiae. My brief incl a vampire metaphor which may have led to the first @stephenking.bsky.social reference during oral argument at that court (reference at the 13:30 mark). supremestateaz.granicus.com/player/clip/...
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9th Circuit reinstates 1991 law that limits ability of defense attorneys to contact crime victims and their families. But Jared Keenan of @acluaz.bsky.social says they may refile the case to force the court to focus on 1st Amendment issues. tucson.com/news/state-r...
Ruling: Arizona's limited access to crime victims OK
An Arizona law that prohibits criminal defense attorneys from directly contacting crime victims or their families was reinstated Thursday by a federal appeals court.
tucson.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
9th Circuit reinstates 1991 law that limits ability of defense attorneys to contact crime victims and their families. But Jared Keenan of @acluaz.bsky.social says they may refile the case to force the court to focus on 1st Amendment issues. tucson.com/news/state-r...