Kyle C. Barry

Nov 27, 2024 | statecourtreport.org | David Brown |Sarah Kessler |Alicia Bannon |Kyle C. Barry

On May 16, 2023, George Walker did something he feared he would never do again — walk out of jail a free man. For 35 years, the Detroit native was in the Michigan prison system, serving a life term without the possibility of parole for participating in a deadly shootout that occurred when he was 18. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that giving an 18-year-old an automatic life sentence without parole was a cruel punishment that violated the state constitution.

Jun 7, 2024 | statecourtreport.org | Kyle C. Barry |David Brown |Gabe Roth |Chihiro Isozaki

A new resource from the State Law Research Initiative lets users sort the nation’s high court justices by state, professional background, party affiliation, and more. As state courts assume a greater role in shaping legal rights across a range of issues — including abortion access, climate change, voting rights, equality for trans people, and the limits of criminal punishments — it’s crucial to know who is empowered to make these profoundly important rulings.

Feb 14, 2024 | statecourtreport.org | Alicia Bannon |Martha Davis |Kyle C. Barry |Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot

Last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that its state constitution does not protect an individual right to keep and bear arms — even though Article I, Section 17, of the Hawaii Constitution is virtually identical to the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Among other things, the Hawaii court offered a pointed — and colorful — repudiation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s reliance on history and tradition in interpreting the Second Amendment.

Feb 11, 2024 | renatus.ie | Kyle C. Barry

Renatus’ Weekly M&A Newsletter – 04/02/2024Renatus’ Private Equity Return to Office Survey 2022Dear Reader,Please find below this week’s newsletter covering the latest M&A, company performance, fundraisings and executive moves. Finance Minister Michael McGrath revealed this week that the top 1% of taxpayers in Ireland, earning over €290,000 annually, will contribute roughly a quarter of all income tax and USC this year.

Jan 19, 2024 | statecourtreport.org | Kyle C. Barry |Martha Davis

Massachusetts’s supreme court ruled on January 11, 2024, that “emerging adults” — individuals who are 18, 19, or 20 years old — can’t be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Relying on the Massachusetts constitution’s prohibition against “cruel or unusual punishments” and building on a 2013 Massachusetts decision that barred such sentences for minors, Commonwealth v. Mattis is the first time a state high court has prohibited life without parole for people under 21.