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Tag: California State Supreme Court
Justice Denied for Jarvis Masters
Posted on August 12, 2019 by Alan Senauke
On August 12 the California Supreme Court turned down the habeas corpus petition of Jarvis Jay Masters, an innocent man on California’s Death Row since 1990. This represents the likely conclusion of legal appeals in the California court system by … Read more
Jarvis Masters: Notes on Oral Arguments at the California Supreme Court — 6 November 2015
Posted on November 8, 2015 by Alan Senauke
For thirty-four years, since the age of nineteen, Jarvis Jay Masters has been in San Quentin. For thirty of those years he has lived on the scene of a crime he did not commit. His lawyers Joe Baxter and Rick … Read more
Justice in the Long Halls — Jarvis Masters’ Evidentiary Hearing, Day 1
Posted on January 4, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Today was the first day of open evidentiary hearings for Jarvis Masters, in response to his habeas corpus petition to the California State Supreme Court. The hearing took began at 10am at the Marin County Courthouse at the Civic Center, … Read more
Jarvis Masters: A Story in Need of a New Ending
Posted on March 1, 2016 by Alan Senauke
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The fabric of a criminal trial is woven of stories…
the defendant’s story and the prosecutor’s story. Of course, there is also the victim’s story. From these threads come the jury and the judge’s stories. Each subsequent appeal then spins … Read more
Category: Jarvis Jay Masters, U.S. Politics Tags: California State Supreme Court, Death Row, Free Jarvis, Jarvis Jay Masters, Prisons and Prison Reform