Jacob Chansley Was Sought Out -- And Then Sold Out -- By A Bastardization of the Criminal Justice System

Jacob Chansley Was Sought Out -- And Then Sold Out -- By A Bastardization of the Criminal Justice System

• "Due Process" Is Among the Most Inspired Phrases Adopted by the Founders -- As the Injustice Done to Jacob Chansley Demonstrates: What Process Was Due?

“Well, he did it so what’s the big deal?”
This kind of rationalization for short-cutting the procedural safeguards guaranteed defendants in criminal cases by the Bill of Rights — hence the name — is part of the corrosion that is destroying faith in the criminal justice system.
On April 27, 2023, I filed on Jake’s behalf a “Motion to Vacate, Correct, or Set Aside” his sentence under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255...