Wall Street Journal Article (front page) Comments on One of Bill's Books: "Case Analysis became [the] bible"

The Wall Street Journal

Friday, December 24, 2010 (page A1 and A12)

“A Solitary Jailhouse Lawyer Argues His Way Out of Prison”

For 15 years in prison Jabbar Collins maintained his innocence of the murder he was convicted of in New York. Through his own research in prison he was able to amass arguments and documents that convinced an attorney to take his case, which ultimately led to his release from prison. His conviction was overturned. One of his resources in prison was Statsky's Case andalysis and Fundamentals of Legal Writing:

  

“A thick text for paralegals called Case Analysis and Fundamentals of Legal Writing became his bible.”

 Upon his release, Mr. Collins became employed as a paralegal in Manhattan.

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Click Here for a Link to the Book Referred to in the Wall St. Article - Case Analysis, 4th Ed

Another Link to the 4th Edition of Case Analysis

This book is part of the casebook called:
Rights of the Imprisoned: Cases, Materials, and Directions

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Amazon Link on the Book

                        Table of ContentS OF THE ENTIRE CASEBOOK 

Part I. Introduction

1. Introduction

Part II. The Therapeutic State

2. Foundations of the Therapeutic State

3. Problems of Definition: Dangerousness and Incapacity

4. Points of Entry and Due Process in the Therapeutic State

5. Choice of Commitment Process

6. Treatment and rehabilitation

7. Commitment: Nontreatment Issues 

Part III. The Criminal Process: Sentencing

8. Allocation of the sentencing Power

9. Fines, Suspended Sentences, and Other Incarcerative Punishments

10. Determining the Sentence

11. Due Process and sentencing

12. Appellate Review of sentencing 

Part IV. The Prison

13. The External Aspect of the Prison

14. Prison Life

15. The Rule of Law Comes to Prison

16. The First Amendment in Prison

17. Access to the Courts

18. The Right to Physical Security in the Prison

19. Punishment and Fairness in the Prison

20. Prison and Rehabilitation

21. Prisons Under Attack 

Part V. Alternatives to Institutionalization: Community Corrections and Community Mental Health

22. The Decision to Release to the Community

23. Conditions of Probation and Parole

24. Collateral Consequences of Conviction and Civil Adjudication

25. The Duty to Consider Alternative Programs

26. Revocation and Termination of Community Supervision

Click for Information about this book

Amazon Link on the Book

Table of Contents OF THE ENTIRE CASEBOOK 

Part I. Introduction

Part II. The Therapeutic State
2. Foundations of the Therapeutic State

3. Problems of Definition: Dangerousness and Incapacity

4. Points of Entry and Due Process in the Therapeutic State

5. Choice of Commitment Process

6. Treatment and rehabilitation

7. Commitment: Nontreatment Issues 

Part III. The Criminal Process: Sentencing

8. Allocation of the sentencing Power

9. Fines, Suspended Sentences, and Other Incarcerative Punishments

10. Determining the Sentence

11. Due Process and sentencing

12. Appellate Review of sentencing 

Part IV. The Prison

13. The External Aspect of the Prison

14. Prison Life

15. The Rule of Law Comes to Prison

16. The First Amendment in Prison

17. Access to the Courts

18. The Right to Physical Security in the Prison

19. Punishment and Fairness in the Prison

20. Prison and Rehabilitation

21. Prisons Under Attack 

Part V. Alternatives to Institutionalization: Community Corrections and Community Mental Health

22. The Decision to Release to the Community

23. Conditions of Probation and Parole

24. Collateral Consequences of Conviction and Civil Adjudication

25. The Duty to Consider Alternative Programs

26. Revocation and Termination of Community Supervision

Click for Information about this Book

Amazon Link on the Book

                   Table of Contents OF THE ENTIRE CASEBOOK

Part I. Introduction

1.Introduction

Part II. The Therapeutic State

2. Foundations of the Therapeutic State

3. Problems of Definition: Dangerousness and Incapacity

4. Points of Entry and Due Process in the Therapeutic State

5. Choice of Commitment Process

6. Treatment and rehabilitation

7. Commitment: Nontreatment Issues 

Part III. The Criminal Process: Sentencing

8. Allocation of the sentencing Power

9. Fines, Suspended Sentences, and Other Incarcerative Punishments

10. Determining the Sentence

11. Due Process and sentencing

12. Appellate Review of sentencing 

Part IV. The Prison

13. The External Aspect of the Prison

14. Prison Life

15. The Rule of Law Comes to Prison

16. The First Amendment in Prison

17. Access to the Courts

18. The Right to Physical Security in the Prison

19. Punishment and Fairness in the Prison

20. Prison and Rehabilitation

21. Prisons Under Attack

Part V. Alternatives to Institutionalization: Community Corrections and Community Mental Health

22. The Decision to Release to the Community

23. Conditions of Probation and Parole

24. Collateral Consequences of Conviction and Civil Adjudication

25. The Duty to Consider Alternative Programs

26. Revocation and Termination of Community Supervision

Click for Information about this Book

Amazon Link on the Book

Table of Contents OF THE ENTIRE CASEBOOK 

Part I. Introduction

1.Introduction 

Part II. The Therapeutic State

2. Foundations of the Therapeutic State

3. Problems of Definition: Dangerousness and Incapacity

4. Points of Entry and Due Process in the Therapeutic State

5. Choice of Commitment Process

6. Treatment and rehabilitation

7. Commitment: Nontreatment Issues 

Part III. The Criminal Process: Sentencing

8. Allocation of the sentencing Power

9. Fines, Suspended Sentences, and Other Incarcerative Punishments

10. Determining the Sentence

11. Due Process and sentencing

12. Appellate Review of Sentencing 

Part IV. The Prison

13. The External Aspect of the Prison

14. Prison Life

15. The Rule of Law Comes to Prison

16. The First Amendment in Prison

17. Access to the Courts

18. The Right to Physical Security in the Prison

19. Punishment and Fairness in the Prison

20. Prison and Rehabilitation

21. Prisons Under Attack 

Part V. Alternatives to Institutionalization: Community Corrections and Community Mental Health

22. The Decision to Release to the Community

23. Conditions of Probation and Parole

24. Collateral Consequences of Conviction and Civil Adjudication

25. The Duty to Consider Alternative Programs

26. Revocation and Termination of Community Supervision

                        Link to This Article

Russian Article on The Jailhouse Lawyer (1975)

(Bill wrote an article on the jailhouse lawyer that was translated into Russian. See the yellow below for the spelling of Bill's name in Russian!)

Quoted in Newsweek, page __, September 2, 1974
(article on "jailhouse lawyers")