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$315,000 Settlement in Illegal Arizona Police Strip Search
Loaded on June 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2010, page 18
The City of Scottsdale, Arizona paid $315,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming that a police officer illegally strip searched a citizen after responding to a 911 call.When Heather Tonarelli, 19, and her friend Chris Smith heard loud knocks on Tonarelli’s apartment door at around 3:00 p.m. on June 15, ...
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More from this issue:
- Secret Justice: Criminal Informants and America’s Underground Legal System, by Alexandra Natapoff
- New Details Regarding Race Riot at USP Florence, by Brandon Sample
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Dozens of CIA “Ghost” Detainees Unaccounted For, by Matthew Clarke
- ACLU Report Applauds Michigan’s Efforts to Reduce Prison Population, by David Reutter
- Report on Prison Privatization Plagued with Political Connections, Conflicts of Interest, Faulty Data
- Habeas Hints: Certificate of Appealability, by Kent A. Russell
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- Book Review: Anne-Marie Cusac, Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America, 336 pp, Yale University Press, $27.50, by Amy Vanderwarker
- Georgia’s Privatized Probation System Traps the Poor, by David Reutter
- Judge Finds Unconstitutional Conditions at Massachusetts Jail, 11 Years After Suit is Filed, by Brandon Sample
- Ninth Circuit: California Lifers Have No Inherent U.S. Constitutional Right to Parole, by John Dannenberg
- Report Details Societal Effects of High School Dropout Rates – Including Incarceration, by David Reutter
- $1,500 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Cold Cell Conditions Claim
- California: Budget Cuts Target Rehabilitation Programs, by Michael Brodheim
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- NACDL Releases Report on U.S. Drug and Mental Health Courts, by Matthew Clarke
- PLN Prevails in Public Records Suit Against GEO Group, by Alex Friedmann
- Fifth Circuit: RLUIPA Does Not Create Individual Capacity Cause of Action
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- California: Furloughing Prison Employees Costing Taxpayers More, by Michael Brodheim
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- Florida Prisoner Exonerated by DNA After Serving 35 Years, by David Reutter
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- Fourth Circuit Holds Individual Capacity Damage Claims Unavailable Under RLUIPA
- Ninth Circuit Holds Prosecutors Immune for Parole Recommendations, by Mark Wilson
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