×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
$1 Million Settlement in Texas Wrongful Conviction Suit
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2011, page 40
On March 31, 2011, a man who had been falsely convicted of burglary, rape and sexual abuse accepted a $1 million settlement after being exonerated by DNA evidence.
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
Malicious Prosecution,
Sentencing,
Wrongful Conviction,
Wrongful Imprisonment,
False Arrest.
Location:
Texas.
Donald Wayne Good filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit in federal court against the City of Irving, Texas and ...
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Prison Sexual Abuse Survivor Speaks Out, by Alan Prendergast
- Texas State Auditor Blasts UTMB, Texas Tech Prisoner Health Care Costs
- DOJ Finds No Wrongdoing After Prisoner Dies Due to Grossly Inadequate Medical Care, by Brandon Sample
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Anatomy of False Confessions, Redux
- Tennessee: Felony Friendly Job Fairs an Unexpected Hit
- Illinois DOC Sued to Accommodate Hearing Impaired Prisoners
- Tennessee: Incident Rates at CCA Facilities Higher Than at Public Prisons
- Study Shows Ex-offenders Have Greatly Reduced Employment Rates
- Ohio ACLU, Other Organizations Release Reports on Prison Privatization
- Immigrants Have Special Sixth Amendment Rights But Limited Time to Enforce Them, by Holly S. Cooper
- Virginia Prisoners Held in Segregation Over 10 Years for Violating DOC Grooming Policy, by Justin Miller
- Ohio County’s Intensive Probation Program Failing Miserably, by Justin Miller
- Northern California Private Pathology Company Under Scrutiny
- Texas State Bar, Exonerated Ex-Prisoners File Suit Against Attorney Over Fees
- Prison Legal News Files Censorship Suit Against Florida DOC
- Denver Prisoner’s Death Ruled a Homicide; Family Files Suit, by Brandon Sample
- Prisoners Shot and Killed During Egyptian Revolution; 23,000 Escape
- US EPA Takes Action Against Kansas Prison for Asbestos Violations
- Federal District Court Slams Bureau of Prisons in FOIA Suit, by Brandon Sample
- Planned GEO Prison in Adelanto, California Faces Sewage Hurdles
- Drug Courts Need an Intervention, Reports Say, by Joe Watson
- Report Highlights Dual Loyalties in Immigration Detention Health Care
- $1 Million Settlement in Texas Wrongful Conviction Suit
- Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Over Sexual Abuse of Female Detainees at CCA Facility in Texas
- Recording of Nashville, Tennessee Jail Prisoners’ Attorney Calls Criticized
- CMS Nurses Disciplined in Kentucky Prisoner’s Death
- Oregon Rethinking Criminal Justice Policies to Avoid Fiscal Crisis
- $96,000 Settlement in Massachusetts Conditions of Confinement Suit
- $227,500 Settlement in Suit by Former Minnesota DOC Prison Chaplain
- Ohio Adam Walsh Act Violates Separation of Powers Doctrine
- Indiana DOC’s Refusal to Provide Kosher Meals Violates RLUIPA, by Brandon Sample
- Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Defies Court Order, Refuses to Allow Attorney to Take Photographs of Injured Prisoner
- News in Brief:
More from these topics:
- More Facial Recognition Failures, May 15, 2024. False Arrest, Police State-Surveillance.
- Facial Recognition’s Distorted View, May 15, 2024. False Arrest, Police State-Surveillance.
- Report Finds Bad Forensic Evidence Leads to More Wrongful Convictions and Establishes Forensic Errors Typology, May 15, 2024. junk science, Wrongful Conviction.
- Police Body Cameras, A Decade Later, May 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Public Records Act, Police State-Surveillance, Police/Govt Misconduct.
- The Police Have a Dark Money Slush Fund, May 15, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Police/Govt Misconduct.
- Massachusetts State Police Facing Possible Class Action Lawsuit for Illegal Recordings, April 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Recordings, Police/Govt Misconduct, Writings, Recordings & Photographs, Tape Recordings.
- Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Police Training on How to Violate Constitutional Rights, April 15, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Police, Terry Stops, Suspicionless Searches.
- ‘Blatant Miscarriage of Justice’: Oklahoma Man Exonerated of Wrongful Conviction After 35 Years Despite Former Prosecutor’s Attempt to Perpetuate Injustice, April 15, 2024. Wrongful Conviction, Prosecutorial Misconduct.
- Maryland Compensates Exonerated Prisoner Over $340,000, April 1, 2024. Wrongful Conviction, Eyewitness Testimony, Fabrication of Evidence, Recantation.
- Georgia Sheriff Resigns After Groping TV Judge’s Breast, April 1, 2024. Assault by Police, Police Misconduct, Police/Govt Misconduct.