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Ohio Awards $1,402.92 Award For 11 Days False Imprisonment
Loaded on June 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2005, page 25
by Michael RigbyAn Ohio prisoner should be awarded $1,402.92 for 11 days of false imprisonment, a magistrate recommended to the Ohio Court of Claims on October 21, 2004.
On September 14, 1999, plaintiff Glen Wilson was sentenced to two years in prison and up to 3 years of post-release …
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