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Third Guilty Plea Entered in Massive Aryan Brotherhood Drug Conspiracy in California Prisons
by Jo Ellen Nott
On September 12, 2022, the wife of an imprisoned street gang member pleaded guilty to posing as a paralegal for an allegedly corrupt lawyer in a scheme to smuggle methamphetamine into the California State Prison at Folsom.
Kristen Demar, 47, pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs to ...
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- 37 Mississippi Prison Gang Members, Accomplices Convicted in Massive Conspiracy, Dec. 1, 2023. Prison Gangs, Conspiracy.
- Ninth Circuit Suppresses Evidence as Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Where Officer Lacked Probable Cause to Arrest Man Who Displayed Handgun in Open Carry State, Jan. 15, 2023. Fruit of the Poisonous Tree, Suppression, Trading Drugs for a Gun.
- Mississippi Supreme Court: Drug Buy Between Dealer and User Doesn’t Constitute Conspiracy to Distribute, Aug. 15, 2021. Conspiracy, Simple Possession/Personal Use versus Distribution.
- Florida: Trio of Con Artists Sentenced in Rule 35 Sentence Reduction Scam, July 28, 2017. Conspiracy.
- Former LA County Sheriff to Serve Three Years in Prison, June 9, 2017. Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Conspiracy, Guard Brutality/Beatings, FBI.
- U.S. v. Pica, No. 10-5026-cr (2nd Cir.) (692 F.3d 79) (August 14, 2012) (Judge Raymond J. Jr. Lohier), Dec. 1, 2012. Conspiracy, Punch And Jurists.
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- Second BOP Guard Convicted in Connection with Prisoner’s Murder, June 15, 2012. Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Conspiracy, Excessive Force, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
- Pennsylvania Prisoner’s $185,000 Jury Award Reduced to $75,005, May 15, 2012. Retaliation for Litigating, Conspiracy, Physical Injury Rule, Legal Materials, Damages, Prisoner Property, Immunity/Liability, Sovereign Immunity.