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$6,000 Sanction for Mississippi Federal Prosecutor Who Lied to Court About COVID-19 Vaccination Status
by David M. Reutter
On July 7, 2022, a federal judge for the Southern District of Mississippi levied a $6,000 sanction against a federal prosecutor for lying about his COVID-19 vaccination status.
When Assistant U.S. Attorney Theodore “Ted” Cooperstein was quizzed on three appearances before Judge Carlton W. Reeves on ...
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More from this issue:
- COVID-19 Injunction Lapses in Oregon, Another Fails in Massachusetts, by Mark Wilson
- Unending ‘Crisis’ in San Diego County Jails: Hundreds Dead, Millions in Legal Payouts, by Jo Ellen Nott
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Maine Caps Price of Phone Calls in State Prisons and Jails, by Benjamin Tschirhart
- San Diego County Pays $250,000 After Detainee Suicide in County Jail, by Jayson Hawkins
- New Federal ‘Fresh Start’ Student Loan Policy May Help Prisoners in Default, by Matthew Clarke
- Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives, by Harold Hempstead
- South Carolina Judge Halts State Executions by Electrocution and Firing Squad, by Edward Lyon, David Reutter
- Michigan Supreme Court Says Prisoner’s Possession of Cell Phone by Itself Doesn’t Show Threat to Security, by David Reutter
- Ohio County Pays $2.5 Million for Photographing Female Detainees’ Tattooed Private Areas, by Kevin Bliss
- San Diego County Pays $3.488 Million After Jail Detainee Dies in Cell Extraction, by Chuck Sharman
- Federal Judge Calls Out BOP’s ‘Plinko’ Tactics, Orders Surgeon Found for Trans Prisoner’s Gender-Confirming Procedure, by Jacob Barrett
- San Diego County Pays $8.1 Million After Jail Guard Fatally Shot Fleeing Detainee in the Back, by Chuck Sharman
- The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Tablet Advertising That Can Also Issue Discipline, by Dave Mass
- Rifles, Tasers and Jails: How Cities and States Spent Billions of COVID-19 Relief, by Susie Cagle, Weihua Li, Anastasia Valeeva
- North Dakota Prisoner’s Conviction for Assault on Guard Vacated Due To Erroneous Jury Instruction, by David Reutter
- DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, by David Reutter
- Washington DOC Fined $84,000 for Health Code Violations Found After TB Outbreak, by Jacob Barrett
- Georgia Jail Settles Suit Filed by Mentally Ill Female Detainees With Policy Changes and $1.2 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs, by Matthew Clarke
- Tenth Circuit Vacates Oklahoma Prisoners’ Witness Tampering Conviction, by David Reutter
- Condemned Alabama Prisoner Now Spared Twice, by Chuck Sharman
- Gang Violence in Texas Federal Prison Results in Two Deaths, Nationwide BOP Lockdown, by Keith Sanders
- Hawaii Governor Finally Appoints Coordinator for State DOC Oversight Commission, by Douglas Ankney
- $6,000 Sanction for Mississippi Federal Prosecutor Who Lied to Court About COVID-19 Vaccination Status, by David Reutter
- Sentencing Reports Show Longer Sentences, Few Compassionate Releases, by Casey Bastian, Benjamin Tschirhart
- Tennessee Governor Suspends Executions, Orders Investigation Into Lethal Injection Process, by Harold Hempstead
- Nebraska Supreme Court Says Revocation of Post-Release Supervision Does Not Bar Prisoner From Earning Good Time Credit, by David Reutter
- Seventh Circuit: Chicago Police Department’s 30-Day Claim-or-Forfeit Policy for Arrestee Property Is Constitutionally Adequate, by Casey Bastian
- Over $386,000 Awarded to Mississippi Prisoner, Plus Hip Surgery He Was Denied, by David Reutter
- Eighth Circuit Rules Federal Prisoner Need Only Know Item Is Prohibited To Support Conviction for Possession of Contraband, by David Reutter
- Wisconsin Pays $8,000 To State Prisoner After Seventh Circuit Revives Retaliation Claim Against Guard Over Destroyed Legal Documents, by David Reutter
- $215,000 Awarded to New Jersey Detainee Assaulted by Jail Guards, by Keith Sanders
- Fifth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Texas Jailers Who Refused Medical Care to Detainee Dying of Drug Overdose, by Matthew Clarke
- Parole Board Members Miss Work, Leaving Nebraska Prisoners Locked Up, by Benjamin Tschirhart
- Georgia Sheriff Agrees To Provide Muslim Prisoners With Halal Meals for Ramadan, by Jacob Barrett
- More Victims Added to Sex Abuse Indictment of Former Federal Prison Warden in California; Former Chaplain Sentenced for Role in ‘Rape Club’, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Mississippi Attempts to Offload Prisoner Healthcare Costs Onto Medicaid, by Anthony Accurso
- Wisconsin High Court Admits Into Evidence Secret Tape of Prisoner Made by Fellow Prisoner, by David Reutter
- $2.1 Million Settlement for Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide in Scandal-Plagued Ohio Jail, by David Reutter
- Alabama Prisoner Who Escaped With Jail Guard Lover Charged in Her Death on the Run, by Kevin Bliss
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- Fifth Circuit Upholds Nearly $13.5 Million Restitution Order Against Federal Prisoner, by Anthony Accurso
- Maine Settles Suit Over COVID-19 Jobless Benefits Seized From Prisoners, by Jayson Hawkins
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- Almost $4.4 Million for Illinois Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim, June 1, 2025
- Washington Appellate Court: Personal Restraint Petition Proper Vehicle to Challenge Community Supervision, June 1, 2025
- $2.8 Million Settlement in National NUMI Debit Release Card Class Action, June 1, 2025
- $6 Million Settlement in Illinois Detainee’s Gruesome Untreated Heroin Withdrawal Death, June 1, 2025
- Fourth Circuit: District Court Failed to Provide Sufficient Explanation for Sentence Imposed and Did Not Address Defendant’s Arguments for Downward Variant Sentence, May 15, 2025
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Order of Deferred Disposition Not a ‘Sentence’ Under Article 44.01(b)—Which Authorizes State to Appeal Illegal Sentence—Resolving Split Among State Courts of Appeals, April 15, 2025
- Fifth Circuit: Sentence Enhancement for Maintaining Drug Premises Not Satisfied Solely by Defendant’s Single, Conclusory Statement That He ‘Maintained’ Premises When Record Shows Mere ‘Use’ of Premises, April 15, 2025
- Illinois Pretrial Incarceration Becomes Less Random A Year After Elimination of Cash Bail, April 1, 2025
- Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025
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- Retired California Prison Guard Killed in Colorado Jail, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
- Ninth Circuit Revives Complaint Over Sloppy Cell Checks Before Psychotic Detainee’s Death at L.A. Jail, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
- Kansas Pays $150,000 for Prisoner Killed by Cellmate, Centurion Settlement Confidential, June 1, 2025. Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
- Four Arizona Prisoners Dead After Being Celled with Leader of 2004 Standoff, June 1, 2025. Classification, Failure to Protect (General).
- Rural Virginia Jury Refuses to Hold Guards Liable for State Prisoner’s Death, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
- $1.3 Million for Massachusetts Prisoner Stabbed by Guard in Connecticut Lockup, June 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings.
- Eighth Circuit Lets Missouri Guard Skate For Placing Avowed Enemies In Same Cell, Resulting In Assault, June 1, 2025. Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity.
- $2.4 Million Settlement Reached After Elderly Pretrial Detainee Strangled by Cellmate in San Antonio Jail, June 1, 2025. Geriatric Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
- French Prisons Targeted in Coordinated Attack, June 1, 2025. Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General).