by Christopher Zoukis
William Rouser, a prisoner in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prison system and a practicing Wiccan, received a favorable settlement, after the state reneged upon the first one, in which he is allowed to possess specified items and to hold regular services related to his ...
by Christopher Zoukis
A 46-year-old county jail administrator agreed to a $115,000 settlement with Gray County, Texas, after her employment was ended because of a prolonged medical absence.
Shelly McCarn had been employed with Gray County for 15 years. On December 21, 2009, she took some time off to ...
by Christopher Zoukis
A federal jury in Texas found that a prison guard was negligent in aiding and abetting an assault on a prisoner, awarding the victim $25,000 in damages.
While David K. Lara was a prisoner in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, he was ...
by Christopher Zoukis
The widow of former Wapakonetam, Ohio Police Chief Dave Harrison, who had pleaded guilty to six counts related to child pornography, agreed to a $190,000 settlement with Special Prosecutor Scott Longo and the state of Ohio.
Harrison had served 22 years with the Wapakonetam Police Department, ...
by Christopher Zoukis
The widow of a man sent to federal prison for tax evasion settled a suit against the federal government for $750,000 over the wrongful death of her husband while he was incarcerated.
Louis Thomas Faison Jr., 63, a retired high-school teacher, was sent to the federal ...
by Christopher Zoukis
Following a civil suit against Eureka, California police officers, the city of Eureka and Humboldt County in the death of a 26-year-old homeless man while in police custody, the man's family received a settlement and jury award totaling $4.675 million.
On August 9, 2007, Martin ...
by Christopher Zoukis
A 45-year-old man who was arrested for public urination was awarded $150,000 after a jury found that officers of the New York Police Department used excessive force during his unlawful arrest.
On January 27, 2005, Emilio Rivera stopped in a Harlem restaurant to use the ...
by Christopher Zoukis
In a pretrial settlement with the city of Hemet and its police department, the family of a man shot and killed after a high-speed chase through Riverside, California, agreed to $92,000 in compensation.
On February 25, 2008, the Hemet police arrived at the home of 40-year-old ...
by Christopher Zoukis
Jonathan Wilson, a 22-year-old student and resident of Middletown, New Jersey, agreed to a $290,000 settlement as a result of being wrongfully assaulted, arrested, and prosecuted by the Red Bank Police Department.
On July 3, 2006, Wilson attended a Fourth of July fireworks celebration near the ...
by Christopher Zoukis
An eye-opening report from The New York Times has exposed the existence of multiple “floating Guantanamos” operated by the U.S. Coast Guard throughout the Pacific Ocean. Coast guard cutters on missions to interdict suspected drug smugglers in international waters have become de facto prisons for detainees. Some ...
