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Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
California Appellate Court Reverses $2.7 Million Award for Wrongful Death of Woman Murdered by Grandson on Parole by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In a stunning decision reached on December 16, 2021, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Third Appellate District, absolved the state Department of Corrections …
Article • January 22, 2019
Filed under: Murder by Parolees
Washington State Parolee Murders Girlfriend; Department of Corrections Found Not Grossly Negligent by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Scottye Miller served two misdemeanor sentences, one “memorialized in a felony judgment” for harassing and assaulting his girlfriend of many years, entered in 2010 and 2011. Miller was released from the Department …
Article • December 13, 2017
Washington Supreme Court: Jail Not Responsible for Crimes Committed by Ex-Prisoner by On September 22, 2016, a split Washington Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals ruling and affirmed the trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the families and victims of a shooting instigated by a former jail …
US Parole Activists Aim to Overhaul a Failing System by Jean Trounstine by Jean Trounstine, originally published September 30, 2017, Truthout.org. The United States has the shameful reputation of being the world's largest jailer, and as the Prison Policy Initiative reported in March, 2017, 2.3 million people are currently locked up in …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Filed under: Murder by Parolees
Iowa: Lawsuit Against Halfway House Over Attack by Resident Dismissed by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Eighth Circuit of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against an Iowa halfway house and several state officials over injuries caused by a halfway house resident. Tamela Montgomery alleged that …
Sanders v. NMCD, NM, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE IN FULL AND COVENANT OF NON-DISCLOSURE FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONSIDERATION OF One Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 dollars ($1,500,000.00), Maureen A Sanders, as personal representative of the Estate of Katherine Paquin, a/ldaKathy A. Paquin, and Cheri …
Article • August 25, 2016
State of Washington Settles on Wrongful Death Claim by The Superior Court of the State of Washington oversaw the $100,000 settlement in February 2002 of a wrongful death claim brought by the wife of Dexter Villa, who was deceased in October 1998 as a result of the actions and inactions …
Article • August 10, 2016
Cook County Probation Blamed for Chicago Gun Violence, Death of High School Student by Joe Watson Cook County's Adult Probation Department (CCAPD) is getting considerable blame for the notoriously high prevalence of gun violence in Chicago, including the January 2013 shooting death of a high school band member who performed …
Article • February 17, 2016
Oregon Grand Jury Faults Lenient Pass Policies for Murder by Mark Wilson "There seemed to be a permeating sense of leniency," that allowed an Oregon prisoner to brutally murder his ex-girlfriend while on a pass, a grand jury report concluded. "Consequently, we feel that the current attitudes and practices at …
Sanders v. NMCD, NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2015 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 8/3/2015 9:25: 14 AM James A. Noel Dora Bozovic STATE OF NEW :MEXICO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT J\rIAUREEN A. SANDERS, as personal representative of the Estate of KATHERINE PAQUIN, and CHERI RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiffs …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Florida Home Confinement Program Criticized After Witness’ Murder by Florida Home Confinement Program Criticized After Witness’ Murder In internal investigation of a home confinement program in Orange County, Florida revealed widespread problems, including the failure of staff to report violations that could have led to the re-incarceration of a program …
Colorado Parolees' Violent Crimes Attributed to DOC Ineptitude by Joe Watson Colorado Parolees' Violent Crimes Attributed to DOC Ineptitude By Joe Watson It took the March 2013 murder of Tom Clements, then director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), to bring to light the ineptitude of the state's prisons …
Article • June 5, 2015
Filed under: Murder by Parolees
$550,000 Settlement for Shooting of Two by Gang Members under Custody of Washington DOC by $550,000 Settlement for Shooting of Two by Gang Members under Custody of Washington DOC The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) paid $550,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two people who were shot by …
Article • January 13, 2015
Colorado: Parole Board’s Track Record Difficult to Assess by Colorado: Parole Board’s Track Record Difficult to Assess The killing of Tom Clements, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), made national news. Investigation ultimately connected the high-profile killing to a prisoner who was erroneously released from prison years …
Article • October 5, 2014
Ninth Circuit Says Absolute Immunity Protects Extradition Decisions by Ninth Circuit Says Absolute Immunity Protects Extradition Decisions   The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the decision not to extradite a criminal defendant is intimately associated with the criminal phase of the judicial process. Therefore, state officials participating in …
Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director by John Dannenberg Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director by John Dannenberg Just over a year after Colorado Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements was killed by former prisoner Evan Ebel, who had been released directly from long-term solitary confinement, …
Article • May 15, 2012
7th Circuit Dismisses Inadequate Police Protection Suit against City of Chicago by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the judgment of the district court judge which dismissed a lawsuit alleging discrimination against the City of Chicago for failing "to have adequate policies in place for the protection of …
Article • November 15, 2011
$2,750,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Suit by A $2,750,000 settlement was reached in a wrongful death suit stemming from an accident caused by a Washington parolee. On August 15, 1999 Kenneth Chambers, who was on parole, struck a vehicle driven by Kim E. Simonds. Chambers was driving …
Article • November 15, 2011
$12,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Claim by A $12,000 settlement was reached in a wrongful death suit against the State of Washington and Pierce County. Tracy Joe Enoch-Jevne was convicted on four separate DUI counts spanning from February 1996 to December 1998. Due to an error, she …
Paroled Killers Rarely Re-Offend by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Judging by the statistics, Reginald Powell, 54, may be the proverbial exception to the rule – the rule, in this case, being that convicted murderers who are granted parole only rarely re-offend. In 1984, Powell was convicted of the shooting …
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