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A Story of Racial Bias, the Absence of Mercy, and a Death in Prison by By Equal Justice Initiative Forty-five years after Phillip Chance traveled from his home in Detroit, Michigan to visit family in rural Choctaw, Alabama, he died in an Alabama prison. During that visit in 1971, 15-year-old Phillip …
Five Wrongfully Convicted North Carolina Men Receive Almost $8 Million by David Reutter Five former prisoners who were wrongfully convicted in a home invasion murder have received settlements and compensation totaling nearly $8 million following a botched investigation and misconduct by the sheriff’s office in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Three …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Since we started publishing PLN in 1990, the injustices of the parole system, or that of never-ending punishment and sentences without end, has been an enduring theme. In the 1970s it was prisoners’ rights activists and advocates who called for an end to parole …
Rascon v. Brookins, AZ, Motion to Disqualify Counsel, Wrongful Death Due to Police Restraint, 2017 Case 2:14-cv-00749-JJT Document 162 Filed 02/03/17 Page 1 of 13 Devon M. Jacob, Esquire | Pa. Sup. Ct. ID: 89182 Jacob Litigation, P.O. Box 837, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0837 djacob@jacoblitigation.com | (717) 796-7733 IN THE UNITED …
Lumpkin v. Detective Brehm, NY, Opinion and Order, Excessive Detention, 2017 Case 1:15-cv-00839-KPF Document 40 Filed 01/27/17 Page 1 of 11 UNITE STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUT ERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------- ----------------------------------------------)( USDCSDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC#: _ _ _ _ __ DATE FILED: January 27, 2017 JESSI A …
McClinton v. City of Tallahassee, FL, Complaint, Police Excessive Deadly Force, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION AYOUNNA McCLINTON, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE of DUANE STRONG, on behalf of the Estate and the Survivors, AYOUNNA McCLINTON, Mother, and GREGORY …
How Union Contracts Shield Police Departments from DOJ Reforms by Adeshina Emmanuel Even when the federal government cracks down on police abuses, collective bargaining agreements often stymie reforms. By Adeshina Emmanuel, In These Times Few were surprised on December 7, 2015, when U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a civil rights …
Publication • January 13, 2017
HRDC NPAP CLE Seminar on Representing Victims of Law Enforcement Misconduct on the Street and in the Cell Block, March 2017 Upcoming CLE Seminar: Representing Victims of Law Enforcement Misconduct on the Street and in the Cell Block The South Florida-based Human Rights Defense Center in collaboration with the National …
A push to make cops carry liability insurance in Minneapolis by By Carla Murphy, The Chicago Reporter As an advocate for victims of police brutality and their families, Michelle Gross has alternately worked with and needled Minneapolis city officials. During 30 years of activism, Gross has pursued many, if not most, …
Illinois: DNA Evidence Exonerates One Man, Implicates Another by On September 28, 2016, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office announced charges against convicted murderer Osborne Wade, 42, in connection with the brutal sexual assault and murder of a child in 1992. The charges followed an extensive investigation by the State’s …
$28.1 Million Jury Award after Eighth Circuit Allows Conspiracy Claims in Nebraska Wrongful Conviction Suit by Matthew Clarke On December 31, 2015, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that six wrongfully convicted former prisoners could sue Gage County, Nebraska for conspiring to manufacture false evidence; further, law enforcement officials …
Tennessee Sheriff Indicted, Suspended and Jailed Over E-cig Business by Tennessee’s Rutherford County Sheriff has been indicted and is presently incarcerated, awaiting trial on charges related to his connections with a company that sold e-cigarettes to prisoners at his jail, as well as other contracts he entered into without county …
Publication • January 10, 2017
Body Worn Cameras, County of Santa Clara Office of the Sheriff, 2017 22 County of Santa Clara Office of the Sheriff 84164 A DATE: January 10, 2017 TO: Board of Supervisors FROM: Laurie Smith, Sheriff SUBJECT: Body Worn Cameras RECOMMENDED ACTION Consider recommendations relating to Body Worn Cameras. (Office of …
Publication • January 9, 2017
New York State Police, Trooper Joseph P. Santopietro Letter of Censure, 2017 ---- \,_.; GEORGE P. BEACH SUPERINTENDENT MAJOR JOSEPH A. TRIPODO TROOP COMMANDER STATE OF NEW YORK NEW YORK STATE POLICE TROOP "F" HEADQUARTERS 55 CRYSTAL RUN ROAD MIDDLETOWN, NY 10941 (845) 344-5300 January 9, 2017 Trooper Joseph P. …
Publication • December 30, 2016
Chicago PD police spying stingray use IMSI Freddy Martinez, of Lucy Parsons Labs l)JVISI()l\1 2 TO: zrc:d Cr F'ROM; �Jarnes R.. V"Vasf1bur1"J Ser.(;3eant njzed Crime Division 1505 Fund Purchase Request Harris "King Fish" Cellular Tracking T�e R is requesting the purchase of the Harris . �King Attached to this report …
Publication • December 29, 2016
Advising Criminal Defendants on Civil Claims for Police Misconduct, Law Offices of John Burton, 2004 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 414 S O U T H M A R E N G O A V E N U E PASA DENA , CALIFORNIA 91101 Telephone: (626) 449-8300 F a …
Audit of the DEA’s Management and Oversight of its Confidential Source Program, OAG, 2016 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Audit of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Management and Oversight of its Confidential Source Program Audit Division 16-33 September 2016 AUDIT OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION’S MANAGEMENT AND …
Missouri County Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Suicide for $260,000 by Last year, Lincoln County, Missouri agreed to pay $260,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a jail prisoner who committed suicide in 2011. On August 21, 2011, police from the City of Troy responded to a …
Tennessee Sheriff’s Willful Denial of Public Records Merits PLN Attorney Fee Award by On June 24, 2015, a Tennessee appellate court found the sheriff of Marshall County had willfully denied access to public records requested by Prison Legal News, and held that PLN was entitled to attorney fees after filing …
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