Skip navigation

Search

27342 results
Page 1111 of 1368. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 ... 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368 | Next »

Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Expert Testimony Required to Prove Causation by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Missouri prisoner who suffered a stroke after being deprived of medication for hypertension for a month could not recover absent expert medical testimony on causation. Willie Robinson, a sixty-four year old man with a …
Guard's Prior Misconduct Wrongly Excluded from Rape Trial by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the exclusion of evidence of a guard's prior improper sexual conduct against a former detainee warranted reversal. On Friday, January 31, 1997, Julie Ann Blind-Doan turned herself in to the Taft City Police …
$22,500 Award Upheld in Texas Gang Assault Set-up by Guards by John E Dannenberg $22,500 Award Upheld in Texas Gang Assault Set-Up By Guards by John E. Dannenberg The Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's denial of defendant prison officials' summary judgment motion in a prisoner …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Favorable Termination Rule Inapplicable to Conditions Claims by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that the "favorable termination rule" of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364 (1994), and Edwards v. Balisok, 520 U.S. 641, 117 S.Ct. 1584 (1997), does not apply to claims that implicate only …
Gov. Ryan's Song by Mumia Abu-Jamal by Mumia Abu Jamal Illinois Gov. George Ryan, in the last passing days of his first and only term, saved the best for last. He sent shock waves across the nation when he issued four pardons to men sitting on the Condemned Units of …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Illinois Governor Commutes All Death Sentences by Michael Rigby On January 11, 2003 Governor George Ryan ensured himself a place in the history of criminal justice reform by commuting the death sentences of 167 people. It was the most sweeping act of its kind by a governor in U.S. history. …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Gay Bashing Illinois Guards to Pay $65,000 for Savage Beating by A man who was brutally beaten by jail guards while in custody at the Cook County Jail in Chicago will receive $65,000 in a settlement approved in June 2002. Terry Phalen, now 42 and admittedly gay, was awaiting a …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Houston Crime Lab Closed, Prisoner Freed by Michael Rigby On March 6, 2003, the Houston Police Department (HPD) Chief C. O. Bradford announced that the department's DNA crime lab had been shut down and that internal affairs had launched an investigation into possible criminal and other misconduct. The announcement came …
Compensating the Wrongly Convicted, or Not by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Hundreds of thousands of men and women are hidden from society—social failures convicted of felonies—behind concrete walls and razor wire in isolated parts of our country. Nestled among them are society's silenced victims—the wrongfully convicted. Society is …
The Crime of Being Poor by Paul Wright "The law in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread." _ Anatole France A central part of the mythology of the criminal justice system in …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
Texas Medical Provider Investigated for Mixing, Selling Bodies by Texas Medical Provider Investigated For Mixing, Selling Bodies Officials at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (UTMB) are investigating the improper handling of at least 78 bodies donated to the Willed Body Program, which uses them for education and …
Wichita Kansas Pays $6.2 Million to Settle Detainees' Lawsuit by Wichita Kansas Pays $6.2 Million to Settle Detainees' Lawsuit On May 7, 2002, Wichita's City Council approved $6.2 million to be awarded to the 7,000 citizens who had their 14th Amendment rights violated. The suit filed by what the city …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright Observant readers will have noticed that PLN's masthead has changed its message from "Working to Extend Democracy to All" to "Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights." As PLN enters its fourteenth year of publishing and advocacy on behalf of prisoners, we think this change more …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
No Termination of Special Parole Upon Deportation by No Termination of Special Parole Upon Deportation In a case of first impression, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a term of special parole does not terminate upon the parolee being deported to his home country. Antonio Cuero-Flores appealed …
The Shame of Prison Health by Sasha Abramsky A report is sitting at the Justice Department, unpublished. It has been there for three years. Titled The Health Status of Soon-to-be-Released Inmates, it was compiled by experts who sat on three panels: one on communicable diseases, one on chronic diseases and …
Proof of Actual Rights Violation Required for Attorney Fee Award by The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the decision of a California Federal District Court, has held that a prisoner cannot be awarded attorney fees for winning a temporary restraining order (TRO) if the prisoner did not subsequently …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Habeas Hints by Kent Russell This column is intended to provide habeas hints for prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys. The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus law which now governs habeas corpus practice …
Ohio Federal District Court Finds RLUIPA Constitutional by In a case of first impression in the Sixth U.S. Circuit, the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has refused to dismiss Ohio prisoners' religious rights claims based on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 …
YSI: Another Death, Another Settlement by Youth Services International (YSI), a company already under fire for a multitude of problems, including contract violations, financial mismanagement, prisoner mistreatment and prisoner deaths, was again in the news this past September. YSI, a subsidiary of Corrections Services Corporation, operates juvenile prisons, including boot-camp-style …
Mailbox Rule Tolls Statute of Limitations in BOP Medical Suit by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that, pursuant to the mailbox rule of Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379 (1988), a prisoner's medical malpractice action was filed as of the date he delivered it to …
Page 1111 of 1368. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 ... 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368 | Next »