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Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Oregon: State Must Prove Defendant’s Ability to Pay Attorney Fees by Mark Wilson Oregon: State Must Prove Defendant’s Ability to Pay Attorney Fees by Mark Wilson On July 23, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals vacated $36,000 in court-appointed attorney and indigent contribution fees, as there was no evidence the …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Sixteen Maryland Prison Guards Sentenced for Severely Beating Prisoner by Sixteen Maryland Prison Guards Sentenced for Severely Beating Prisoner Sixteen guards formerly employed atthe Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) near Hagerstown, Maryland have received sentences ranging from probation to five years in prison in connection with two assaults on a prisoner …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Forty Defendants, Including 24 Guards, Convicted in Widespread Corruption Scandal at Baltimore City Jail by Christopher Zoukis Forty Defendants, Including 24 Guards, Convicted in Widespread Corruption Scandal at Baltimore City Jail by Christopher Zoukis The confessed leader of a powerful gang inside the Baltimore City Detention Center was the government’s …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Maryland Cannot Compel Retroactive Sex Offender Registration by Maryland Cannot Compel Retroactive Sex Offender Registration he Maryland Court of Appeals held in June 2014 that circuit courts have the power to order the removal of sex offenders from the state’s registry, thereby impacting federal databases as well; the decision followed …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Unexhausted Oregon Parole Claims Not Cognizable by Mark Wilson Unexhausted Oregon Parole Claims Not Cognizable by Mark Wilson On March 19, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a pro se prisoner’s parole decision claims were not cognizable on appeal because he failed to raise those issues in his …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Philadelphia Traffic Court Abolished; Seven Judges Convicted by Philadelphia Traffic Court Abolished; Seven Judges Convicted The first black woman to be named president judge of Philadelphia’s Traffic Court has been sentenced to two years in federal prison in connection with a widespread ticket-fixing scandal that also led to the convictions …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
California Prisoner’s Conviction for Smuggling Tobacco Overturned by Lonnie Burton California Prisoner’s Conviction for Smuggling Tobacco Overturned by Lonnie Burton A California state prisoner convicted of a felony offense for smuggling tobacco into prison has had his conviction reversed by a California appellate court, although a related conviction for smuggling …
In-the-News Article • April 9, 2015
Article on deadly force in NV DOC quotes PLN managing editor April 9, 2015 Articles with PLN Quotes Associated Press Nevada Homicide Raises Questions of Guards' Use of Guns LAS VEGAS — Apr 9, 2015, 8:36 PM ET By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL Associated Press   The Nevada prison where a handcuffed inmate was …
Dunbar v. City of Riverside, CA, Deposition of Robert Fonzi, Use of Deadly Force, 2015 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ULRIKE DUNBAR, individually and ) as successor in interest to ) decedent BRANDON JAMES …
Article • April 8, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Tenth Circuit Misses Chance to Limit Long-Term Solitary Confinement by Derek Gilna Tenth Circuit Misses Chance to Limit Long-Term Solitary Confinement by Derek Gilna The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a prisoner’s more than three-decades-long stint in solitary confinement, sidestepping an opportunity to meaningfully address the appropriateness of …
Article • April 8, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Tennessee County Not Required to Pay for Medical Costs after Prisoner’s Release by David Reutter Tennessee County Not Required to Pay for Medical Costs after Prisoner’s Release by David Reutter The Tennessee Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner does not have a private right of action for being …
Article • April 8, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright In 25 years of publishing Prison Legal News, we have reported a number of recurring themes where the only specifics that change are the names, dates and locations. But the broader issues – prison slavery, government corruption, guards …
Article • April 8, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Lost and Improperly Destroyed Evidence Thwarts Post-Conviction DNA Testing by Matthew Clarke Lost and Improperly Destroyed Evidence Thwarts Post-Conviction DNA Testing by Matt Clarke While crime labs across the country have been in the news for improper testing of forensic evidence in criminal cases, the problem with misplaced and improperly …
Filing • April 8, 2015
Friedmann v. Marshall County, TN, Order, Public Records Request Attorney Fees, 2015 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE April 08, 2015 Session ALEX FRIEDMANN, ET AL. v. MARSHALL COUNTY, TN, ET AL. Appeal from the Chancery Court for Marshall County No. 17017 J. B. Cox, Chancellor ________________________________ …
Publication • April 8, 2015
How Traffic Courts Drive Inequality in California, LCCR Report, 2015 Acknowledgements Contributors Alex Bender, Esq. Stephan Bingham, Legal Aid Attorney, retired Mari Castaldi, Program Coordinator, EBCLC Elisa Della Piana, Director of Programs, EBCLC Meredith Desautels, Staff Attorney, LCCR Michael Herald, Legislative Advocate, WCLP Endria Richardson, Staff Attorney, LSPC Jesse Stout, …
Brief • April 7, 2015
Filed under: Environmental Law, Sewage
Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Alabama Utility Services, AL, Final Judgment, Prison Sewage Discharge, 2015 FILED Case 2:13-cv-00410-AKK Document 44 Filed 04/07/15 Page 1 of 4 2015 Apr-07 PM 02:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER, INC., ) …
Publication • April 7, 2015
Joint letter to DC Council re Corizon contract April 2015 March 31, 2015 Via electronic Mail Chairman Phil Mendelson Council of the District of Columbia 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Ste. 504 Washington, D.C. 20004 Dear Chairman Mendelson and Council Members: The 86 undersigned organizations urge you to ensure all District …
Brief • April 7, 2015
Lee v. Brown et al, VA, Amended Complaint, DOC parole jury due process, 2015 Case 3:15-cv-00114-REP Document 15 Filed 04/17/15 Page 1 of 12 PageID# 80 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION JERRY DAVID LEE, Plaintiff, v. KAREN D. BROWN, in her …
Brief • April 7, 2015
Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Alabama Utility Services, AL, Judgment, failure to comply with settlement, 2015 FILED Case 2:13-cv-00410-AKK Document 44 Filed 04/07/15 Page 1 of 4 2015 Apr-07 PM 02:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER, INC., …
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