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Article • December 15, 2009
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Mandamus
Disenfranchisement Permitted By 14th Amendment Not Limited To Felonies At Common Law by The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution permits states to deny felons and prisoners the right to vote, regardless of whether their offenses were felony offenses at common law, the Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate …
Article • December 15, 2009
Ex-Prisoners Acquitted for Insufficient Evidence May Not Sue Texas by On July 31, 2008, a Texas appeals court ruled that persons who were convicted of a crime, spent time in prison while awaiting appeal, but were acquitted due to insufficient evidence on appeal, were not entitled to sue the State …
Article • December 15, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing
Denial of Allocution During Supervised Release Resentencing Requires Remand by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a federal prisoner’s sentence because an Illinois federal district court denied him the right to allocution upon revocation of his supervised release and imposition of a new sentence. Bernard J. O’Hallaren, III, …
TDCJ Pays $45,000 to Settle Discrimination Complaint by On June 30, 2005, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice entered into a settlement agreement with employee Gary Walls. The settlement is the result of discrimination complaints filed by Walls with the Texas Workforce Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. To …
TDCJ Pays $45,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Claim by On March 3, 2005, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice agreed to pay $45,000 to Bethaney Clopp and her attorney, George Chandler, PC, to settle a civil action alleging a "sexually hostile work environment and retaliation." The case was brought under …
TDCJ Pays $95,000 to Settle Discrimination Suit by On October 28, 2008, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) agreed to pay former employee, Karon K. Connelly, $41,524.38 to settle a discrimination suit she had filed in May 2003. In addition to that amount, TDCJ is to pay $38,000 in …
TDCJ Pays $267,000 to Settle Discrimination Claim by On September 15, 2005, the TDCJ agreed to pay a total of $267,500 to Melissa Roberts to settle a complaint she filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Represented by …
Article • December 15, 2009
TDCJ Pays $100,000 to Settle MVA Personal Injury Case by On May 28, 2004, the TDCJ agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to Linda Holcomb for injuries she suffered in a motor vehicle accident on November 14, 2001 involving her and TDCJ employee, Rickey Neeley. Represented by Palestine, Texas attorney …
Article • December 15, 2009
TDCJ Settles MVA Personal Injury Suit by On April 8, 2005, an undisclosed settlement was reached in a personal injury suit filed against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and Department employee, Ronald Babic. Represented by Texas City attorney Russell G. Burwell III of Burwell, Burwell, & Nebout, LLP, …
TDCJ Settles Race Discrimination Suit Following Denial of Sovereign Immunity by On May 20, 2004, a Texas appellate court denied an appeal filed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) after a district court denied a motion for summary judgment and another for sovereign immunity in a race discrimination …
Article • December 15, 2009
Washington Jail’s Good Time Certification Based on Time in Jail, Not Court’s Award of Time Served by In dismissing a personal restraint petition, Division One of the Washington State Court of Appeals discussed the law involving the certification and award of good time by a county jail to the Department …
Article • December 15, 2009
Washington Prisoner’s Privacy Rights Not Violated by Recording Jail Phone Calls by Division One of the Washington State Court of Appeals has held that recording a prisoner’s jail telephone conversations does not violate privacy interests under the Washington Constitution, article 1, section 7. Before the Court was the appeal of …
Article • December 15, 2009
Washington State Community Custody Term Must Be Served in Community by Division Two of the Washington State Court of Appeals has held that a sex offender who served an excessive sentence is not entitled to credit for the illegal time served toward his community custody term. Cliff Alan Jones pled …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
$91,059.83 in Damages, Fees and Costs Awarded to Alabama Prisoner Beaten by Guard by An Alabama federal jury has awarded $20,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to a man beaten by a guard at the Lauderdale County Detention Center (LCDC). The lawsuit alleged that LCDC guard Philip King was aware …
$16.5 Million-Plus Settlement in Oklahoma City False Conviction Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 8, 2009, a federal district judge in Oklahoma City signed a judgment following the settlement of a suit awarding a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not …
Former Alabama Judge Acquitted of Paddling, Sexually Abusing Jail Prisoners by Mark Wilson On March 27, 2009, former Mobile County, Alabama Circuit Court Judge Herman Thomas was indicted on 57 charges for allegedly checking young male prisoners out of the Metro Jail, taking them to his office, and paddling them …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Eight More Prison Closures in Michigan by Since taking office in 2003, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has closed six prisons. To pare $120 million from the state’s budget, she recently decided to close eight more, including five minimum-security prison camps. The announcement of the closures on June 5, 2009 created …
Ohio Prison Employees Involved in Improper Relationships, Drug Smuggling, Sexual Misconduct by Mark Wilson Four Ohio prison employees resigned or were fired amid an investigation into their improper relationships with prisoners, while in unrelated incidents four state prison guards were accused of sexual misconduct, smuggling drugs and soliciting bribes. The …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
California Struggles to House Sex Offenders by Michael Brodheim When California voters approved Proposition 83 (Jessica’s Law) in 2006, the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office estimated that enforcement of the law’s provisions – which included GPS monitoring and banning sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park …
$150,000 Settlement in Tennessee Jail Beating by Sullivan County, Tennessee has paid $150,000 to settle the claim of a former prisoner who was beaten at the county’s jail. The suit alleged the sheriff’s department failed to properly train and supervise jail guards, deliberately placed the prisoner in a dangerous situation, …
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