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Missouri County Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Suicide for $260,000

Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

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 …

Ferguson, Missouri Under Fire for Revenue-based Criminal Justice System

Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Judicial Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Indigent Defense, Bond Fees, Racial Profiling

Ferguson, Missouri Under Fire for Revenue-based Criminal Justice System by Christopher Zoukis Following 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri ignited by the killing of an unarmed black youth by a white police officer, some local law enforcement practices have been changed. The reforms were spurred, in large part, by a U.S. …

Missouri: Habeas Corpus Granted to Prisoner Denied Jail Credit

Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Release and Reentry, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus

Missouri: Habeas Corpus Granted to Prisoner Denied Jail Credit by A Missouri Court of Appeals granted a prisoner’s writ of habeas corpus and ordered him “immediately released from custody.” Before the state appellate court was the habeas petition of Andrew Kory. Kory was imprisoned on July 2, 2014 and charged …

Missouri Governor Doesn’t Have to Serve as Public Defender

Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Public Defenders, Indigent Defense, Costs

Missouri Governor Doesn’t Have to Serve as Public Defender by In a letter dated August 2, 2016, the director of Missouri’s Public Defender System called for Governor Jay Nixon – a licensed lawyer who was a four-term Attorney General before being elected governor – to represent an indigent defendant in …

Orden v. Schafer, MO, Order, Sex Offender Rehabilitation Programs, 2016

Brief • November 23, 2016

Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Sex Offender Treatment

Orden v. Schafer, MO, Order, Sex Offender Rehabilitation Programs, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION JOHN VAN ORDEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KEITH SCHAFER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 4:09CV00971 AGF MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter …

Webb v. The City of Maplewood, MO, Complaint, False Imprisonment, 2016

Brief • November 1, 2016

Filed under: False Imprisonment

Webb v. The City of Maplewood, MO, Complaint, False Imprisonment, 2016 Case: 4:16-cv-01703-CDP Doc. #: 1 Filed: 11/01/16 Page: 1 of 57 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION CECELIA ROBERTS WEBB, DARRON YATES, ROBERT EUTZ, ANTHONY LEMICY, KRYSTAL BANKS, …

Missouri Not Required to Disclose Identity of Doctor or Pharmacy Who Provide Drugs for Lethal Injections

Article • October 27, 2016

Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty

Missouri Not Required to Disclose Identity of Doctor or Pharmacy Who Provide Drugs for Lethal Injections by Lonnie Burton In an 8-3 decision following an en banc hearing, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that the state of Missouri does not have to disclose the names …

Missouri Court of Appeals Upholds Termination of Prisoner's Parental Rights

Article • October 27, 2016

Filed under: Fathers in Prison, Parental rights, Children of Prisoners

Missouri Court of Appeals Upholds Termination of Prisoner's Parental Rights by Matthew Clarke B.E.G. (Father) appealed the termination of parental rights to two minor children whom he sexually abused. The court of appeals affirmed. Because he pled guilty to child molestation, Father was prohibited by section 211.038 R.S. Mo. from …

Hansen v. Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO, Order, Killing of Plaintiff's Dog, 2016

Brief • October 27, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Excessive Force, Shootings, Dogs, Police, Excessive Force (Police)

Hansen v. Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO, Order, Killing of Plaintiff's Dog, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI ST. JOSEPH DIVISION MORGAN HANSEN, Plaintiff, v. MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …

Eighth Circuit Finds No Constitutional Right to Communicate in Chinese

Article • October 25, 2016

Filed under: Discrimination, Interpreters, Telephones, Mail, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Family

Eighth Circuit Finds No Constitutional Right to Communicate in Chinese by Lonnie Burton On August 15, 2016, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a case filed by a Chinese-born Missouri state prisoner who had his mail to and from China repeatedly rejected by prison officials. …

Judge Orders End to Recording of Attorney-Client Meetings at CCA’s Leavenworth Detention Center

Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Jail Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Attorney Client, Telephone Monitoring

Judge Orders End to Recording of Attorney-Client Meetings at CCA’s Leavenworth Detention Center by Derek Gilna The Kansas Federal Public Defenders’ Office has challenged a scheme whereby officials at a detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) secretly video-recorded confidential attorney-client meetings. As a result, …

Missouri Supreme Court Invalidates Red Light Camera Ordinances

Article • September 29, 2016

Filed under: Due Process

Missouri Supreme Court Invalidates Red Light Camera Ordinances by Mark Wilson The en banc Missouri Supreme Court held on August 18, 2015 that red light camera enforcement ordinances in three cities were invalid because they violated state law or due process. The City of St. Peters, Missouri enacted ordinance 4536, …

Masters v. City of Independence, MO, Complaint, TASER cardiac arrest, 2016

Brief • September 26, 2016

Filed under: Cardiovascular, Brain Injury, Stun Guns/Tasers, Complaints

Masters v. City of Independence, MO, Complaint, TASER cardiac arrest, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI WESTERN DIVISION BRYCE E. MASTERS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, CHIEF OF POLICE TOM DAILEY, SGT. BRYCE BLACKMORE, TIMOTHY RUNNELS, TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC., and PATRICK “RICK” SMITH, …

Corizon Sued Over Death of Prisoner in St. Louis Jail

Article • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Corizon, Jail Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Diabetes, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Corizon Sued Over Death of Prisoner in St. Louis Jail by Matthew Clarke The St. Louis Lawyer's Group is helping the family of a man who died five days after arriving at the St. Louis Justice Center sue the jail's private medical services provider, Corizon. The suit alleges denial of …

Missouri Prisoner's Conviction for Assaulting Guard Upheld on Appeal

Article • September 7, 2016

Filed under: Restraints, Sentencing, Due Process

Missouri Prisoner's Conviction for Assaulting Guard Upheld on Appeal by Lonnie Burton On May 24, 2016, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, affirmed the conviction of a state prisoner charged with assaulting a Department of Corrections staff member. The length of the sentence imposed for the conviction was not …

Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety, PEW, 2016

Publication • September 1, 2016

Filed under: Prison Reform, Parole, Probation

Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety, PEW, 2016 A brief from Aug 2016 Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety Individuals on community supervision can earn credits to reduce their sentences Overview In 2012, Missouri established an “earned compliance credits” policy that allows …

McDaniel v. Lombard, MO, complaint, denied being witness to execution, 2016

Brief • August 31, 2016

Filed under: Death Penalty, First Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

McDaniel v. Lombard, MO, complaint, denied being witness to execution, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CENTRAL DIVISION Christopher S. McDaniel, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. George Lombardi, in his official capacity as Director of the Missouri …

Missouri Jail Head Receives Ten-Year Federal Sentence for Assaulting Prisoners

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Missouri Jail Head Receives Ten-Year Federal Sentence for Assaulting Prisoners by Matthew Clarke On July 13, 2011, a Missouri federal judge sentenced a former chief jailer to ten years in prison for violating the civil rights of prisoners and lying to the FBI. The jailer's daughter, a deputy sheriff, pleaded …

Missouri to Execute Death-Row Prisoners with Drug that Killed Michael Jackson

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Medication, Death Penalty/Death Row

Missouri to Execute Death-Row Prisoners with Drug that Killed Michael Jackson by If propofol was lethal enough to kill the King of Pop. Missouri's Department of Corrections figures that it's sufficient to execute its death-row prisoners. State DOC officials announced in May that they were replacing their three-drug method for …

Federal District Court in Missouri Addresses Jail Newspaper Issue

Article • August 22, 2016

Federal District Court in Missouri Addresses Jail Newspaper Issue by A U.S. District Court in Western Missouri ruled in June 1980 on a § 1983 class action claim brought by Mark Alan Hutchings that alleged, among other things, First Amendment violations arising from the policy at Clay County Jail (CCJ) …