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Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Ohio Supreme Court Sides with Defendant in Sex Offender Registration Case by Derek Gilna On May 8, 2012, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wesley Lloyd, who was convicted of a sex offense in Texas and then moved to Ohio in 2005. He was arrested and convicted in …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
TASER Liability Verdict Upheld, but Remittitur Granted by A North Carolina U.S. District Court has held, in ruling on a post-trial motion, that a jury’s liability verdict against TASER International related to the death of a juvenile shocked by one of the company’s TASER devices was reasonable, but granted remittitur …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
FCC Finally Moves on Wright Petition After Almost a Decade of Inaction by On December 28, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a major step in a process that could lead to “just and reasonable” interstate phone rates for calls made from prisons, jails and other detention centers. “Today, …
Illinois: Current Insurer Must Pay Wrongful Conviction Award after Exoneration by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a federal district court’s determination “that, under Illinois law, the issuer of the policy in force on the date a convict is exonerated must defend and indemnify an insured whose law-enforcement …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Nevada DOC Audit: Doctors Work 5 Hours, Get Paid for 10 by The Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC), which houses 12,750 prisoners, employs 23 full-time physicians who are paid a salary that presumes they work four 10-hour shifts per week. Accordingly, they receive their full wages regardless of the hours …
Idaho Supreme Court Affirms Firing of PHS Medical Director by The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a prison doctor’s challenge to his job termination, stemming from his abusive treatment of a prisoner. Dr. John F. Noak was the medical director for Prison Health Services (PHS), …
Oregon Prosecutor’s Son Escapes Mandatory Prison Time for Sexual Assault by Commit sexual abuse in Oregon and you face a mandatory prison sentence of 75 months – unless your father happens to be a prosecutor, apparently. In December 2011, Jacob Frasier, 17, the son of Coos County District Attorney Paul …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption, by Nancy Mullane (Public Affairs Books, 2012). 384 pages, $26.99 (hard-cover) by John Dannenberg Book review by John E. Dannenberg With a gripping meld of investigative journalism and personal involvement, author Nancy Mullane digs into the true meaning of “life with …
Former California Prison Guard Resentenced Following Assault Conviction by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a 51-month sentence imposed on a former California prison guard convicted of assaulting two prisoners, on the ground that during sentencing the district court had relied on unreliable allegations made by a jailhouse …
Texas Supreme Court Rules Compensation Required in Schlup-type Innocence Cases by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 18, 2012, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a former prisoner whose murder conviction was reversed due to ineffective assistance of counsel after he proved that he was likely actually innocent …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
FBI Loses Prisoner’s Property but Sovereign Immunity Foils Recovery by Derek Gilna On May 29, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals barred Galo Alejandro Ordonez from compensation after the FBI and the federal government acknowledged that property that had been previously seized from him and ordered returned was “presumed …
Supreme Court: No Bivens Actions for Federal Prisoners in Private Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that federal prisoners housed in privately-managed prisons may not file Bivens-style federal lawsuits against private prison employees alleging lack of medical care in …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Pregnant Woman Suffers Needless Death in Oklahoma Jail by Matthew Clarke Jamie Lynn Russell (a.k.a. Jamie Fisher), 33, who was pregnant and experiencing severe abdominal pain, sought medical care at a hospital in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma on January 3, 2013. She was difficult and “not cooperating,” according to nurses, who …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Filed under: Medical, Medical Records
New York Court Limits Costs to $.25 per Page for Prison Medical Records Requests by A New York appellate court has upheld a lower court’s decision that the cost for medical records requested by prisoners or their representatives under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) is no more than $.25 …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Johnny Cash and His Prison Reform Campaign by Danny Robins On July 26, 1972, three grizzled-looking men dressed uneasily in suits gave evidence at a U.S. Senate subcommittee on prison reform. Two of the men were former prisoners of some of the toughest prisons in the U.S. – the third …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Florida: When Jack Bates Rider III signed up for a training class to become a corrections officer, he likely didn’t expect to be arrested. He should have, though, as he was wanted in connection with the 2007 strangulation death of a woman in Arizona. The U.S. …
Brief • February 14, 2013
Burton v Owens Ms Order Deny Dsj Replace Percocet With Ibuprofen 2013 Case: 12-60358 Document: 00512143753 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/14/2013 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS United States Court of Appeals FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Fifth Circuit FILED No. 12-60358 February 14, 2013 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk RONNIE …
In-the-News Article • February 14, 2013
PLN cited in article on elderly ex-con who robbed bank to return to prison Feb. 14, 2013 Articles that mention PLN RT PLN cited in article on elderly ex-con who robbed bank to return to prison - RT 2013 Old man robs bank to return to jail Published: 14 February, …
Brief • February 14, 2013
Iswed v Caruso, MI, Opinion & Order granting plf app for attoney fees, prisoner overseas phone calls, 2013 Case 1:08-cv-01118-PLM-ESC Doc #185 Filed 02/14/13 Page 1 of 12 Page ID#1430 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION BAHAA E. ISWED, #272102, Plaintiff, ) ) ) -v) ) …
Brief • February 13, 2013
Simuro v. Shedd, VT, Complaint, False Arrest & Malicious Prosecution for Child Sexual Abuse, 2013 Case 2:13-cv-00030-wks Document 1 Filed 02/13/13 Page 1 of 35 U.S. Dtsn:ncr GOUR j DISTRICT OF VH~MO:'-'. · FILED 2013 FEB 13 AH 9: 43 Wayne Young (Vt. State Bar No. 3378) , wayne@wyounglaw.com 8 …
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