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$2.3 Million Jury Award in Washington, D.C. Wrongful Parole Revocation Suit by A District of Columbia (D.C.) federal jury has awarded $2.3 million to a former prisoner who spent ten years in prison after his parole was wrongfully revoked based on unreliable hearsay evidence. Charles Singletary was convicted of robbery, …
Brief • September 6, 2012
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
Jones v. City of St. Louis, MO, Complaint, Mistaken Identity, 2012 Case: 4:12-cv-01220-ERW Doc. #: 27 Filed: 09/06/12 Page: 1 of 18 PageID #: 204 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION TRAVIS JONES, Plaintiff v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS Serve: Francis Slay, Jr. 1200 …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Georgia Court Clerk Liable for Failure to Inform Prison Officials of Sentence Reduction by The Georgia Supreme Court has held that a court clerk is not entitled to official immunity in a lawsuit claiming negligent performance of a ministerial duty. At the heart of the case was the clerk’s failure …
Wrongful Convictions Prove Costly, Especially for the Wrongly Convicted by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 6, 2011, the Better Government Association (BGA) and the Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) at Northwestern University School of Law released a joint report on the cost of wrongful convictions. The report, which …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Ohio Wrongful Conviction Results in $2.59 Million Settlement by On April 25, 2011, Raymond D. Towler, 53, received a settlement of $2,592,571 after serving almost 29 years for a rape he didn’t commit. The award included a $600,000 annuity to provide ongoing monthly payments plus a $1.91 million lump sum …
Publication • 2012
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
FL Innocence Commission, FL, Final Report to the Supreme Court of Florida, 2012 F L O R I DA I N N O C E N C E C O M M I S S I O N FINAL REPORT TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA J U NE 2 …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
New York Not Liable for DOCS’ Unauthorized Addition of Post-Release Supervision by The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has held that the state cannot be held liable for the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) adding post-release supervision to prisoners’ sentences when such supervision had not been …
DC Prisoner's False Imprisonment Claims Survive Summary Judgment by A federal court in the District of Columbia (DC) refused to dismiss a former prisoner's claims that she was improperly confined 149 days past her sentence expiration date. On December 15, 2005, Eloise Wormley was sentenced to 12 months in prison, …
Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Malicious Prosecution and Evidence Concealment Case against Boston Police Department by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna In a well-reasoned opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has permitted a Section 1983 action against the Boston Police Department (BPD) to continue. James …
Article • May 15, 2012
California Settles Former Parolee's Untreated HIV and Delayed Release Suit for $2,500 by Bradley G. Dreher was a California parolee when he learned that he was HIV-positive. He was seeking treatment, but was arrested and incarcerated for alleged parole violations before he could begin a treatment regimen. He remained in …
Article • May 15, 2012
Discovery Sanction against New York City Sets Stage for Probable Damages Award in False Imprisonment Suit by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna In a decision published on December 8, 2009, from an appeal of parts of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County dated November 28, 2007, which denied …
Philadelphia Woman Detained 54 Days as Material Witness Settles for $275,000 by The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office paid a witness $255,000 to settle her claims that she was illegally detained for 54 days. Nicole Schneyder was a critical witness against Michael Overby in a 1990 rape and murder. Overby's first …
Article • May 15, 2012
Washington Sentence May Not Exceed Statutory Maximum; Court Determines Sentence Length, Not DOC by The Washington state Court of Appeals held that the sentencing court must ensure that the sentence imposed does not exceed the statutory maximum sentence. Randy Linerud pled guilty to failing to register as a sex offender …
Article • May 15, 2012
Rhode Island Wrongful Conviction Nets Detective over $600,000 by A former Rhode Island detective who was wrongfully convicted and served more than six years in prison for a murder he did not commit, was paid $600,000 to settle two lawsuits. Jeffrey Scott Hornoff was a Warwick, Rhode Island detective who …
Oklahoma City Not Liable for Wrongful Conviction Resulting from Falsified Forensic Evidence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Oklahoma City can not be held liable for the actions of disgraced forensic chemist Joyce A. Gilchrist, who was employed in the city’s …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Texas Harasses, Denies Compensation to Wrongly Convicted by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Texas has a generous compensation package for prisoners who are exonerated, which includes $80,000 per year of wrongful incarceration, an annuity with annual payments in the same amount, free college tuition and free medical care. [See: PLN, …
Victoria v. NYPD DETF et al, NY, 2nd Am Complaint, false arrest overdetention, 2012 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 Page 1 of 13 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 Page 2 of 13 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 Page 3 of 13 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 …
31,000 Criminal Cases Under Review After Detroit Crime Lab Closes by After the police crime lab in Detroit, Michigan was found to have provided faulty firearm ballistics evidence in criminal cases, the lab was closed in 2008. A subsequent review of around 31,000 firearm-related prosecutions was deemed “admittedly impossible work,” …
Jury Awards $13,000 in Tennessee CCA False Imprisonment Suit by A Tennessee federal court awarded $13,000 to Samuel Key for civil rights violations resulting from his false imprisonment. The case began in 1987, when Key was convicted and sentenced to prison in Georgia. During that time, a phony escape charge …
Article • February 15, 2012
$1,800 Settlement in Clerical Error Resulting in Jail Time by California’s County of Sacramento paid $1,800 to settle the claim of Stephen L. Stucker, who was held in jail for two days due to a clerical error. His July 17, 2002 jailing resulted in the denial of his psychiatric medication. …
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