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Parole for Women in California: Promise or Pathos by Corey Weinstein by Corey Weinstein, MD, CCHP Women are not men, but the California Department of Corrections (CDoC) has treated them as such until very recently. They are housed in mega prisons, denied contact with their children and denied important gender …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Overturned Conviction Nets Baltimore Man $1.4 Million by Maryland's Board of Public Works (BPW) awarded a Baltimore man $1.4 million for spending 27 years on a faulty murder conviction. In 1974, Michael Austin, then 25, was convicted for the murder of a grocery store security guard. Austin was not only …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Tulia Undercover Deputy Tom Coleman Convicted of Perjury by Hans Sherrer Tom Coleman was on top of the world after being honored as the Texas Department of Public Safety's 1999 Outstanding Lawman of the Year. The award was for his undercover investigation between January 1998 and July 1999 in the …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
SABER's Sexual History Disclosure Requirement Violates Fifth Amendment by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the compelled sexual history disclosure required by the Sexual Abuse Behavior Evaluation and Recovery Program (SABER) violates the Fifth Amendment's guarantee against self incrimination. The court also held that a supervised release condition …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Mass Parole Re-Hearings in Tennessee Following AG Opinion by Alex Friedmann With some level of irony, on June 7, 2005 the Tennessee Attorney General's office sent a letter to the state's Board of Probation and Parole, recommending that the Board limit the amount of time between parole hearings and suggesting …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Maryland Prisons MisCalculate Half of All Prisoner Release Dates by by David M. Reutter Up to one half of all Maryland prisoners early release dates at two prisons were erroneous, concluded a report by the Maryland Office of Legislative Audits. The report declined to identify the two prisons it audited, …
$97,000 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Arkansas Over Detention Suit by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment awarding compensatory damages of $50,000 in a civil rights suit filed by James M. Hayes, alleging his 38-day pre-appearance detention violated his right to due process. The Court …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
New York City Settles Wrongful Imprisonment Suit For $1 Million by On February 4, 2005, a man convicted of murder and wrongfully imprisoned for five years based on testimony fabricated by prosecutors settled his claim against the City of New York for $1,000,000. Milton Lantigua, 20,was sitting in front of …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Denial of New Jersey Work Credits Violates Equal Protection by A New Jersey appellate court held that denying work credits to prisoners serving concurrent New Jersey sentences in other states violates the equal protection clause of the New Jersey Constitution. On February 11, 1978, Charles VanWinkle began serving a seventeen …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Tennessee Pretrial Jail Credit Mandatory, Not Waivable by The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals reversed a defendant's convictions, holding that the trial court should not have accepted [his] plea agreement waiving pretrial Jail credit and that the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty pleas. …
Suit Implicates Washington DOC In Near-Fatal Collision, Drug Use Suspected by Michael Rigby A woman critically injured in a collision caused by an employee of the Washington prison system--reassigned to his home because of suspected drug use--has sued the state Department of Corrections (DOC) for endangering the public. Barbara Starkel …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
California Lifer Claims Parole by Chair Fisher Is Biased While most of California's lifers face a mere 99% chance of being denied parole, murderer Linda Ricchio's odds appear far worse. Her victim, Ronald Ruse, was the brother of newly appointed (and confirmed) Board of Prison Terms (BPT) Commissioner Susan Fisher. …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Parole Officers Not Absolutely Immune For Conduct Distinct From Parole Decisions by by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that California Department of Corrections (CDC) parole officers were not absolutely immune from suit by a former prisoner who alleged he was re-incarcerated because the officers …
Habeas Hints: Overcoming Post-Conviction IAC by Kent A. Russell Habeas Hints by Kent A. Russell This column provides "habeas hints" to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys ("in pro per"). The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the …
Article • October 15, 2005
Ohio Pre-S.B. No. 2 Indeterminately Sentenced Prisoners Who Took a Plea are Entitled to Meaningful N by Ohio Pre-S.B. No. 2 Indeterminately Sentenced Prisoners Who Took a Plea are Entitled to Meaningful New Parole Hearings by John E. Dannenberg The Ohio State Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District, ruled that …
Article • October 15, 2005
Lives (and Votes) Lost by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg From City Belt (www.citybelt.org) Lives (and Votes) Lost Prisoners, parolees and probationers cannot vote in New Jersey -- but for one former prisoner who was wrongfully convicted and can, it's the last thing on his mind. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Nothing ties Larry Peterson …
North Carolina Prosecutors Reprimanded For Intentionally Withholding Crucial Exculpatory Evidence in Capital Case by by Matthew T. Clarke Alan Gell cried recently after a North Carolina State Bar panel issued a mere reprimand, the least discipline possible, to two former prosecutors who withheld evidence in his capital murder case. "Here …
Article • October 15, 2005
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
Indigent Montana Detainee Entitled to Jail Good Time Credit by The Montana Supreme Court held that a prisoner awaiting revocation of his suspended sentence is entitled to be credited for good time for the time served in a county jail if the prisoner is unable to secure bond for no …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Parole Violators Flood Pennsylvania Prisons by Michael Rigby In the latest performance of justice by the numbers, a behind the scenes power struggle is playing out between the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) and the state Board of Probation and Parole (BPP). As usual, prisoners are caught in the middle. …
Habeas Hints by Kent Russell This column is intended to provide habeas hints" to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (in pro per). The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus law which now governs …
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