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Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions by Matthew Clarke To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and the venerable Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story looks at the ongoing scandal at the nation’s crime labs. The problem is so pervasive – PLN has reported on it extensively over the years – that several books could easily be written on the topic. Yet just as wrongful …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
New York Prisons Avoid Budget Axe by David Reutter by David M. Reutter With the State of New York having 5,000 empty prison beds and a large budget deficit, it would seem the logical decision would be to save taxpayer dollars by closing some prisons. That, however, is not the …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Fake Rape Claim Puts Woman in Prison by Brandon Sample A New York woman who falsely claimed she had been raped was sentenced in February 2010 to 1 to 3 years in prison on perjury charges. In 2005, Biurny Peguero Gonzalez told investigators that William McCaffrey, a Bronx construction worker, …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Afghanistan: An Afghan prisoner being held at a U.S. military base attempted to escape on August 7, 2010, grabbing a rifle and fatally shooting two Marines before being killed by return fire. The location of the base was not disclosed. Alabama: On August 17, 2010, Steven …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Limitations Period in Suit Over Delay in Providing Surgery Begins When Prisoner is Recommended for Surgery by Brandon Sample The statute of limitations in a lawsuit claiming medical negligence by prison officials in delaying a prisoner’s surgery begins to accrue when the prisoner is first recommended for surgery by a …
Are Doctors Complicit in Prison Torture? The Maine Medical Community Looks at Solitary Confinement by Lance Tapley In the past few years an outcry has arisen over the involvement of military and CIA medical professionals and psychologists in torture, including psychologically destructive solitary confinement of “war on terror” detainees at …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
$13 Million Settlement in DC Mass Arrest of Protestors by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The District of Columbia agreed to pay $13,302,500 to settle a class-action lawsuit related to the illegal arrest of 680 people. Those people were arrested on April 15, 2000 in connection with the protest …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
State Auditor Issues Report on Washington Department of Corrections by On December 7, 2009, the Washington State Auditor’s Office released a report on an audit of the Department of Corrections (DOC) that covered the time period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. The report examined cash handling, payroll, …
Settlement Allows North Carolina Prisoners to Receive Compensation for Writings by David Reutter by David M. Reutter North Carolina’s Department of Corrections (NCDOC) has entered into a settlement agreement that allows prisoners to prepare for publication and receive compensation for manuscripts so long as the prisoner “authorizes a family member …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Prisoners of the Census in New York: Democracy on the March! by Eric Lotke New York is the most recent state to pass new rules about how people in prison are counted in the U.S. Census. The law (A11597/S8415), passed by the New York Senate on August 3, 2010, provides …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Ex-Cons Face Tougher Job Market in Great Recession by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Those who have the black mark of a felony conviction face prejudice in the job market even when the economic picture is rosy. In these times of the Great Recession, that black mark has the …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Expanded Eligibility for New York Medical Parole Has Little Effect by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2009, New York passed a statutory amendment that expanded the state’s compassionate release program for terminally ill prisoners. The amendment permitted medical parole for prisoners convicted of certain violent crimes who were …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear, by Jonathan Simon (Oxford University Press 2007), 344 pages by Ian Head Review by Ian Head This past spring, a 12-year-old student in Queens, New York was arrested, handcuffed and taken to a …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Filed under: Religious Freedom, Clergy
New York Prison Chaplain Accused of Smuggling Weapons by Zul Qarnain Abdu-Shahid, 58, a Muslim chaplain for the New York City Department of Corrections (NYDOC), was arrested on February 3, 2010 for attempting to introduce contraband into the Manhattan Detention Complex; he was temporarily held on $50,000 bond after his …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Former President of Florida Sheriff’s Association Enters Plea in Kickback Scheme by David Reutter In February 2010, former Okaloosa County, Florida Sheriff Charlie Morris pleaded no contest to state racketeering and money laundering charges related to an employee bonus kickback scheme that netted him thousands of dollars. To enter the …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual, 4th Edition, by John Boston and Daniel Manville, Oxford University Press, 960 Pages, $39.95 by Paul Wright Reviewed by Paul Wright The Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual (PSHLM) by Dan Manville first appeared in 1983. It was designed to give prisoners an overview of the legal system, …
$3.125 Million in Settlements in Oregon Prisoner’s Beating Death by On July 2, 2009, the estate and family of a mentally ill Oregon man who died in police custody settled claims against Multnomah County, a former deputy sheriff and jail nurses for $925,000. The case remained pending against the City …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Tennessee Judge Facing Misconduct Charges Tries to Depose Disciplinary Counsel by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Cocke County, Tennessee General Sessions Judge John A. Bell, while facing a judicial misconduct complaint, sought to depose Joseph S. Daniel, disciplinary counsel for the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary, in February 2010. Bell …
Pennsylvania Prisoner Awarded $185,000 in Civil Rights Claim; Harassment Continues by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Pennsylvania federal jury has awarded $185,000 to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging conspiracy, retaliation, obstruction of access to the courts and defamation of character. Pennsylvania state prisoner Andre Jacobs …
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