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Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
to continue operating. Once again an anonymous PLN donor will match all donations up to and including $15,000, dollar for dollar from non-prisoners and $2 for every $1 donated if the donation is from ...
No. 1:04-cv-07309. Additional sources: Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter, abclocal.go.com, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press ...
on the warning-negligence claim. It awarded the deceased’s estate $21,000 in compensatory damages plus $200,000 (against TASER) in punitive damages. For Heston’s parents, the jury awarded $1 million ...
the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1(a)) and state civil rights statutes. Appointed counsel filed an amended complaint, which resulted in a six-day bench trial ...
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Filed under: News, News in Brief
prisoners in Russia are convicted of drug offenses. Texas: On March 1, 2008, Monte Morast, a guard at the Montgomery County jail, was charged with official oppression and unlawful restraint of a child under ...
. Suicide was the leading cause of death for prisoners under 35. The mortality rate for older prisoners was particularly high. While those 65 or older only comprised 1% of the prison population ...
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
– death following Tasering is all too common. [See: PLN, Oct. 2006, p.1]. Also, it is certainly not a capital crime to be high on drugs. The incremental risk of death in such circumstances ...
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
officials are considering sending another 130 prisoners to the Epps facility. Inspections conducted in 2004 and 2006 determined that the Harris County Jail was out of compliance. [See: PLN, Jan. 2006, p.1 ...
for judgment as a matter of law or a new trial, arguing that the court had erred in 1) excluding testimony from a police witness, which was determined to be hearsay, claiming that Muldrow’s theft of drugs ...
and sentence. This exception was further affirmed in the concurring and dissenting opinions in Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1 (1998). The Sixth Circuit acknowledged a conflict between the circuits in regard ...
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
was completely lifted on December 1, 2008, but a clear message had been sent to parole officials. While paroles resumed, the parole approval rate of 62% in fiscal year 2008 plummeted to 46% by February 2009 ...
. The Court found Johnson was aware of the threat of harm because Rodriguez advised him that (1) he was a former Latin King who had renounced his membership; (2) he was threatened with death by gang members ...
as an “unenumerated Rule 12(b) motion.” In response, Singleton filed an affidavit that said he gave the appeal to his counselor on April 1, and the counselor assured him he would place it in the chief counselor’s box ...
private prisons, only Florida places administrative responsibility for private prisons outside of its prison agency or a prison commission overseeing both public and private prison systems. As of October 1 ...
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
NY Slip Op 9308, 1 (N.Y. 2007). In doing so, the Court of Appeals rejected Haywood’s argument that Correction Law § 24 ran afoul of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution because it interfered ...
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
and the overwhelming evidence presented at trial, the Sixth Circuit panel, by a 2-1 vote, found that Jordan and Bright did not violate Ortiz’s constitutional rights. Although noting in passing that prisoners have ...
. 26.05, particularly Art. 26.05(g), before costs are assessed against a defendant (who is usually indigent), the trial court must enter findings that the defendant is: 1) capable of, and 2) able to repay ...
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
in this country would be more effective: 1) restructured funding with an emphasis on treatment and prevention; 2) An emphasis on community-based sanctions and the elimination of mandatory minimums; 3) comprehensive ...
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
prisons would be moved to other facilities. [See: PLN, April 2009, p.1]. The Governor’s prison closure plan had its critics. State Attorney General John Suthers, for one, said he was concerned the proposed ...
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
and a half passed before he finally went to trial. In late 2008, jurors began hearing testimony from 60 witnesses in court proceedings that lasted two months. [See: PLN, Feb. 2009, p.1]. Carona first came ...
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