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Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Federal Judge Voids Contract Between Death Row Exoneree and Attorney by David Reutter by David Reutter A North Carolina federal district court has voided a contract between death row exoneree Henry McCollum and his lawyer. The court’s unusual move was based on evidence that due to his low IQ, McCollum …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Former Prosecutor and Director of Tennessee DOC Sentenced to Prison by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On March 30, 2018, D. Michael Dunavant, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced that Quenton Irwin White, who previously served as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee during …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Fifth Circuit Upholds Attorney’s 15-Year Sentence for Fake Bribery Scam by On March 14, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a criminal defense lawyer’s 18 convictions for scamming defendants into paying large sums of money in a fake scheme to bribe federal officials to dismiss their cases. Abraham …
Silverman v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Request for Dismissal, Sexual Harassment, 2017 "- ... ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, a n d ~ } : W. SMITH .....GREGORY DIANA WANG WELLS FOR COURT USE ONLY {SBN 134385) (SBN 284215)/LEILA K. AL FAIZ (SBN 284309} LAW …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Pennsylvania: Philly D.A. Sentenced to Five Years for Corruption, Disbarred by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, who in 2009 drew acclaim as the first African-American D.A. in the city and the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 24, 2017 to five years …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Attorneys with Disciplinary Records Part of Flaw in Pennsylvania’s Death Penalty System by David Reutter In February 2015, just a month into his term as Pennsylvania’s Governor, Tom Wolf imposed a moratorium on capital punishment in the state, calling it “error prone, expensive and anything but infallible.” [See: PLN, Feb. …
Texas District Attorney and Prosecutor Accused, Cleared of Misconduct by Matthew Clarke In June 2015, the State Bar of Texas initiated disciplinary actions against Fort Bend County District Attorney John Francis Healey, Jr. and Assistant District Attorney Mark Harold Hanna. The disciplinary petitions filed by the State Bar Commission for …
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Judge Rips DOJ Lawyers for “Series of Misrepresentations,” Orders Ethics Training by Derek Gilna In one of the most recent examples of gross misconduct on the part of U.S. Department of Justice attorneys, noteworthy for the fact that it was actually punished, a Texas federal judge blasted DOJ lawyers who …
Kansas Supreme Court Modifies “Exoneration Rule” by Matthew Clarke In an opinion handed down on December 31, 2015, the Supreme Court of Kansas modified the requirement that a criminal defendant be exonerated prior to suing the attorney who represented him (the “exoneration rule”). Under the modification, reversal of a conviction …
Silverman v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Sexual Harassment, 2016 . . SETILEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims ("Agreement") is made between Tannaz Mokayef (hereinafter "Plaintiff" or "Mokayef') and the COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES (hereinafter "County") AND GARY HEARNSBERGER (hereinafter "Hearnsberger") …
California Court Affirms Award of Attorney's Fees to Watchdog Group; Remands Case to Determine if Sanctions Appropriate by Lonnie Burton On June 7, 2016, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One affirmed the award of attorney's fees to a state watchdog organization after they prevailed in a …
More Lawyers, Same Injustice by By Oren Nimni & Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs A case in Georgia has become notorious for its profanity. But it also says something about our public defender system… Last month, in a Georgia courtroom, defendant Denver Fenton Allen appeared in front of Judge Bryant Durham, …
Article • August 25, 2016
Oregon Prosecutor & Defense Attorney Face Discipline for Illegal Confinement of Mentally Ill Defendant by The Oregon State Bar has voted to pursue disciplinary action against the Washington County District Attorney and a mentally ill criminal defendant's attorney for causing the man's illegal confinement. Donn Thomas Spinosa stabbed his wife …
Article • August 23, 2016
Texas Judge and District Attorney Allegedly Bribed to Let Killer Escape by Matthew Clarke In a case that is beyond the pale of the usual high level of corruption in south Texas, a state district judge, the District Attorney of Cameron County and an attorney who was formerly a state …
Criminal Defendants Shortchanged by Justice System that Favors Prosecutors by Derek Gilna Since the landmark Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963, criminal defendants who face incarceration have been guaranteed representation by an attorney if they cannot afford one. Gideon spurred most states and the federal government to …
Material Indifferent - How Courts are Impeding Fair Disclosure in Criminal Cases, NACDL, 2014 MAterIAl InDIFFerenCe: How Courts Are Impeding Fair Disclosure In Criminal Cases No person shall be … deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law Amendment V, U. S. Constitution KAtHleen “CooKIe ” rIDolFI …
Dallas Conviction Integrity Unit Gains National Notoriety by Matthew Clarke The word “first” was applied to Craig M. Watkins multiple times after his election to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in 2006. He was the county’s first black D.A., the first D.A. who had been a public defender before …
Brief • June 20, 2016
Georgia v. Allen, Transcript of Proceedings, Defendant's Motion to Fire His Assigned Attorney, 2016
Bronowicz v. Allegheny County, PA, Settlement and Release, 2016
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Delaware Supreme Court Suspends Prosecutor for Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis On July 27, 2015, the Delaware Supreme Court suspended Deputy Attorney General R. David Favata for six months and a day, for prosecutorial misconduct involving the capital case of McCoy v. State, 112 A.3d 239 (Del. 2015). The case was …
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