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Alaska Supreme Court Suspends Former Deputy Attorney General by Christopher Zoukis Alaska Supreme Court Suspends Former Deputy Attorney General by Christopher Zoukis Former Alaska Deputy Attorney General and prosecutor Patrick Gullufsen, 66, was suspended from the practice of law for 18 months in July 2013 after a Superior Court found …
Former Kansas Attorney General has Law License Suspended Indefinitely by Christopher Zoukis Former Kansas Attorney General has Law License Suspended Indefinitely by Christopher Zoukis On October 18, 2013, the Kansas Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of former State Attorney General Phillip D. “Phill” Kline, who became nationally known …
Prosecutorial Misconduct: Taking the Justice Out of Criminal Justice by Christopher Zoukis Prosecutorial Misconduct: Taking the Justice Out of Criminal Justice by Christopher Zoukis The prosecutor has more control over life, liberty, and reputation than any other person in America. His discretion is tremendous.... While the prosecutor at his best …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Illinois $50 State’s Attorney Fee Applies Only to Habeas Proceedings by Mark Wilson Illinois $50 State’s Attorney Fee Applies Only to Habeas Proceedings by Mark Wilson The Illinois Supreme Court held in September 2013 that a $50 State’s Attorney fee authorized in habeas corpus cases does not apply to non-habeas …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
No Discipline for Oregon Prosecutor and Defense Counsel for Illegal Confinement of Mentally Ill Defendant by Although the Oregon State Bar initially decided to pursue disciplinary charges against the district attorney for Washington County and a criminal defense attorney who represented a mentally ill defendant, for causing the defendant’s illegal …
Oregon’s Attorney General Accused of Botched, Abusive Prosecutions by Mark Wilson As previously reported in PLN, the Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) recently turned its prosecutorial power against a hotshot small-town district attorney. [See: PLN, Oct. 2011, p.39]. By the time it was over the DA had resigned, but the …
Article • July 15, 2009
No Attorney’s Fees for Prevailing Defendants, Eighth Circuit Holds by On May 2, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed on award of attorney’s fees for a defendant in a civil rights action. After Charles Williams lost his civil rights action against the City of Carl …
Ted Stevens' Charges Dropped: A Tale of Two Justice Systems by Joshua Holland By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Posted on April 1, 2009, Printed on April 1, 2009 Editor's note: this originally appeared on AlterNet's blog, PEEK. It's immaterial that former Alaska senator Ted Stevens was a loathsome, quasi-corrupt slug of …
Article • February 15, 2009
Montana Detention Center May Not House Out Of State, Federal Prisoners by Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath, upon request of Hardin City Attorney Rebecca Convery, issued an opinion that detention center officials lack the authority to contractually house out of state and federal prisoners. A reportedly $20 million detention center …
Article • August 15, 2008
Delaware Attorney General Has No Duty to Initiate Enforcement Proceedings of State Public Record Law by Delaware prisoner Ronald sought mandamus relief to compel the Attorney General to initiate enforcement proceedings under the state’s Freedom of Information Act. The Superior Court denied the petition. The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed, holding …
$1.5 Million Awarded Female Washington Attorneys For Workplace Abuse By Prosecutor by Thurston County (Washington) criminal prosecutor's office employees brought civil rights violations action against the County for gender discrimination and hostile work environment beginning in 2001. Audrey Broyles, Susan Sackett Dan Pullo, and Vonda Sargent (plaintiffs) were awarded $1,522,000 …
Article • May 15, 2008
Okay to Open Mail Sent by Attorney General by The plaintiff alleged that defendants opened a piece of mail from the state Attorney General's office in his absence. He has no standing to raise a court access claim absent a showing of prejudice. However, the court construes his complaint as …
Broward County, FL Sheriff Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Facing an imminent federal grand jury indictment, Florida?s Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne took preemptive action by agreeing to plead to lesser charges and resign as Sheriff. PLN has previously reported the …
Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution - Sheriff Arpaio's assault on the First Amendment by Michael Lacey Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution Joe Arpaio, Andy Thomas and Dennis Wilenchik hit New Times with grand jury subpoenas By Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin Published: October 18, 2007 This newspaper and its editorial …
Colorado Settles Class Action Prison Disability Discrimination Suit For Over $3 Million by The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has settled a class action disability discrimination suit over accessibility inside its state prisons for prisoners with impairments in mobility, hearing, sight and for diabetics. Over $3 million will be spent …
Article • May 15, 2007
Oklahoma Attorney General's Opinion Overrides Prison Officials; Court's Jurisdiction to Continue Until Assurance Violation Will Cease by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that when there is conflicting opinions between the Oklahoma Attorney General and Department of Corrections, the opinion of the Attorney General prevails; further, a district court …
Article • May 15, 2007
Delaware Life Sentence = 45 years; Ruling May Affect 200 Prisoners; Court Reverses Self After Prosecutors Whine by Delaware Life Sentence = 45 years; Ruling May Affect 200 Prisoners; Court Reverses Self After Prosecutors Whine The Delaware Supreme Court, sitting En Banc, held that its decision in Crosby v. State, …
CA Attorney General May be Sanctioned for Lying in Prison Case by A defense attorney in prison litigation who made reckless misstatements of law or fact could be sanctioned under the court's inherent powers when recklessness was combined with frivolousness, harassment, or improper purpose. Here, a conditional habeas judgment said …
Texas Sheriff's Use of Force Files Are Public Information by A Texas state court of appeals has held that the use of force records kept by the Harris County Sheriff's Department (the Department) are public information subject to the disclosure requirements of the Texas Public information Act (the Act), Tex.Gov't …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sanction Imposed for NY AG's 1-Year Delay in Answering Complaint by A New York federal district court set aside a default judgment in a prisoner's civil rights case, but imposed a $500 sanction for the one- year delay in responding. A prisoner at New York's Woodburns Correctional Facility sued under …
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