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Virginia Sheriff Sentenced to 19 Months on Corruption Charges by In December 2009, the former sheriff of Page County, Virginia was sentenced to 19 months in federal prison on corruption charges. The sentence was imposed following a guilty plea to an indictment that originally included 22 counts. The story behind …
Prisoner Convicted of Retaliating Against Federal Witness by On August 21, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a man accused of retaliating against a federal witness. Carl Pursley, Jr. and Wendell Wardell were charged with tax fraud. The government’s star …
Three Florida Guards Charged in Prisoner’s Beating by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three Florida prison guards have been arrested and charged in the December 16, 2008 beating of a handcuffed prisoner at the Charlotte Correctional Institution (CCI). The criminal proceedings can be viewed as a fulfillment of Florida …
Rikers Guards Charged With Using Juvenile Prisoners to Run Extortion Ring by Gary Hunter On January 22, 2009, Rikers Island, New York guards Michael “Mack” McKie and Khalid “Nel” Nelson were charged with enterprise corruption after it was learned they were using a group of prisoners to enforce discipline and …
BOP Guard Found Guilty in Prisoner’s Death, Sentenced to Life by Brandon Sample On July 30, 2009, a federal jury found a former prison guard at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Coleman, Florida guilty of civil rights violations in connection with a prisoner’s death. She later received a life …
Former High-Ranking CIA Official Imprisoned for Corruption by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When the CIA wanted to build secret prisons outside the United States where terrorism suspects could be tortured with impunity, it turned to Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, who ran the agency’s main European supply base in Frankfurt, Germany. …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Orange County Sheriff Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison by Gary Hunter Orange County Sheriff Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison by Gary Hunter “I need a sheriff I can trust. Lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by the county’s highest-ranking law enforcement officer.” That was what …
Supreme Court Holds Supervisory Officials Not Liable for Abuse of 9-11 Detainees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 14, 2007, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court’s denial of the government’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging abuse of …
No Fourth Amendment Violation for Monitoring Attorney-Client Conversations by When a prisoner consents to the monitoring of calls over a jailhouse telephone, no Fourth Amendment violation exists if the government records calls made to an attorney, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decided June 30, 2008. Scott …
Sixth Circuit Upholds Conviction and Sentences for Jail Guards Accused of Abusing, Killing Prisoners by Brandon Sample Sixth Circuit Upholds Conviction and Sentences for Jail Guards Accused of Abusing, Killing Prisoners by Brandon Sample On February 4, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the conviction …
Article • April 15, 2009
$1 Million Award in Murder for Hire Plot by An Oregon jury has awarded a woman who sued her estranged husband for hiring someone to kill her $1,053,783. When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from her job as a nurse, she was attacked by Edward Dalton Haffey. Susan received blows to …
$3 in Damages, $1,920 in Costs Awarded to Stabbed, Disabled Prisoner by The plaintiff, a paraplegic, alleged that he was assaulted and stabbed by another prisoner with staff complicity. The jury found that a defendant had conspired to violate the Eighth Amendment and awarded $1.00 nominal, $1.00 compensatory and $1.00 …
Article • January 15, 2008
CA Prisoner's Convictions for Conspiracy to Smuggle Drugs Vacated for Bad Jury Instructions by Jaime Jasso, a California state prisoner, made several phone calls to someone outside of prison named Ruben. Guards monitored those calls and discovered that their purpose was for Passo to give Ruben directions for obtaining drugs …
Two Wrongfully Imprisoned Michigan Men Receive $2.75 Million Partial Settlement by Two Wrongfully Imprisoned Michigan Men Receive $2.75 Million Partial Settlement On November 2, 2001 two Michigan men who were wrongfully imprisoned for eight years before their convictions were overturned reached a $2.75 million partial settlement with the prosecuting county. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Supervision Not Required for Failure to Obtain Leave to Take Prisoner's Deposition by Supervision Not Required for Failure to Obtain Leave to Take Prisoner's Deposition The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the failure to request and receive court permission to take a prisoner's deposition in a civil …
Summary Judgment Improper, Proof of State-Enforced "Custom" States Claim by Summary Judgment Improper, Proof of State-Enforced "Custom" States Claim The U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded a district court's dismissal of a federal civil rights action, holding that it was improper because defendant's materials did not sufficiently negate plaintiff's allegations. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Supreme Court Restricts RICO Act's Application Against Protestors by The United States Supreme Court, in a decision with potentially far- reaching consequences for protestors, held that abortion services providers cannot use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act, 18 U.S.C. §§1962(a), (c), and (d), the Hobbs' Act, 18 U.S.C. …
Texas Jail Director's Conviction Upheld by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of two defendants charged with extortion and conspiracy to extort under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C.§ 2 and 1951. The defendants were Jose Marcelino Rubio, Sr., the father of the District Attorney for Texas' Web …
Anonymous Jury, Failure to Disclose, Approved in Latin Kings' Trial by The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals approved the use of an anonymous jury by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and held that the Government's failure to disclose to the defense a witness' …
Numerous Evidentiary Rulings in Illinois Police Abuse Suit by The plaintiff sued for excessive force in his arrest, assault, and battery. The court denies the plaintiff's motion in limine to exclude his three prior felony convictions; he cites no cases in support of his argument, and "such convictions are routinely …
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