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Supreme Court Reinstates Challenge to North Carolina Post-Release GPS Sex Offender Monitoring by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Reinstates Challenge to North Carolina Post-Release GPS Sex Offender Monitoring by Derek Gilna In a March 30, 2015 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed a North Carolina law that requires certain sex offenders …
Article • June 1, 2015
$300,000 Settlement in EAJA Suit by David Reutter $300,000 Settlement in EAJA Suit by David Reutter The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a claim under the Equal Access to Justice Act for “Attorney’s fees, expert fees and costs” to challenge the BOP’s “Violation of its …
Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld in South Carolina by Lonnie Burton Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld in South Carolina by Lonnie Burton South Carolina’s Supreme Court hasrejected a challenge to a state law that requires lifetime GPS monitoring of certain sex offenders who violate the terms …
Chronicle of Social Change - Juvenile Justice Solutions Should Always Start with Positive Youth Development, 2015 REGISTER NOWII www.edgyconference.com #EdgyConference20J.6 SUBSCRIBER CONTENT RESEARCH AND RESOURCES LOGIN SUBSCRIBE ABOUT NEWS ANALYSIS OPINION CREATIVE NONFICTION IN DEPTH DONATE CONTACT Enter your search... OPINION Juvenile Justice Solutions Should Always Start with Positive Youth …
Your Home Is Your Prison: How to Lock Down Your Neighborhood, Your Country, and You by Maya Schenwar Your Home Is Your Prison: How to Lock Down Your Neighborhood, Your Country, and You By Maya Schenwar On January 27th, domestic violence survivor Marissa Alexander will walk out of Florida's Duval …
Federal Court Holds Qualified Immunity Appropriate in Officers’ Warrantless Entry and Arrests, Not in Transporting Arrestees Naked by Federal Court Holds Qualified Immunity Appropriate in Officers’ Warrantless Entry and Arrests, Not in Transporting Arrestees Naked The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia has held that three law …
Article • October 5, 2014
Iowa Parole Search Condition is Not Search Consent; Warrantless Search Violated Iowa Constitution by Mark Wilson Iowa Parole Search Condition is Not Search Consent; Warrantless Search Violated Iowa Constitution   by Mark Wilson   The Iowa Supreme Court held that a warrantless search of a parolee’s home violated the Iowa …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Pennsylvania Warrantless, Suspicionless Search Probation Condition Held Invalid by Mark Wilson Pennsylvania Warrantless, Suspicionless Search Probation Condition Held Invalid   by Mark Wilson   The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a condition of probation authorizing warrantless, suspicionless searches of a probationer’s home was invalid, and remanded the case for resentencing. …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Iowa: Parole Agreement Does Not Constitute Voluntary Consent that Justifies Warrantless Search by Last year the Supreme Court of Iowa reversed a parolee’s conviction on drug charges, holding that his acceptance of a search condition in a parole agreement did not constitute voluntary consent, and therefore a warrantless, suspicionless search …
Third Circuit Reverses More Stringent Conditions of Supervised Release by Derek Gilna In 2004, Charles F. Murray was sentenced to 95 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography and traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. As part of his sentence …
Article • August 15, 2013
City of Los Angeles Settles Suit with ACLU over Policing Practices on Skid Row by A lawsuit over policing practices in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles was dismissed in February 2009 when the City defendants and the ACLU stipulated to the terms of a Settlement Agreement under …
South Carolina Sex Offender’s Lifetime Satellite Monitoring Held Unconstitutional by The South Caroline Supreme Court held on May 9, 2012 that court-ordered lifetime satellite monitoring violated a sex offender’s due process rights. Jennifer Rayanne Dykes, 26, was convicted of a sex offense for having an eight-month relationship with a 14-year-old …
Iowa Reconsidering Costs, Benefits of Sex Offender Supervision Law by Joe Watson Over the past decade more than 20 states have created “special sentences” that require community supervision for sex offenders after their release, even if they expire their prison terms. But Iowa is currently reevaluating whether the millions in …
Smith v. City of Oakland, Order Approving Punitive Damages, Public Parole Strip Search, 2011 Case3:07-cv-06298-MHP Document82 Filed11/03/11 Page1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 9 No. 07-6298 MHP JOHN SMITH, KIRBY BRADSHAW, SPENCER LUCAS, et al., United States …
Tennessee GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Tennessee’s Sex Offender Registration and Monitoring acts do not violate the ex post facto prohibition of the U.S. Constitution. In doing so, the appellate court determined that tracking via a global positioning system …
GPS Tracking of Washington Sex Offenders Expanded by David Reutter By David M. Reutter In September 2008, The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) began requiring its most violent sex offenders to wear a GPS monitoring bracelet for the first 30 days after release from prison. The new program is …
Article • July 15, 2011
Citizen Occupants of Probationer's Residence May Be Lawfully Detained by Michael Brodheim By Michael Brodheim A divided Ninth Circuit panel has held that police officers may lawfully detain the citizen occupants of a home during a probation compliance search. Oscar Sanchez was incarcerated in state prison in 2003, when a …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Washington State Agrees to Pay $15,000 to Probationer Whose Urine and Blood Were Forcibly Taken from Him by The State of Washington has agreed to pay $15,000 to settle a suit over the forcible taking of urine and blood samples from a Washington probationer. Matthew Arthur was arrested for DUI …
GPS Used to Track Sex Offenders in Washington State by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Like firefighters and airline pilots, the ten Washington Department of Corrections community correction officers (CCOs) assigned to monitor high-risk sex offenders in King County via Global Positioning System (GPS) hope for a really boring day …
Evidence Found During Search of Prisoner’s Home While on Home Detention Not Subject to Suppression by On May 22, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence found during the search of a prisoner’s home while he was on …
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