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Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Authorities Listen in on Attorney-Client Calls at Jails in FL, CA and TX by David Reutter by David Reutter & Matt Clarke In December 2007, it was reported that an investigator at Florida’s Charlotte County Jail was caught listening to telephone conversations between a prisoner and his attorney. As a …
Article • August 15, 2008
Inadequate Washington State Jury Instruction Regarding Reasonable Doubt Ruled Harmless Error by Washington State prisoner Bruce Bennett, Jr., sought review in 2006 of an appellate affirmation of his escape conviction. He claimed that an inadequate jury instruction led to his conviction. The court ruled the instruction harmless error. Bennett was …
Federal Escape Statute of Limitations Not Triggered Until Return to Custody by Naturalized U.S. citizen and federal prisoner Guillermo Gonzalez appealed his 2006 escape conviction, arguing that the district court failed to instruct the jury on the statute of limitations for escape. His conviction was affirmed. While serving an eight …
Improper Jury Instruction Vacates Four Aggravated Rape Charges Against Oklahoma Sheriff by Federal prisoner and ex-Larimer County (Oklahoma) Sheriff Melvin Holly appealed his conviction for five counts of felony deprivation of rights related to numerous incidents of sexual abuse. He claimed that an inappropriate jury instruction had resulted in the …
Once Again, Former Florida DOC Secretary Faces Liability in Prisoner Beating; Case Settled for $400,000 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the former warden of the Florida State Prison (FSP) was not entitled to qualified immunity in a civil rights …
Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008
Two BOP Guards, One Beaten Prisoner: One Guilty Plea, One Acquittal by Disparate outcomes resulting from charges brought against two federal prison guards accused of assaulting a prisoner reveal the public’s lackluster attitude toward such abuse. The charges stemmed from the Sept. 29, 2004 beating of prisoner John Clark, who …
Missouri Execution Nurse, Doctor Have Questionable Histories by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A Missouri nurse employed by the state’s execution team was hired by federal officials to participate in the execution of mass killer Timothy McVeigh at Terre Haute, Indiana in 2001. However, before the nurse could leave …
Indicted California Sheriff Resigns to Fight Federal Corruption Charges by Orange County, California Sheriff Michael Carona, 52, resigned his post on January 14, 2008 to fight corruption charges. As a result of his leaving office he became eligible to receive pro bono legal assistance from a Los Angeles-based law firm …
Grand Jury Report, Four Nebraska Jail Guards Indicted in Prisoner’s Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding there was probable cause that four guards at Nebraska’s Omaha Police Detention Unit (OPDU) failed to render medical care to a prisoner which contributed to his death, a Douglas County grand …
Georgia Sheriff, Judges, Other Officials Face Misconduct, Criminal Charges by David Reutter In November 2007 a federal grand jury issued an indictment charging Clinch County, Georgia Sheriff Winston C. Peterson, 62, with perjury, using forced prisoner labor and extorting former jail prisoners. Peterson’s indictment marked the second time in the …
Ninth Circuit: Vested Retirement Benefits May Be Garnished to Pay Criminal Fines by The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, held that the federal Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA) trumps the anti-alienation provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), so as …
$1.1 Million Verdict Entered Against Florida Sex Crime Detective for Sexual Assault upon Minor by The Florida Federal District Court has awarded $1.1 million to a 14-year old female for a sexual assault by an Orlando sex crimes detective. The award came in after the court entered default for the …
Article • July 15, 2008
California: Medical Marijuana Law at Odds with Jail, Prison Policies by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeals has held that because California’s 1996 voter-approved Medical Marijuana Program Act (Proposition 115) permits a citizen to possess marijuana for medical use, bringing medically-approved marijuana into a jail …
Article • July 15, 2008
Texas Eliminates Next-Grand-Jury-Session Limitation On Indictments by by Matthew T. Clarke On December 6, 1006, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) held unconstitutional the provision of Article 28.061, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP), requiring dismissal of a prosecution with prejudice if an indictment is not brought against a …
Prison Health Services Physician’s Assistant License Revocation Upheld by On June 2, 2005, a Maryland court of appeals upheld the revocation of a Prison Health Services (PBS) Physician’s Assistant (PA) certificate for fraudulently procuring prescriptions for his adult son. Carl F. Oltman, Sr., was a PA, employed by PHS, contracted …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
$900,000 Settlement in Illinois Jail Guard’s Sexual Assault of Juvenile by Another case of sexual abuse upon a minor by a custodial person has hit the taxpayer’s coffers. This time, a guard at Illinois’ St. Clair County juvenile custody center sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy, causing the County to settle …
Eight Guards, Nurse Acquitted in Florida Child’s Beating Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An all white Florida jury acquitted eight former boot camp guards and a nurse of manslaughter in the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson. PLN previously reported upon the beating and dragged death of …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
California Parole Board Executive Officer Resigns After Caught Drinking on Duty by The Executive Officer of California’s Board of Parole Hearings (Board), who was the passenger in a state car driven by another Board employee, resigned after police stopped the car and arrested the driver for DUI. John Monday, 56, …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
Dallas County, Texas, Criticized for Offering Probation to Murder Defendants by Michael Rigby According to a Dallas Morning News article published on November 10, 2007, Dallas County, Texas, leads the state in the number of probation deals it hands out to murder defendants. The highly critical five-part series implies that …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
U.S. Releases Highest Ranking Soldier Convicted For Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse by On October 1, 2007, former U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick, 40, was released from the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after having served three years of his eight year prison sentence for abusing prisoners at …
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