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Summary Judgment Reversed in Puerto Rican Arrestee’s Wrongful Death Suit by In February 2016, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to Puerto Rico police officers in a civil rights action alleging they used excessive force against an arrestee and denied him medical care. The …
$175,000 in Damages, Attorney Fees Against Sentinel Offender Services by A Georgia state jury awarded $50,000 to a woman for false arrest and imprisonment by Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company. The award was the outcome in the first trial of more than a dozen lawsuits filed against the …
A Story of Racial Bias, the Absence of Mercy, and a Death in Prison by By Equal Justice Initiative Forty-five years after Phillip Chance traveled from his home in Detroit, Michigan to visit family in rural Choctaw, Alabama, he died in an Alabama prison. During that visit in 1971, 15-year-old Phillip …
Texas: “San Antonio Four” Exonerated after Two Decades by In 1997, Elizabeth Ramirez, Kristie Mayhugh, Cassandra Rivera and Anna Vasquez were convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls. The women came to be known as the “San Antonio Four.” With help from the Innocence Project of Texas, all four were …
Five Wrongfully Convicted North Carolina Men Receive Almost $8 Million by David Reutter Five former prisoners who were wrongfully convicted in a home invasion murder have received settlements and compensation totaling nearly $8 million following a botched investigation and misconduct by the sheriff’s office in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Three …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Since we started publishing PLN in 1990, the injustices of the parole system, or that of never-ending punishment and sentences without end, has been an enduring theme. In the 1970s it was prisoners’ rights activists and advocates who called for an end to parole …
Rascon v. Brookins, AZ, Motion to Disqualify Counsel, Wrongful Death Due to Police Restraint, 2017 Case 2:14-cv-00749-JJT Document 162 Filed 02/03/17 Page 1 of 13 Devon M. Jacob, Esquire | Pa. Sup. Ct. ID: 89182 Jacob Litigation, P.O. Box 837, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-0837 djacob@jacoblitigation.com | (717) 796-7733 IN THE UNITED …
Brief • February 2, 2017
Black v. Clarke, WI, Complaint, Unlawful Arrest, Airport Arrest and Harassment, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN DANIEL BLACK Plaintiff, Case No. 2:17-cv-00156 v. DAVID CLARKE, in his personal capacity, JOHN DOE ONE, in his personal capacity, JOHN DOE TWO, in his personal capacity, JOHN DOE THREE, …
Brief • February 1, 2017
Cardenas v. City of Manhattan Beach, CA, Order Denying Motion for Summary Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2017 Case 2:15-cv-01469-PJW Document 61 Filed 02/01/17 Page 1 of 9 Page ID #:1142 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FERREOL CARDENAS, SR., …
Brief • January 30, 2017
Filed under: False Arrest
Jackson v. Jarone, IL, Complaint, False Arrest, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-00032 Document #: 9 Filed: 01/30/17 Page 1 of 6 PageID #:24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Jermel Jackson, Plaintiff, -vsChicago Police Lieutenant Jarone, Chicago Police Officers Arthur Gorman, Nicholas Pronek, Salome …
Lumpkin v. Detective Brehm, NY, Opinion and Order, Excessive Detention, 2017 Case 1:15-cv-00839-KPF Document 40 Filed 01/27/17 Page 1 of 11 UNITE STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUT ERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------- ----------------------------------------------)( USDCSDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC#: _ _ _ _ __ DATE FILED: January 27, 2017 JESSI A …
Brief • January 19, 2017
Marbet v. City of Portland, OR, Export Report, Use of Pepper Spray, 2017 Duke University Medical Center Department of Community & Family Medicine Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine Box 3834, Durham, NC 27710 December 5, 2008 Fax: 919-286-5647 Tel: 919-286-5744 Mr. Alan Graf 1020 Southwest Taylor St. Suite 370 …
McClinton v. City of Tallahassee, FL, Complaint, Police Excessive Deadly Force, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION AYOUNNA McCLINTON, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE of DUANE STRONG, on behalf of the Estate and the Survivors, AYOUNNA McCLINTON, Mother, and GREGORY …
Boozer v. Waltman, PA, Complaint, Wrongful Arrest, 2017 Filed and Attested by the Office of Judicial Records 16 JAN 2017 03:35 pm J. OSTROWSKI Case ID: 160900497 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA KHANEFAH BOOZER 1322 McKinley Street Philadelphia, PA 19111 CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff v. RYAN …
How Union Contracts Shield Police Departments from DOJ Reforms by Adeshina Emmanuel Even when the federal government cracks down on police abuses, collective bargaining agreements often stymie reforms. By Adeshina Emmanuel, In These Times Few were surprised on December 7, 2015, when U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a civil rights …
Publication • January 13, 2017
HRDC NPAP CLE Seminar on Representing Victims of Law Enforcement Misconduct on the Street and in the Cell Block, March 2017 Upcoming CLE Seminar: Representing Victims of Law Enforcement Misconduct on the Street and in the Cell Block The South Florida-based Human Rights Defense Center in collaboration with the National …
A push to make cops carry liability insurance in Minneapolis by By Carla Murphy, The Chicago Reporter As an advocate for victims of police brutality and their families, Michelle Gross has alternately worked with and needled Minneapolis city officials. During 30 years of activism, Gross has pursued many, if not most, …
Publication • January 11, 2017
Police View of Job, PEW Research, Jan 2017 NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD FOR RELEASE JAN. 11, 2017 Behind the Badge Amid protests and calls for reform, how police view their jobs, key issues and recent fatal encounters between blacks and police BY Rich Morin, Kim Parker, Renee …
Georgia’s Supreme Court Rules on Private Probation Services by The Georgia Supreme Court held on March 25, 2016 that common law allows for tolling of privately-supervised misdemeanor probation sentences, and that such common law was not abrogated when lawmakers passed the State-Wide Probation Act. The case was before the state …
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