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Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
$10 Million Award for Wrongly Jailed Philadelphia Man by A Philadelphia jury awarded Khanefah Boozer $10 million in a state court lawsuit that alleged police officer Ryan Waltman had falsely accused Boozer of firing shots at him. Boozer was the designated driver during a January 22, 2011 night out with friends. …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Three Wrongfully Convicted Ohio Prisoners Receive $19.5 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Eugene Johnson, Derrick Wheatt and Laurese Glover, also known as the East Cleveland Three, wrongfully convicted of the 1995 murder of Clifton Hudson, Jr., received a settlement totaling $4.5 million from Cuyahoga County, Ohio in March …
Article • January 22, 2019
Prison Policy Institute Study Says Juvenile Justice System Problems Mirror Adult Issues by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Prison Policy Institute (PPI) in 2018 published a study of the juvenile justice system, which concluded that it “mirrors” many of the same problems of the adult criminal justice system. This …
Aging Prison Population Finds Parole Elusive by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a recent study by the U.S. Department of Justice, about 11% of the state and federal prison population in 2016 was over age 55. Of those prisoners, numbering roughly 160,000, around 38,000 were 65 or older. …
First Step Act Passes – Includes Federal Sentencing, Prison Reforms by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On December 21, 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the 56-page First Step Act (S. 756), a bill that will usher in an array of reforms within the federal criminal justice system. The …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Report Highlights Shortcomings of New York’s Parole Board by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis An investigative report issued in August 2018 by two advocacy groups, Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) and the Parole Preparation Project (PPP), found significant problems with the New York State Board of Parole’s (BOP) policies, …
Article • January 8, 2019
Secret Settlement Resolves Unlikely Lawsuit Against Northwestern Innocence Project by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a strange twist to a case that eventually led to the abolishment of the death penalty in Illinois, Northwestern University’s Innocence Project and other defendants have settled on undisclosed terms a $40 million federal …
Publication • January 8, 2019
United States Sentencing Commission Jan. 2019 - Intra-City Differences in Federal Sentencing Practices, 2005-2017 United States Sentencing Commission January 2019 INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District Judges in 30 Cities, 2005 - 2017 REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District …
Gasca v. Precythe, MO, Order, Parole Revocation, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHERN DIVISION STEPHANIE GASCA, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 17-cv-04149-SRB ) ANNE PRECYTHE, Director of the Missouri, ) Department of Corrections, et al., ) …
State of Hawai’i HCR 85 Task Force on Prison Reform - Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities, 2018 Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities Final Report of the House Concurrent Resolution 85 Task Force on Prison Reform to the Hawai‘i Legislature 2019 Regular Session Prepared by the HCR 85 TASK FORCE with …
Intra-City Differing Practices in Federal Sentencing, US Sentencing Commission, 2019 United States Sentencing Commission January 2019 INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District Judges in 30 Cities, 2005 - 2017 REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION INTRA-CITY DIFFERENCES IN FEDERAL SENTENCING PRACTICES Federal District Judges in 30 Cities, …
Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 25 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell …
Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Order, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 24 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell DEMOCRATIC …
Article • December 18, 2018
$11,428 in Costs Awarded For Failure to Provide Sign Language Interpreter; Attorney Fees Denied by A Louisiana federal district court denied an award of attorney fees where the plaintiff was only awarded nominal damages. However, the court awarded $11,428.06 in costs. After Nelson Arce, who was deaf, pleaded guilty to …
Jones v. State of Kansas, KS, Order, Doppelganger Exoneree, 2018 18CV04856 Div14 IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF KANSAS, JOHNSON COUNTY In the matter of the wrongful conviction of RICHARD JONES ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 2018-CV-4856 Division 14 ORDER Richard Jones, (“The Claimant” or “Claimant”), …
Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Family of Wrongfully Convicted Missouri Prisoner Receives $14 Million by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The family of former Missouri prisoner George Allen received a $14 million settlement in a wrongful conviction suit filed against the state, the City of St. Louis and others responsible for his illegal imprisonment. Mary …
Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Amid Scandal, Missouri Governor Issues Commutations and Pardons, Passes New Laws Before Resigning by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell As his resignation was about to take effect late on June 1, 2018, scandal-plagued Missouri Governor Eric Greitens pardoned five convicted felons, commuted the sentences of four others and signed 77 …
Under “In-House Parole,” New Mexico Prisoners Remain in Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Parole is generally defined as conditional release from prison before a sentence has expired. But in New Mexico, every month dozens of “release-eligible” offenders join a pool of paroled state prisoners who nevertheless remain incarcerated. …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Report on Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania Released; Moratorium Continues by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In June 2018, a death penalty task force commissioned by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly in 2012 finally released its report. Finding that neither judicial economy nor fairness is served – because 97 percent of all …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
$17 Million Payout for Yet Another Wrongful Conviction in Chicago by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On June 29, 2018, a federal jury awarded over $17 million to a Chicago man who spent 21 years in a maximum-security prison for a murder he did not commit. Jacques Rivera, now 52, …
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