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Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Michigan Prisoners Receive Compensation for Wrongful Convictions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Edward George Carter and Marwin McHenry, both wrongfully convicted and imprisoned in separate cases, have obtained compensation awards from the Michigan Court of Claims. Carter was awarded $1,761,506.85, while McHenry received $175,753.42. Carter was tried and convicted …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Federal Prisoner’s Custody Status Continues While “on Loan” to Face State Charges by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on November 21, 2017 that a federal prisoner remains in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General despite being held on behalf of state officials. Bud Ray Brown was serving …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Texas Couple Wrongly Convicted in “Satanic Panic” Receive $3.4 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An Austin, Texas couple wrongly convicted of sexually abusing a child at the day-care center they ran in the 1990s has been declared innocent and received over $3.4 million in compensation from the state. …
Publication • August 1, 2018
New York State Parole Board - Failures in Staffing and Performance - A Report by the Parole Preparation Project and The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, 2018 New York State Parole Board: Failures A Report and in by the Staffing and Performance Parole Preparation Project The Release Aging People …
Publication • August 1, 2018
Office of the Inspector General: Review of the Justice Department's Clemency Initiative, 2018 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice OVERSIGHT INTEGRITY GUIDANCE Review of the Department’s Clemency Initiative Evaluation and Inspections Division 18-04 August 2018 Executive Summary Review of the Department’s Clemency Initiative Introduction Results in Brief …
Peltier v. Sacks Et Al, WA, Order on Motion for Summary Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-05209-RBL Document 54 Filed 07/16/18 Page 1 of 18 HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 LEONARD PELTIER, …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Wrongfully Convicted North Carolina Man Receives $4 Million by A North Carolina man who served 37 years for a double homicide he did not commit has received a $4 million settlement from the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) in a federal lawsuit. Joseph Sledge, Jr. became a suspect in the …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: Parole, Three Strikes
Virginia Parole Board Changes “Three-Strikes” Interpretation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Virginia’s parole board is changing a policy under which the state’s “three-strikes” law was used to deny parole to 262 prisoners who previously had never been incarcerated before their current charges. The change came on the heels …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
$9 Million Settlement for Illinois Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Murder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In October 2017, a $9 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by an Illinois man who spent 15 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The suit alleged law enforcement …
Article • July 5, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
North Carolina Prisoner Exonerated for Rape Collects $9.5 Million Settlement by A North Carolina man who served over 25 years in prison before being exonerated for the rape of an elderly woman has received a $9.5 million settlement. Timothy Scott Bridges was 23 years old when he was arrested by …
Brief • July 5, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Weichel v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, MA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 SUPERIOR COURT Plaintiff, v. COMMONWEALTH OF :tvlASSACHUSETTS, Defendant. ______________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) C-)':.! r~· _.:,_ Civil Action Md~ l'o (," J. b71> A ;~= r;:_· u-.:·-- ~ ·-,,., = :9 '= …
Indiana’s SOMM Program Declared Unconstitutional by Federal Court by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Indiana’s Sex Offender Management and Monitoring (SOMM) program violated the Fifth Amendment by compelling prisoners to incriminate themselves or face longer prison terms, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana held on September …
Sangster v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, False Arrest, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JULIUS SANGSTER, Plaintiff, V. CITY OF CHICAGO, and BILL CARO, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 17 C 6291 Judge …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Exonerated Prisoner Awarded $15 Million for Misconduct by Baltimore Police by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On October 5, 1994, Sabein Burgess’ life changed forever when his girlfriend, Michelle Dyson, was brutally murdered at her home in Baltimore, Maryland. Burgess discovered his girlfriend’s body, called for help and then returned …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Tennessee Judge Ends Sentence Reductions for Prisoners Who Agree to Sterilization; Receives Reprimand by David Reutter by David Reutter A Tennessee state court judge has reversed course on a controversial sentence reduction program following an uproar from civil rights and prisoners’ rights advocates. He later received a public letter of …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Second Circuit Reverses Judgment in Favor of U.S. Citizen Held 3½ Years in Immigration Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 31, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a judgment for a U.S. citizen who was improperly held in an immigration detention facility for 1,273 days. …
Wilson v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 se 2:18-cv-05775-KS Document 1 Filed 07/01/18 Page 1 of 75 Page ID # :1 1 BARRETT S. LITT, SBN 45527 Email: blitt@.kmbllaw.com 2 RONALD . KA YE, SBN 145051 Email: rok~kmbllaw.com 3 KEVIN J. aHUE, SBN 237556 KA YE, …
Brief • June 27, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Dennis v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 t\\ ri8S Case 2:18-cv-02689-JS Document 1 Filed 06/27/18 Page 1 of 39 "« <'<• 0 "'" /<6 (! 1/- a CIVIL COVER SHEET The JS 44 c1v!l cover sheet and the mformat1on contamed herem neither replace nor supplement the fllmg …
$400,000 Settlement Accepted by Michigan Parolee Over Force by Police, Parole Officers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Michael J. Trethewey, who was assaulted by police and parole officers for an alleged parole violation, accepted a $400,000 settlement in compensation for his medical expenses and injuries. Approximately $270,000 of that …
Article • June 20, 2018
$1.25 Million Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Harold Hill, who was coerced into confessing to a rape and murder, and freed from prison when DNA evidence exonerated him nearly 13 years later, settled with the Chicago Police Department …
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