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Fear and Loathing in California by Willie Wisely As the campaign of hatred against people in prison reaches a frenzied crescendo in this era of reactionary politics, several draconian measure were passed by California legislators in the 1994 session vying with each other for the title, "Toughest On Crime." A …
Brief • February 1, 1995
Filed under: Vehicle Searches, Police
Ruvalcaba v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Police Traffic Stops, 1995 No. 95-______ ______________________________________ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER TERM 1995 ______ ENRIQUE RUVALCABA, Petitioner, vs. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, et al., Respondents. ______________________________________ PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
From a California Reader by Reader Mail Governor Pete Wilson is constantly passing legislation that is cutting away at the Prisoner Bill of Rights, and has done away with conjugal visits for prisoners with certain sex convictions, and has recently signed a Bill that limits good time/work time credits to …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Prisoner Shot Dead by On September 30, 1994, death row prisoner Timothy Pride was shot dead by San Quentin, California, prison guards after being involved in a fight with another prisoner. According to witnesses, Pride was backing away from the other prisoner when shot. A prison spokesperson justified the killing …
CA BPT Lawyer Sentenced by David Eugene Brown was the chief counsel for the California Board of Prison Terms (BPT) from 1982 until June, 1994. He worked his way up through the prison system's ranks, starting as guard, then captain and going to law school, after which he was appointed …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Limits on Contact Visits With Counsel Reversed by Lee Barnett is a California state prisoner on death row. He filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that prison officials had retaliated against him for filing civil rights suits against them; that he was denied contact visits with his attorney …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Death Penalty Deterrents? by Former California Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown, in his book, Public Justice, Private Mercy, recounts how a plumber convicted of robbery was among the prisoners who built California's gas chamber at San Quentin. He helped to install it and watched test pigs die as the chamber's effectiveness …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
One and Two Strike Laws Passed by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In the June, 1994, issue of PLN, my article "Three Strikes Racks 'em Up" made reference to then pending proposals to pass a "Two Strikes" law in Georgia and a "One Strike" law in California for sex offenders. …
PI Issued for Prisoner Transfer by Elmer Geronimo Pratt is a political prisoner in the California state prison system. A former Black Panther imprisoned since 1972, Pratt has achieved prominence by vigorously claiming his innocence and that he was framed by the FBI for a murder he did not commit …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
U.S. S.Ct. to Hear Prison and Parole Cases by The 1994-95 term of the United States Supreme Court began on October 3, 1994. Among the cases scheduled for hearing by the Supreme Court are two cases previously reported in PLN which will have wide ranging effect. California Department of Corrections …
Sexual Assault by Police States Claim by Susan Huffman was arrested by Pacific Grove Police and taken to the police station to be held pending a recognizance hearing. During the booking procedure a policeman molested and sexually assaulted her as two other policemen ignored her cries for help, looked on …
Retaliation for Grievances Illegal by Gary Hines is a California state prisoner. Hines filed suit claiming that prison guards had broken his television set in retaliation for administrative grievances he had filed against them. After filing a grievance against the guards who allegedly broke his television, another guard infracted him …
$1.7 Million Settlement for Beating by A homeless man arrested for not paying a $100 fine for shoplifting food was booked into the Los Angeles County Jail. He refused to take an X-ray test for tuberculosis and was placed into an unsupervised hallway with a much taller prisoner who had …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
$1 Million for Boiling Prisoner by Vaughn Dortch is a California prisoner held at the Pelican Bay prison control unit. After suffering mental deterioration Dortch covered himself in fecal matter. The administration ordered guards to wash it off and the guards took Dortch to the prison infirmary where they placed …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Coalition and Prisoners Fight for Better Health Care by San Francisco, March 10, 1994 -- Despite a demonstration of over 100 people at the gates of Chowchilla prison on January 29 for better health care, the daily medical neglect and abuse continues unabated. Since the beginning of the year, three …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Change in Parole Hearings Violates Ex Post Facto by PLN readers may recall that in the December, 1993, issue we reported on the conflict within the ninth circuit on whether changing the frequency of parole board hearings violates the Ex Post Facto provisions of the constitution. In Powell v. Ducharme, …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Three Strikes Racks 'em Up by Paul Wright Three Strikes Racks 'Em Up By Paul Wright In November of 1993 voters in Washington state passed Initiative 593 which mandates life without parole for defendants convicted of one of 42 qualifying felonies for the third time. PLN covered the initiative process …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
A Call to Reason by Pat O'Connell By Pat O'Connell The recent news about an ex-murderer being promoted to assistant sheriff of the San Francisco Sheriff's department shouldn't really be such a unique news item but the story got me to thinking about why it would make headlines. Michael Marcum …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
CDC Spreads Gangs by According to the Intelligence Operations Bulletin, published by the California Attorney General's office, the California DOC's policy of trying to remove prisoners from their "negative" (i.e. city) environment is contributing to the spread of gang membership in rural areas. Cited as an example was the Los …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Prisoners Employed by PIA Seek Minimum Wages by Mark Merin By Mark Merin Prisoners who have worked for the California Prison Industries Authority ("PIA") have filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court in Sacramento to obtain minimum wage for their work (now $4.25 per hour) instead of the …
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