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$95,000 Settlement in Suit Over Idaho Jail Prisoner's Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2016, a federal civil rights lawsuit against Canyon County, Idaho, over the death of a county jail prisoner due to denial of medical care was settled for $95,000. Alfred Girrard Young, 46, was …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
New California Parole Board Guidelines, Reforms Face Opposition by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon California is getting serious about reversing its long history of mass incarceration. From a 2008 state supreme court ruling that abolished parole denials based on the seriousness and nature of the offense to a 2011 U.S. …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Ninth Circuit Orders Sealing of Court Documents that Reveal Informant by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 12, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal district court’s denial of a defendant’s motion to seal all documents related to the lower sentence he received because he informed …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Mentally Incompetent Detainees Stuck in California Jails Spark Class-action Lawsuit, Fines by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis California county jails are facing lawsuits and court-imposed fines over their handling of detainees who have been determined incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness. In Ventura County, the families of mentally …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Parole
MacAuthur Justice Center Files Lawsuit Over Missouri Parole Revocations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2017, the MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) in St. Louis filed a federal civil rights suit against the Missouri Department of Corrections and its Division of Probation and Parole (Parole Board). At issue were …
Brief • June 1, 2018
Manning v. CDCR, CA, settlement, parolee civil rights, 2018 Page 1of6 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE I. PARTIES This Settlement Agreement and Release (Agreement) concerns SHERMAN MANNING (Plaintiff) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on behalf of Defendants JEFFREY GREEN, KAREN THACKER, DOUGLAS BROOME, and SEAN WILSON. Plaintiff, …
Brief • 2018
St. Juste v. Commissioner of Correction, CT, Opinion, Sentencing, Immigration, 2018 *********************************************** The “officially released” date that appears near the beginning of each opinion is the date the opinion will be published in the Connecticut Law Journal or the date it was released as a slip opinion. The operative date …
Prison Activist Resource Center - PARC National Prisoner Resource Directory, 2018 PARC National Prisoner Resource Directory Core Volunteers Jessie Backer Greetings, Marka Ellertson Welcome to the June 2018 edition of PARC’s National Prisoner Resource Directory. We have updated information on organizations that are new to us, and on ones that …
The Criminal History of Federal Offenders, United States Sentencing Commission, 2018 The Criminal History of Federal Offenders UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION United States Sentencing Commission One Columbus Circle, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 www.ussc.gov William H. Pryor Jr. Acting Chair Rachel E. Barkow Commissioner Charles R. Breyer Commissioner Danny C. Reeves …
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Jacob Kang-Brown, Oliver Hinds, Jasmine Heiss, and Olive Lu June 2018 From The Director The turn of the century marked a new direction for the nation’s prisons and jails: after three decades of …
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018 Everywhere and Nowhere Compassionate Release in the States By Mary Price June 2018 1 About the Author Mary Price is general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). She directs the FAMM Litigation Project and advocates …
Publication • 2018
Wrong Turn on the Ex Post Facto Clause, Paul Reingold and Kimberly Thomas, University of Michigan Law, 2018 PUBLIC LAW AND LEGAL THEORY RESEARCH PAPER SERIES PAPER NO. 590 FEBRUARY 2018 WRONG TURN ON THE EX POST FACTO CLAUSE PAUL D. REINGOLD & KIMBERLY THOMAS CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW, VOL. 106, …
A Way Out: Abolishing Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania, Abolitionist Law Center, 2018 ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA 1 A Report on Life-Without-Parole Sentences ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER A Way Out ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA A Report On Life-Without-Parole Sentences 3 Abolitionist Law Center REPORT AUTHORS Quinn Cozzens, …
Article • May 17, 2018
Former Police Chief Convicted of Sex Crimes Settles with State of Ohio for $190,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis  The widow of former Wapakonetam, Ohio Police Chief Dave Harrison, who had pleaded guilty to six counts related to child pornography, agreed to a $190,000 settlement with Special Prosecutor Scott …
Brief • May 14, 2018
Langley v. Prince et al., LA, order, murder conviction, 2018 Case: 16-30486 Document: 00514472153 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/14/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 16-30486 FILED May 14, 2018 RICKY LANGLEY, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Petitioner …
Boozer v. Waltman, PA, Verdict, Wrongful Arrest, 2018 Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Trial Division - Civil TRIAL WORK SHEET I ·- Judge's I.D.: judge's Name: SEAN F KENNEDY Case Type: BOOZER VS OFFICER RYAN WALTMAN BADGE I NO. 7564 ET AL I I ~-=-----_:_: J511 Caption: jcomt …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Attorneys, Parole, News
Phony New York Lawyer Defrauds Prisoners, Sent to Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Antonia Barrone of Albany, New York posed as an attorney from September 2012 to April 2017. She went by various male aliases, including Mario Vrendenburg, Antonio Barrone, Mario Stacchini, Mario Helems and Mark Vredenburg, and …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Former Michigan Prisoner Receives Over $817,000 for Wrongful Conviction by A Michigan man who was wrongfully convicted of rape has received $817,351 in compensation from the state. Quentin Carter was 16 when he was charged in September 1991 with raping a 10-year-old girl in Grand Rapids. The girl’s mother waited …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Newspaper Investigation Reveals Significant Problem with Life Sentences in Arizona by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis An investigation by the Arizona Republic has exposed a serious problem with life sentences imposed by state courts throughout Arizona since 1994. In the 22 years between January 1994 and January 2016, 248 out …
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Due Process Mandatory Before Texas Requires Sex Offender Registration for Crimes not Covered by Statute by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 8, 2017, a Texas federal district court determined that requiring a person on community supervision to register as a sex offender for a crime not covered by …
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