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Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Shocked and Stunned: The Growing Use of Tasers by Anne-Marie Cusac by Anne Marie Cusac High-powered tasers are the new fad in law enforcement. They are becoming ever more prevalent even as their safety is increasingly in question. The proliferation of tasers in police departments across the country has led …
No Restraint, No Consequences: Privatizing Overseas Intelligence Extraction by by Matthew T. Clarke The Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York-based nonprofit legal center, helped Iraqi prisoners file a class-action lawsuit against private "interrogation services" contractors Titan Corporation and CACI International Incorporated alleging that Iraqi citizens being held without charges …
Virginia: Stun Gun Implicated In Death, CMS Implicated In Coverup by by Michael Rigby Documents filed as part of a $204 million lawsuit directly, contradict the Virginia Department of Correction's (DOC) initial assertion that a stun gun played no role in the death of Lawrence James Frazier, and may implicate …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Stun Belt Prejudice Reverses California Conviction by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Supreme Court overturned a three-strikes conviction and remanded the case for a new trial because of the potential for psychological prejudice from a remote-controlled electronic stun belt on a defendant's demeanor during testimony, where …
No Qualified Immunity Defense for Florida Beatings by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that prison guards at the Florida State Prison (FSP) who beat prisoner David. C. Skrtich are not entitled to dismissal. Two of the defendants, Timothy A. Thornton and …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Stun Belt Violates Due Process; Habeas Granted by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the use of a stun belt to restrain a California criminal defendant during his trial violated due process of law and was grounds for reversal upon a …
Connecticut Pays $1,850,000 in Deaths of Two Prisoners Transferred to Virginia by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDC) settled two claims in March 2002 totaling $1,850,000 for the wrongful deaths of a mentally ill prisoner and a severely diabetic prisoner who were transferred …
Article • December 15, 2002 • from PLN December, 2002
Georgia Supreme Court Bans Use of the Electric Chair by In a 4-to-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a trial court and ruled that death by electrocution violated the state's constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The high court ordered that all future executions in Georgia will …
$275,000 Awarded in Stun Belt Settlement by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals partially reversed a preliminary injunction order that had enjoined the Los Angeles County Sheriff from using a stun belt on prisoners. After remand, a settlement for $275,000 and a change in policy was reached. Ronnie Hawkins, a …
Florida Guards Murder Another Prisoner, Get Another Acquittal by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A state jury has acquitted three Florida prison guards in the murder of death row inmate Frank Valdes. The guards, Captain Timothy Thornton, Sgt. Jason P. Griffis, and Sgt. Charles A. Brown, were exonerated of …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Frivolous Dismissal Reviewed Under Abuse of Discretion Standard by The court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that a district court's dismissal of a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit for frivolousness is reviewed by the abuse of discretion standard. It also held that the prisoner's litigation history …
U.S. Cited for Human Rights Violations by Gary Hunter ( On May 15, 2001, at a human rights conference in Geneva, the United States was denounced for its inhumane and discriminatory practices. Amnesty International and the U.N. Committee Against Torture cited the U.S. for oppressive tactics by both public law …
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Oregon Jail Settles Taser Suit for $197,000 by In December 2000, the Clackamas county jail in Oregon settled a lawsuit with Stephen J. Thom for $197,000. On July 24, 2000, Thom, who suffered brain damage in a 1981 accident, was drunk and brought to the jail's booking section. While he …
Stun Gun, Four-Point Restraint Use Curtailed in Virginia Prisons by Because Connecticut's prisons were overfull, Lawrence Frazier was sent to Virginia to serve his time. He didn't go home alive. He died in a Richmond hospital of cardiac arrhythmia after prison guards repeatedly shocked him with an Ultron II stun …
Publication • November 16, 2001
Lawmakers Reach Deal on Air Security, Chicago Tribune, 2001 Cbicago, IL Trl.ulII C~ICl8' Mil Arll ~fidiIJ 0122,882 NOV 16. <:lee I 1'11'" • ~II III SECURITY: I ' ' ' ' • " . . . " . " • • ,.' ,., ON CAPITOL HILL Thursday, individual airports hired …
Arkansas Guards Indicted for Shocking Prisoners by Arkansas Guards Indicted For Shocking Prisoners On February 7, 2001, criminal charges were filed in a federal District Court in Arkansas against 6 former guards who beat handcuffed prisoners and shocked them with a stungun and a cattle prod. On January 7, 1998, …
PA Prisoner Awarded $300,000 in Guard Beating by On February 29, 2000, a federal jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania awarded Pennsylvania prisoner Raymond Pryer $300,000 in damages for a beating he suffered at the hands of prison guards. On September 27, 1990, Pryer complained that a guard at the State Correctional …
Stun Gun Death in VA Prison by After being electrocuted repeatedly by a stun gun, Lawrence James Frazier was strapped to a bed where he lapsed into a coma and never recovered. During a struggle with guards, Frazier was electrocuted 3 times by an Ultron II stun device that delivers …
Wisconsin Prisoners Rebel at Private Tennessee Prison by On November 30, 1999, Wisconsin state prison officials were touring the Whiteville Correctional Facility (WCF) in Tennessee. The prison is operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and houses 1,500 Wisconsin prisoners. Just minutes after WCF warden Percy Pitzer led an entourage …
America's Toughest Sheriff Settles for $8.25 Million in Wrongful Death Suit by In 1996 Scott Norberg was arrested for assaulting a Mesa, Arizona police officer and booked into the Maricopa County Jail, which is run by "America's Toughest Sheriff" Joe Arpaio. The next day Norberg, 35, was choked to death …
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