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Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Former Prisoner Accepts $179,000 for Wrongful Conviction Under New Florida Law by David Reutter After initially declining to accept $179,000 under Florida’s Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act, Leroy McGee agreed to receive compensation pursuant to that statute for serving 43 months in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. …
Innocence Project Report on Compensation and Reentry Services for Exonerated Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at New York’s Yeshiva University. Since that time the Innocence …
Controversy Over Texas Attorneys Charging Questionable Fees in Wrongful Conviction Cases by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 17, 2009, Steven Charles Phillips, a former Texas prisoner who spent 24 years in prison on a rape charge before being exonerated in 2008, filed suit in Dallas County district court …
$3.5 Million Settlement to Former New York Prisoner Convicted Due to Perjured Testimony by The City of New York has paid $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by an innocent man who spent 12 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of attempted murder. The conviction was obtained by …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
North Carolina Innocence Commission Verifies Wrongful Conviction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After examining hundreds of cases, the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission has verified its first claim of innocence – which resulted in both controversy and stinging criticism from prosecutors. In 2006, North Carolina became the first state …
Prosecutorial Misconduct Case Pending Before Supreme Court Settles for $12 Million by Brandon Sample On January 4, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court side-stepped resolving an important case that would have likely exposed prosecutors to greater liability when they engage in prosecutorial misconduct. The case, Pottawamie County v. McGhee and Harrington, …
Brief • August 12, 2010
Bozella v. The County of Dutchess, NY, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2010 Case 7:10-cv-04917-CS Document 21 Filed 08/12/10 Page 1 of 34 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------------------]{ DEWEY R. BOZELLA, Plaintiff, ANSWER Civil Action No.: 10-CV-4917 (CS) -against- THE COUNTY OF DUTCHESS; THE CITY OF …
Tankleff v. New York, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2010 STATE OF NEW YORK: COURT OF CLAIMS -------------------------------------------------------------){ MARTIN TANKLEFF, VERIFIED CLAIM FOR DAMAGES -against- RECEIVED THE STATE OF NEW YORK. -------------------------------------------------------------){ To the Clerk of the Court of Claims: To the Attomey General of the State of New York: 'JUL …
Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
DNA Exonerations in Georgia Result in Disparate Compensation Awards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The disparity in compensation awards for prisoners exonerated by DNA evidence in Georgia demonstrates the need for evenhanded compensation laws. Five wrongly convicted prisoners, Clarence Harrison, Robert Clark, Douglas Echols, Samuel Scott and Willie …
San Francisco Settles Wrongful Incarceration Cases for $7.5 Million by Michael Brodheim Nearly six years after his release from prison, Antoine Goff received a measure of belated justice – a $2.9 million settlement for almost 13 years of wrongful incarceration. Goff and his co-plaintiff, John “J.J.” Tennison, had filed complaints …
Secret Justice: Criminal Informants and America’s Underground Legal System by Alexandra Natapoff I. Introduction Although it is almost invisible to the public, the use of criminal informants is everywhere in the U.S. justice system. From street corners to jails to courthouses to prisons, every year the government negotiates thousands of …
Florida Prisoner Exonerated by DNA After Serving 35 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After 35 years of proclaiming his innocence for the kidnapping and rape of a 9-year-old boy, James Bain, 54, was finally proven innocent and released from a Florida prison on December 17, 2009. Of …
Judge Slams Bureau for Inmate's Solitary Lockup, Daily Business Review, 2010 JUSTICE WATCH John Pacenti JUDGE SLAMS BUREAU FOR INMATE'S SOLITARY LOCKUP N icole Defontes pulled her life back together in dramatic fashion after serving 41/2 years in federal prison for participating in a cocaine deal with her then-boyfriend. But …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Kern County Settles False Arrest Lawsuit for $5.5 Million by Michael Brodheim In September 2009, Kern County (California) officials entered into a multimillion dollar settlement agreement with John Stoll, disposing of a federal lawsuit filed by Stoll in 2005, seeking compensation for damages allegedly sustained as a result of a …
Greene v. City of New York, NY, Memo & Order, False Arrest Wrongful Conviction, 2010 Case 1:08-cv-00243-RJD-CLP Document 104 Filed 05/12/10 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 600 Case 1:08-cv-00243-RJD-CLP Document 104 Filed 05/12/10 Page 2 of 12 PageID #: 601 Case 1:08-cv-00243-RJD-CLP Document 104 Filed 05/12/10 Page 3 of …
Brief • May 6, 2010
Cage v CPD, IL, Complaint, police misconduct wrongful conviction, 2010 Case 1:09-cv-03078 Document 37 Filed 05/06/10 Page 1 of 18 Case 1:09-cv-03078 Document 37 Filed 05/06/10 Page 2 of 18 Case 1:09-cv-03078 Document 37 Filed 05/06/10 Page 3 of 18 Case 1:09-cv-03078 Document 37 Filed 05/06/10 Page 4 of 18 …
First Circuit Upholds $101,750,000 in Damage Awards in FBI Misconduct Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 27, 2009, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an almost $102 million judgment in a lawsuit filed against the federal government after the FBI helped an informant secure the convictions …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
$3.1 Million Settlement to Wrongly Convicted Massachusetts Prisoner by On July 28, 2009, within weeks of settling a similar wrongful conviction lawsuit that resulted in a $3.4 million payment to the estate of Kenneth Waters, the town of Ayer, Massachusetts agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle a federal complaint …
$2.1 Million Awarded in New York Unjust Conviction Claim by On March 16, 2009, a New York Court of Claims awarded $2,093,420 in damages to a man who was wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting his 4-year-old child. He had spent more than two years in a maximum-security prison. During “an …
Brief • February 12, 2010
Lewis v. Young, OH, Complaint, Identical Twin Murder Case Wrongful Imprisonment, 2010 Case: 2:10-cv-00125-ALM -EPD Doc #: 2 Filed: 02/12/10 Page: 1 of 30 PAGEID #: 3 "- IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT <!Jib' 1[0 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION, ~, /2 !c:/~(i.~'c{}/, DERRIS LEWIS 5536 Covert Drive …
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