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An Innocent Man Speaks: PLN Interviews Jeff Deskovic by On April 9, 2013, Prison Legal News editor Paul Wright sat down with Jeffrey Deskovic as part of PLN's ongoing series of interviews concerning our nation's criminal justice system. Previously, PLN interviewed famous actor Danny Trejo [PLN, Aug. 2011, p.1] and …
8th Circuit Allows Reckless Investigation Suit to Proceed After DNA Evidence Leads to Pardons for Four Convicted Murderers by In October 2012, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that four individuals (two men and two women), who had pleaded guilty or no contest to a Gage County, Nebraska rape/murder …
8th Circuit: Qualified Immunity Denied to Nebraska Investigative Team Which Manufactured False Evidence to Secure Murder Conviction of Innocent Party by In October 2012, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to a team of investigators accused of conspiring to manufacture false evidence and procuring …
Floyd v. New York, NY, Opinion and Order, Constitutionality of Stop and Frisk, 2013 Case 1:08-cv-01034-SAS-HBP Document 373 Filed 08/12/13 Page 1 of 198 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------- )( DAVID FLOYD, LALIT CLARKSON, DEON DENNIS, and DAVID OURLICHT, individually and on behalf of a …
Publication • June 27, 2013
LAPD Employee Litigation Audit Inspector General's Office 2013 INTRADEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE June 27, 2013 1.0 BPC #13-0235 TO: The Honorable Board of Police Commissioners FROM: Inspector General, Police Commission SUBJECT: EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION AUDIT RECOMMENDED ACTION REVIEW and APPROVE the Office of the Inspector General’s Employment Litigation Audit. DISCUSSION As part of …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Oregon State Police Handwriting Analysis Unit Closed, under Investigation by "We don't know if it's one isolated case or there are going to be others," said Oregon State Police (OSP) Lt. Gregg Hastings, when he announced that OSP handwriting examiners had made a mistake in a criminal case. In March …
Brief • June 7, 2013
Davis and Northrop v. Clark County, WA, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Incarceration, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-05765-RJB Document 22 Filed 06/07/13 Page 1 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 LARRY DAVIS individually, and ALAN NORTHROP individually, v. 11 …
Publication • 2013
Police Misconduct as a Cause of Wrongful Convictions Russell Covey Wash. L. Rev. 2013 POLICE MISCONDUCT AS A CAUSE OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS RUSSELL COVEY ABSTRACT This study gathers data from two mass exonerations resulting from major police scandals, one involving the Rampart division of the L.A.P.D., and the other occurring …
Hunter v. City and County of San Francisco et al, CA, Order, public records police excessive force, 2013 Case3:11-cv-04911-JSC Document125 Filed05/28/13 Page1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 9 DARRELL HUNTER, 10 Plaintiff, Northern …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Governmental Highway Robbery: Asset Forfeiture and the Pillaging of the American People by John W. Whitehead This is the problem when police officers and police departments have a financial interest in doing their job. We got rid of bounty hunters because they were not a good thing. This is modern …
Article • May 15, 2013
New York: USDC Grants Opposition to Quash Depositions in Murder/Rape by A magistrate judge at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted in November 2011 the Plaintiff’s motion opposing Defense's motion to quash deposition notices and notice of subpoena in a civil case resultant …
Washington State District Court Oversees §1988 Settlement against Spokane Police by Washington State District Court Oversees §1988 Settlement against Spokane Police The City of Spokane, Washington, settled a civil rights claim in May 2012 for two million dollars in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, with the estate …
Article • May 15, 2013
New York $1.25 Million False Arrest Verdict Upheld by The New York Supreme Court upheld a jury's verdict that police subjected an innocent man to false arrest and malicious prosecution. The court found, however, that the $1,750,000 malicious prosecution damages verdict was excessive and reduced that award to $1,000,000. On …
McClary v. City of New York et al, NY, Plf Opp to Def MSJ, warrantless search qualified immunity, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------------- X BRENDA MCCLARY, Plaintiff, -againstTHE CITY OF NEW YORK, a municipal entity; Sergeant SONIA CHRISTIAN (Shield #3066); MATTHEW VORRARO (Shield #15194); …
U.S. Immigration Policy: Dysfunctional, Profitable and Resistant to Reform by Derek Gilna The nation's economy remains fragile, U.S. troops continue to fight a losing war in Afghanistan, North Korea has recently threatened a nuclear attack, and in March 2013 Congress and President Obama failed to reach a compromise to prevent …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Anti-Immigrant Arizona Sheriff Outed by His Mexican Ex-Boyfriend by Paul Bebeu, Sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona and a former police officer, was a rising Republican star within the state in 2012 – crusading in support of the anti-immigrant legislation SB1070, co-chairing Arizona’s campaign for Mitt Romney’s presidential bid and espousing …
Los Angeles Jail Undersheriff Steps Down by PLN's March 2013 cover story detailed a long-standing pattern of abuse and corruption in the nation’s largest jail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). Some of that misconduct was attributed to LASD Undersheriff Paul K. Tanaka, the right-hand man …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
FBI’s National Crime Data Found to be Flawed, Manipulated by As it turns out, the FBI's annual reports on crime in the United States are only slightly more credible than campaign promises and Big Foot sightings. An August 2012 investigative analysis by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel found that the overwhelming majority …
South Carolina Sheriff Indicted; Fourth Sheriff to Face Criminal Charges in Three Years by Christopher Zoukis A South Carolina Sheriff has been removed from office following his indictment on criminal charges of misconduct and furnishing contraband to prisoners. Chesterfield County Sheriff Sanford (“Sam”) Marion Parker, Jr. was suspended by Governor …
Article • April 15, 2013
US 7th Circuit Affirms Judgment for Defense in "Tawdry Tale" by US 7th Circuit Affirms Judgment for Defense in "Tawdry Tale" The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed in April 2012 the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, granting summary …
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