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U.S. v. Diaz, CA, Opinion, Importation of Drugs, 2018 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 16-50102 v. D.C. No. 3:15-cr-02484-BEN-1 ALEJANDRO AGUILAR DIAZ, Defendant-Appellant. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Roger …
The Criminalization of the Mentally Ill in Maine by by Lance Tapley, Pine Tree Watch In April, 2017, while incarcerated at the Maine State Prison’s Intensive Mental Health Unit in Warren, James Staples removed his own eyeball. The 66-year-old prisoner, who has a lengthy history of both mental illness and assault …
From Cages to the Community: Prison Profiteers and the Treatment Industrial Complex by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Criminal justice reform is slowly taking hold in the U.S. Since 2014, at least 30 states have passed legislation aimed at reducing their prison populations. And following the election of “law and …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Federal Judge Grants Compassionate Release but Questions BOP’s Motivation by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis U.S. District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf, who has written judicial opinions in cases involving former mobster and FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger, knows a rat when he sees one. And when he was presented …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Medical, Parole
Georgia Toddler Initially Denied Kidney Due to Father’s Parole Violation by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Officials at Emory Healthcare canceled a planned October 2017 surgery to harvest a kidney from an Atlanta toddler’s father, who had volunteered to be a living donor. According to news reports, the hospital postponed …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
First-time Burglary Offender Eligible for Pennsylvania DOC’s Recidivism Program by The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that a first-time offender convicted of burglary was entitled to participate in the Recidivism Risk Reduction Incentive (RRRI) Act. The decision came in an appeal filed by Sean Cullen-Doyle, who pleaded guilty to several …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Contempt Motion Filed after Pennsylvania Officials Refuse to Release Detainee by Officials at Pennsylvania’s York County Prison face a contempt motion filed by an attorney on behalf of a terminally ill pre-trial detainee. The motion claims the officials refused to comply with a court order for the prisoner’s release. Thomas …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
PLRA Strikes Accruing After Notice of Appeal Do Not Count to Determine IFP Eligibility by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 4, 2017 that in determining a prisoner’s in forma pauperis (IFP) motion, a court must look to the date a pleading is filed – and not …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Tennessee Drug Court Judge Imprisons Participants for Smoking Cigarettes by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, Hamilton County, Tennessee Judge Tom Greenholtz sent several drug court participants to jail for a night after their drug tests came back positive – for nicotine. “We routinely test for nicotine as …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
$111,000 Settlement for Wrongfully Incarcerated Ohio Prisoner by On June 12, 2017, the Ohio Controlling Board voted to settle a wrongful incarceration suit brought by a man whom prosecutors had called a “major supplier” of cocaine, after a judge ignored the reversal of his conviction by an appellate court and …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Oregon Parole Board Cannot Postpone Elapsed Release Date by The Oregon Court of Appeals held on February 15, 2017 that the Oregon Parole Board lacked authority to postpone a prisoner’s release date after that date has passed. John Jones murdered a woman on May 30, 1988, when he was 17 …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Declaratory Judgment in Mississippi Case Challenging Indefinite Jail Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Mississippi federal district court has issued an agreed declaratory judgment in a case brought by two defendants who were held for long periods of time in the Scott County Detention Center without an individualized …
Brief • March 1, 2018
People v. Aledamat, CA, Opinion, Jury Instructions, 2018 Filed 3/1/18 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION TWO THE PEOPLE, B282911 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA451225) v. YAZAN ALEDAMAT, Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from a …
Brief • March 1, 2018
In re Watford, VA, Opinion, Evidence, 2018 PRESENT: All the Justices IN RE: ROY L. WATFORD, III Record No. 161187 OPINION BY JUSTICE CLEO E. POWELL March 1, 2018 UPON A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE Roy L. Watford, III, (“Watford”) petitions this Court to grant a writ …
Brief • February 28, 2018
Pue v. State of Texas, TX, Opinion, Sentence Enhancements, 2018 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-85,447-01 EX PARTE JEREMY WADE PUE, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. CR2008-214-1 IN THE 207 TH DISTRICT COURT COMAL COUNTY R ICHARDSON, J., delivered the …
Brief • February 26, 2018
The People v. Contreras, CA, Opinion, Sentencing for Juvenile Defendants, 2018 Filed 2/26/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) LEONEL CONTRERAS and ) WILLIAM STEVEN RODRIGUEZ, ) ) Defendants and Appellants. ) ____________________________________) S224564 Ct.App. 4/1 D063428 San …
Article • February 22, 2018
Class Action Suit Over Private Probation Company's Illegal Fees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Southern Center for Human Rights filed a class action lawsuit against Sentinel Offender Services, a private probation company, on behalf of persons in Atlanta who were forced by Sentinel to pay illegal fees …
Iowa v. Jepsen, IA, Appeal, Sentencing Guidelines, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 16–0203 Filed February 16, 2018 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. CHRISTOPHER SCOTT JEPSEN, Appellant. On review from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Crawford County, Steven J. Andreasen, Judge. …
Publication • February 15, 2018
Keeping Kids and Parents Parents Together, a Healthier Approach to Sentencing in Tennessee, 2018 Keeping Kids and Parents Together A Healthier Approach to Sentencing in Tennessee February 2018 humanimpact.org Executive Summary It carries on throughout their life that their mother or father had to go away for a while. If …
Brief • February 13, 2018
Higdon v. USA, TN, Opinion, Discharging Firearm as Use of Force, 2018 RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 18a0030p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT DARYL LYNN HIGDON, Petitioner-Appellant, ┐ │ │ > v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. │ │ …
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