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Guard's Sentence Enhanced for Beating Disabled Prisoner by The criminal defendant pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the civil rights of detainees under his supervision, conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice, and four counts of deprivation of rights under color of law. He received a sentence of 46 months …
No Immunity for Prosecutors Who Conspire to Assault Prisoner by The plaintiff alleged that prosecutors conspired to have the plaintiff assaulted by other prisoners. At 604: "These actions, if true, would be quite outside the prosecutorial sphere, and thus the absolute immunity of prosecutors as quasi-judicial officers would not apply." …
Article • May 15, 2007
Dirty Cop's Racketeering Sentence Upheld by The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the sentence imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on a police officer convicted of racketeering. The police officer had challenged the factual findings by the court to impose the sentence. …
Prisoner's Presence at Civil Trial May Be Ordered by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has outlined the considerations a district court should make when deciding whether to stay a prisoner's civil rights action pending the prisoner's release from prison. The prisoner was detained in the Baltimore City Jail pending …
Article • May 15, 2007
Conspiracy to Retaliate Against Jailhouse Lawyer Claim Stated; Equal Protection Claim Stated for Lifer Discrimination by An Iowa Federal District Court held a prisoner at the Anamosa State Penitentiary pled claims of retaliation and denial of equal protection for his "lifer" status that are sufficient to defeat dismissal. The prisoner …
Article • May 15, 2007
FBI Mob Murder Claim Filed Too Late by The First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claim against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a 1982 murder. John Callahan was the chief executive officer of World Jai Alai, a gambling organization …
Grand Jury Finds Criminal Conduct In Chicago Jail Prisoner Abuse Scandal by Matthew T. Clarke As previously reported in PLN, the Cook County Jail has been the scene of controversy involving the wanton beating of prisoners by an elite squad of guards known as the SORT team. [PLN Feb. 2004, …
Colorado Teenagers Raped By Guards Settle For $165,000 Each by Michael Rigby In August 2004, two teenage girls raped by guards at a Colorado juvenile prison settled their lawsuits for $165,000 apiece. Both girls had been imprisoned at the Youthful Offender System (YOS), which is operated by the Colorado Department …
CCA Pays House Majority Leader’s Personal Charity $100,000 by By Matthew T. Clarke In August, 2004, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) gave House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, (R) Sugar Land, Texas, a check for $100,000 for his DeLay Foundation for Kids during a Lexington, Kentucky, political fund raiser for DeLay’s …
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