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Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Mississippi Sheriff Blames Court Bailiffs for Prisoner Pregnancy by "It did not happen in my courtroom and not under my watch," declared Mississippi Judge Winston Kidd, referring to a pregnancy resulting from a courthouse tryst between two detainees. "It is not my bailiff's practice to allow the female prisoners and …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Mississippi County Over Jail Prisoner's Death by Complaining of nausea and vomiting, Princess Anderson arrived at the emergency room (ER) of the Baptist Memorial Hospital in DeSoto, Mississippi, on the morning of February 7, 2011. ER staff determined she was pregnant with a …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
How Frank Easterbrook Kept George Ryan in Prison, Alschuler, 2015 Valparaiso University Law Review Volume 50 Number 1 Issue 1 How Frank Easterbrook Kept George Ryan in Prison Albert W. Alschuler University of Chicago Recommended Citation Albert W. Alschuler, How Frank Easterbrook Kept George Ryan in Prison, 50 Val. U. …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Florida Judges’ Outlandish Behavior Tarnishes Bench by David Reutter A prerequisite for holding a judgeship is maintaining an impeccable reputation of upstanding and ethical conduct in all affairs. Along the eastern shores of Florida known as the Space and Gold Coasts, the spotlight has shone upon the wayward conduct of …
Article • August 5, 2016
Porn and Referral Fee Scandals Force Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice’s Retirement by David Reutter In the midst of a pornographic email scandal, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery retired. That move came just a week after his colleagues issued an order suspending him from all judicial work and instructing …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Ninth Circuit Directs BOP to Reconsider Denial of Designation to State Prison for Service of Federal Sentence by Derek Gilna On May 25, 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s petition for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, in which he complained …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Texas Judge Indicted for Making Secret Deal with Red-light Camera Company by Smith County, Texas Judge Joel Patrick Baker was suspended without pay on June 21, 2016 after being arrested the previous week on three misdemeanor counts of violating the Texas Open Meetings Act. Baker, who has denied any wrongdoing, …
Brief • July 19, 2016
State of Alabama v. Eugene et al, AL, Order, judge misconduct death penalty, 2016 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM DIVISION STATE OF ALABAMA V. BIILUPS KENNETH EUGENE Defendant. CHATMAN, STANLEY Defendant. MCMULLIN, TERRELL Defendant. ) ) ) Case Nos.: ) CC-2005-001755.00 CC-2012-001194.00 CC-2012-001195.00 CC-2014-003011.00 CC-2014-003012.00 CC-2014-003015.00 …
Material Indifferent - How Courts are Impeding Fair Disclosure in Criminal Cases, NACDL, 2014 MAterIAl InDIFFerenCe: How Courts Are Impeding Fair Disclosure In Criminal Cases No person shall be … deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law Amendment V, U. S. Constitution KAtHleen “CooKIe ” rIDolFI …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Dekalb County Settles Lawsuit, Ends Debtors’ Prisons by Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union reached a settlement that will end debtors’ prisons in Dekalb County, Georgia. The settlement is the latest in a string of lawsuits challenging contracts involving for-profit probation company Judicial Correction Services (JCS). [See: PLN, Jan. …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Defendants Claim Sexual Abuse by Arkansas Judge by Three alleged victims of an Arkansas judge filed a lawsuit in May 2016, claiming that Cross County District Court Judge Joseph Boeckmann had sexually abused them. Attorney Gary Green said on May 11, 2016 that a fourth man had joined the suit …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Florida Drug Court Judge’s Relapse Results in Removal from Bench by David Reutter In an ironic twist, a Florida drug court judge was removed from the bench after enrolling in a substance abuse treatment program herself. In December 2013, Broward County Judge Gisele Pollack, 57, took a two-week leave to …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
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Former Georgia Judge Faces Criminal Charges by A Fulton County, Georgia grand jury has indicted a former judge for making false statements and violating her oath of office. Amanda F. Williams spent 21 years on the bench in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, eventually ascending to chief judge. While serving in …
Stopped, Fined, Arrested - Racial Bias in Policing and Traffic Courts in California, EBCLC, 2016 April 2016 | www.ebclc.org/backontheroad Acknowledgements Contributors Stephen Bingham, Michael Herald, Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid, retired Policy Advocate, WCLP Mari Castaldi, Dana Isaac, Program Coordinator, EBCLC Thurgood Marshall Fellow, LCCR Elisa Della-Piana, Alex Kaplan, …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Summary Injustice - A look at Constitutional Deficiencies in SC Summary Courts, ACLU, 2016 SUMMARY INJUSTICE: A Look at Constitutional Deficiencies in South Carolina’s Summary Courts Copyright © 2016 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers REPORT SOUTH CAROLINA This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialNoDerivatives 4.0 International License. …
Article • May 12, 2016
Former NJ Prosecutor Disbarred After Imprisonment by Christopher Zoukis A former Essex County (NJ) prosecutor and municipal judge has been barred from practicing law by the State Supreme Court.  Clifford Minor, 68, who in 2011 was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment in the United States District Court for the District …
Article • March 30, 2016
IFP Denials Don’t Trigger California Vexatious Litigant Treatment by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeals held that a lower court improperly determined that a prisoner was a vexatious litigant, under California law. When an In Forma Pauperis (IFP) application is denied, the action is never commenced and does not …
Brief • March 8, 2016
Anderson ACLU v. Judge Carl F. Gerds III, Order of Superintending Control, MI, indigent debtors prison, 2015
Ninth Circuit: Appeal Challenges Probation Revocation for Exercising First Amendment Rights by A former federal prisoner is appealing the revocation of his supervised release for engaging in conduct that he argues is protected under the First Amendment. The Cato Institute, Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, Brechner First Amendment Project at the …
Police State: How America’s Cops Get Away with Murder (Book Review) by Bill Trine Police State: How America’s Cops Get Away with Murder, by Gerry Spence (St. Martin’s Press, 2015). 338 pages, hard cover. $19.40 Book review by Bill Trine In recent years, the American public has witnessed shocking videos, …
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