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$400,000 Settlement Accepted by Michigan Parolee Over Force by Police, Parole Officers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Michael J. Trethewey, who was assaulted by police and parole officers for an alleged parole violation, accepted a $400,000 settlement in compensation for his medical expenses and injuries. Approximately $270,000 of that …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
New California Parole Board Guidelines, Reforms Face Opposition by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon California is getting serious about reversing its long history of mass incarceration. From a 2008 state supreme court ruling that abolished parole denials based on the seriousness and nature of the offense to a 2011 U.S. …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Parole
MacAuthur Justice Center Files Lawsuit Over Missouri Parole Revocations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2017, the MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) in St. Louis filed a federal civil rights suit against the Missouri Department of Corrections and its Division of Probation and Parole (Parole Board). At issue were …
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018 Everywhere and Nowhere Compassionate Release in the States By Mary Price June 2018 1 About the Author Mary Price is general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). She directs the FAMM Litigation Project and advocates …
Publication • 2018
Wrong Turn on the Ex Post Facto Clause, Paul Reingold and Kimberly Thomas, University of Michigan Law, 2018 PUBLIC LAW AND LEGAL THEORY RESEARCH PAPER SERIES PAPER NO. 590 FEBRUARY 2018 WRONG TURN ON THE EX POST FACTO CLAUSE PAUL D. REINGOLD & KIMBERLY THOMAS CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW, VOL. 106, …
A Way Out: Abolishing Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania, Abolitionist Law Center, 2018 ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA 1 A Report on Life-Without-Parole Sentences ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER A Way Out ABOLISHING DEATH BY INCARCERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA A Report On Life-Without-Parole Sentences 3 Abolitionist Law Center REPORT AUTHORS Quinn Cozzens, …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Attorneys, Parole, News
Phony New York Lawyer Defrauds Prisoners, Sent to Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Antonia Barrone of Albany, New York posed as an attorney from September 2012 to April 2017. She went by various male aliases, including Mario Vrendenburg, Antonio Barrone, Mario Stacchini, Mario Helems and Mark Vredenburg, and …
The Osborne Association Report, May, 2018, The High Costs of Low Risk - The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The High Costs of Low Risk: The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The Osborne Association May 2018 Executive Summary Executive Summary During the past four decades, we have experienced …
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
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 …
Publication • January 29, 2018
Less is More in New York: An Examination of the Impact of State Parole Violations on Prison and Jail Populations, Columbia University Justice Lab, 2018 Shaping Justice for the Future Research Brief Less is More in New York: An Examination of the Impact of State Parole Violations on Prison and …
Article • January 3, 2018
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
California High-Risk Sex Offender Parole Not Limited to Current Offense by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeals held that a lower court erred in holding that failing to register as a sex offender does not authorize parole supervision as a high-risk sex offender. In 1989, Charles …
Article • December 14, 2017
Changes to California’s Parole Scheme Not Unconstitutional by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held the most recent voter approved changes to California’s parole laws do not violate the ex post facto clause. In 1988, California voters passed proposition 89, which amended the California constitution to grant the governor the …
Article • December 14, 2017
Filed under: Appeals, Parole, Habeas Corpus
California Court of Appeals Vacates Parole Denial for Claiming Innocence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 1, 2015, a California court of appeal vacated the decision of the Board of Parole Hearings to deny parole to a prisoner who had been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to …
Article • December 14, 2017
Filed under: Parole
California Court of Appeals Holds Consecutive Sentence Begins When Prisoner Found Suitable for Parole by In a decision handed down on May 14, 2015, a California court of appeals held that a prisoner's consecutive sentence for a felony committed while incarcerated (custodial felony) begins on the date he is found …
Brief • December 14, 2017
Green v. Arkansas, AR, Appeal, Illegal Sentence, 2017 Cite as 2017 Ark. 361 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS. No. CR-17-167 Opinion Delivered RICKIE GREEN APPELLANT V. STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE December 14, 2017 PRO SE APPEAL FROM THE LONOKE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT AND MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL [NO. 43CR-15-594] HONORABLE …
Article • November 28, 2017
Filed under: War on Drugs, Sentencing, Parole
Missouri’s Release of Pot Dealer Doing LWOP Gives Hope to Nonviolent Drug Offenders Incarcerated Nationwide by Joe Watson By Joe Watson Jeff Mizanskey, a 62-year-old Missouri state prisoner serving life without parole (LWOP) on a nonviolent drug conviction, was released on Sept, 2, 2015, eliciting cautious optimism that thousands like …
Publication • November 17, 2017
A Place to Call Home A Place to Call Home A Vision for Safe, Supportive and Affordable Housing for People with Justice System Involvement © 2017 Prisoner Reentry Institute John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York 524 West 59th Street, Suite 609BMW New York, NY 10019 …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
Federal Halfway House Closures Threaten to Extend Prison Time, Delay Reentry by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Trump administration has proposed a reduced budget for the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that would require the agency to cut its staff. As another result of budget cuts, the BOP has …
Brief • October 27, 2017
State of Iowa v. White, IA, Appeal Brief, Juvenile Sentencing, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 15–0829 Filed October 27, 2017 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. KHASIF RASHEED WHITE, Appellant. On review from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Jeffrey …
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