Criminal Defense Attorney Helps “Sting” His Own Clients by Jimmy Franks On January 23, 2009, Chevaliee Robinson was sentenced to 15 years by a U.S. District Court in Ohio after pleading guilty to drug conspiracy and money laundering charges. Robinson’s arrest was one of 30 made by federal agents in …
$7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk by $7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk The Ohio Court of Claims has awarded a former Ohio prisoner $7,025 for injuries related to a slip and fall from a prison bunk. Stacy Rose slipped and fell …
Ohio Court Releases Prisoners from Private Jail to Protect Them by Ohio Court Releases Prisoners from Private Jail to Protect Them One thing about privately-operated jails and prisons is fairly consistent: They rarely function properly. A series of incidents at Ohio’s Columbiana County Jail, which is operated by CiviGenics, Inc. …
Sixth Circuit Outlines Exceptions to Heck Favorable-Termination Doctrine by Sixth Circuit Outlines Exceptions to Heck Favorable-Termination Doctrine The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held the favorable-termination doctrine does not apply to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions brought by prisoners who were foreclosed from challenging their incarceration in a habeas …
Ohio Pays $552,500 For 13 Years Of Wrongful Imprisonment by Ohio ex prisoner Anthony Green settled his wrongful imprisonment action against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for $552,500. He had been imprisoned for 13 years. Green was found guilty by a Cuyahoga County jury for rape and aggravated …
$10,000 Settlement For Ex Federal Prisoner After Slipping In Water by Ex Federal prisoner and Michigan resident William Bonhart brought a federal tort action in 2000 against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) after slipping in water in 1998 at the Federal Correctional …
Ohio Settles Actual Innocence Claim For $1,500,000 by Ohio and Ohio prosecuting officials settled a wrongful incarceration lawsuit by agreeing to pay $1,500,000 to a man who was imprisoned for 26 years after his conviction for a robbery and murder he did not commit. Gary James, 55, and his friend …
Ohio DNA Specimen Law Ruled Not Retroactive by The Ohio Supreme Court held that a state law requiring convicted felons and some misdemeanants to provide DNA specimens could not be applied retroactively to offenders placed on supervised release before the law’s May 2005 effective date. On August 6, 2002, Craig …
TASER Avoids Liability in Three Deaths by Suing Medical Examiner by John Dannenberg TASER Avoids Liability in Three Deaths by Suing Medical Examiner by John E. Dannenberg Arizona-based TASER International, Inc. (TASER) was cleared of liability in the unrelated deaths of three drug-afflicted Ohio men who died shortly after being …
Ohio Court Finds Three-Drug Execution Protocol Violates Prisoners’ State Rights by Ohio Court Finds Three-Drug Execution Protocol Violates Prisoners’ State Rights On June 10, 2008, Judge James J. Burge of the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas has held that the three-drug protocol used by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation …
$7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk by $7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk The Ohio Court of Claims has awarded a former Ohio prisoner $7,025 for injuries related to a slip and fall from a prison bunk. Stacy Rose slipped and fell …
Ohio Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction Affirmed by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a former jail guard’s criminal convictions for using excessive force on three prisoners. Michael J. Budd, once second-in-command of the Mahoning County, Ohio Sheriff’s Department, was charged in a four-count indictment with subjecting prisoners …
Ohio Reformatory Liable For Loss Of Prisoner's Property by Bob Williams Ohio State prisoner Harmony Love sought recovery of the value of personal items lost by the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW). The court awarded Love $511.62 and assessed court costs against the ORW. Love was incarcerated in the ORW …
$500,000 Settlement In Shooting Death of Mentally Ill Individual by The Sheriff of Franklin County, Ohio agreed to settle a suit concerning the shooting death of a mentally ill individual for $500,000. Nasir A. Abdi, a Somali immigrant, had a history of mental illness. When Abdi failed to comply with …
Ohio Man Receives $600,000 for Wrongful Imprisonment by During mediation, a settlement of $600,000 was reached between Kenneth Moore and the State of Ohio in a claim of wrongful imprisonment. Moore had sued Ohio for damages incurred in his defense at trial and post-conviction proceedings related to the criminal charges, …
$5,775 Awarded For 104 Days of Over-Incarceration in Ohio Prison by $5,775 Awarded For 104 Days of Over-Incarceration in Ohio Prison The Ohio Court of Claims has awarded a former Ohio prisoner $5,775 for 104 days of over-incarceration. Jasen Thomson was confined at the Marion Correctional Institution for 104 days …
Courts Find Ohio Adam Walsh Act Unconstitutional by Cuyahoga County Judge Ronald Suster held on May 9, 2008 that Ohio’s Adam Walsh Act violates the retroactivity clause of the Ohio Constitution and is an ex post facto law. Ohio has maintained a sex offender registry since 1963. The first substantial …
$7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk by The Ohio Court of Claims has awarded a former Ohio prisoner $7,025 for injuries related to a slip and fall from a prison bunk. Stacy Rose slipped and fell while climbing down from his bunk at the Chillicothe Correctional …
Sixth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Challenge to Ohio Parole System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Sixth Circuit court of appeals upheld the district court’s dismissal of a challenge to the Ohio parole system brought by Ohio attorney Norman Sirak. This is a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. …
Physical, Mental and Substance Abuse Problems Fuel Recidivism by by Gary Hunter In February 2008 the Urban Institute Justice Policy Center issued a report detailing three major factors fueling the high recidivism rate in U.S. prisons. These factors included Physical Health and Reentry, Mental Health and Reentry and Substance Abuse …
