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Overt Act Unnecessary to Allege Conspiracy Claim in 7th Circuit by The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that it is not necessary to allege an overt act to state a conspiracy claim. The court also held that dismissal of a prisoner's retaliation claim for failure …
Gov. Ryan's Song by Mumia Abu-Jamal by Mumia Abu Jamal Illinois Gov. George Ryan, in the last passing days of his first and only term, saved the best for last. He sent shock waves across the nation when he issued four pardons to men sitting on the Condemned Units of …
Compensating the Wrongly Convicted, or Not by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Hundreds of thousands of men and women are hidden from society—social failures convicted of felonies—behind concrete walls and razor wire in isolated parts of our country. Nestled among them are society's silenced victims—the wrongfully convicted. Society is …
Wichita Kansas Pays $6.2 Million to Settle Detainees' Lawsuit by Wichita Kansas Pays $6.2 Million to Settle Detainees' Lawsuit On May 7, 2002, Wichita's City Council approved $6.2 million to be awarded to the 7,000 citizens who had their 14th Amendment rights violated. The suit filed by what the city …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
New Jersey Over Detains Prisoner Two Years Due to Illegal Sentence Calculation by The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division has held that the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) cannot depart from the terms a sentencing judge imposes. In September 1994, prisoner Larry Hill was released on parole …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
Ohio Prison Officials Cannot Alter Jail-Time Credit Award by The Court of Common Pleas of Marion County, Ohio, has granted release to an Ohio prisoner on habeas corpus after finding that Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) officials illegally altered a court sentencing entry to "correct" a perceived error in …
Brief • March 11, 2003
Jones v. Markham et al, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction Imprisonment, 2003 • 1 > Attorney Code: 55091 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, LAW DIVISION RONALD JONES, ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. No. 00 L 5608 ) JOHN MARKHAM, #2913, STEVEN HOOD, ) #11885, CARL …
Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003
Washington Police Scientists' Work Under Scrutiny by Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW) is undertaking a review of cases in which Washington State Patrol scientists Arnold Melnikoff and Michael Hoover conducted forensic testing or offered expert testimony. It was recently revealed that Melnikoff engaged in scientific fraud during his tenure as the …
Los Angeles County Settles Overdetention Suits for $27 Million by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In the largest legal settlement in its history, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed in May, 2002 to pay $27 million to compensate 400,000 former jail prisoners who had been held …
Article • December 15, 2002 • from PLN December, 2002
Jail Over Detention From Lack of Release Policy Actionable Under Section 1983 by An Indiana county jail's lack of policy for the eventual release of detainees arrested pursuant to a Body Attachment raised sufficient facts to defeat the sheriff's motion for summary judgment, thus allowing an overdetained prisoner's civil rights …
Brief • July 22, 2002
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
Stucker v. County of Sacramento, CA, Claim, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2002 ..- Please file in person, or mail to· r~ Board of Supervi$ol'$, 700 H Street, ,-,...._ _~. . '-" Keep one (1) copy for your record. L02.0 all g \ (Hi .' -'450, Saentmento, CA 9581<& 'wi CLAIM AGAINST THE …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Illinois Man Awarded $15 Million for 15 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment by On October 29, 2001, a federal jury in Chicago awarded $15 million plus about $2 million in attorney fees to James Newsome, 45, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 15 years behind bars. It was the …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
California Jury Awards $1 Million in Jail Rape by On November 20, 2001, a Los Angeles county jury returned a $1 million verdict to 39 year-old Jay Reynolds, a former jail detainee who was raped by his cellmates after a judge ordered his release from jail. Reynolds was arrested in …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
D.C. Wrongly Jails Mentally Ill Man for Two Years by D.C. Wrongly Jails Mentally Ill Man For Two Years Joseph Heard, 42, was released from the Washington D.C. jail on August 13, 2001. He served nearly 2 years in solitary confinement in the jail's mental health unit. The problem is …
Mistakenly Released Prisoners Have No Due Process Rights by The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has held that prisoners who were released on mandatory supervision then arrested as escaped prisoners and reincarcerated without a hearing had no right to due process. Vincent Henderson, Daryelle Rexrode, and John Calella, …
$147,000 Paid for 3-1/2 Hour Overdetention and Strip Search of Mistaken Arrestee by John E Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict of $100,000 against the Little Rock, Arkansas police when, after a judge ordered the release of a mistakenly arrested woman, they failed to promptly …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
Defendants Denied Summary Judgment in Wrongful Incarceration Suit by Defendants Denied Summary Judgment In Wrongful Incarceration Suit An Indiana federal district court has partially denied summary judgment and the qualified immunity defense to defendants at the Allen County (Indiana) Jail in a case involving wrongful imprisonment. Shakidi Johnson was arrested …
$3.54 Million Paid For Falsely Imprisoning Unconvicted Mentally-Incapacitated California Man For Two Years In New York by John E Dannenberg A mentally incapacitated misdemeanant detainee at the Los Angeles County, California, jail was unlawfully extradited to New York, where he was imprisoned for two years in the Green Haven Correctional …
Article • February 15, 2002 • from PLN February, 2002
Section 1983 Civil Rights Claims Not Barred by Kansas Tort Remedies by The Kansas Court of Appeals held that the existence of adequate state tort remedies did not bar claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and that the limitation period for § 1983 claims is two years. Kansas prisoner James …
Los Angeles Sheriff's Over-Detention Policy Renders County Liable Under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 by John E Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that Los Angeles County Jail prisoners who were kept beyond their release dates for the purpose of awaiting the completion of records searches for any …
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