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Article • April 5, 2017
New York Charges “Sober Houses” Operators with Criminal Enterprising by Dave Maass by Dave Maass New York’s Attorney General charged six people for allegedly operating a crime ring as “sober home” providers.  The homes were widely used by the state’s parole commission even as it suspected legal improprieties were ongoing. …
Article • April 5, 2017
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
DOJ Announces Dramatic Changes to Expedite Clemency Petitions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 23, 2014 announced significant changes in the Office of Pardon Attorney, which processes Pardons, Clemencies, and Commutations.  The former head of the pardon office, Ronald Rogers, had been …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Innocence Project Blasts Lack of Consequences from Prosecutorial Misconduct by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Innocence Project has published a report that examines the lack of consequences for prosecutors who engage in misconduct resulting in the conviction and imprisonment of innocent defendants. The non-profit organization examined court records in …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Ignorance, Bureaucracy and Red Tape: U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Deported by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis According to Bryan Cox, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), “claims of U.S. citizenship of individuals encountered by ICE officers, agents, and attorneys are immediately and carefully investigated and analyzed.” However, the United …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Exonerated Illinois Prisoner Wins $22 Million Verdict Against City of Chicago by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Nathson Fields, convicted of a 1984 double homicide in Chicago, served eighteen years in prison – including 11 on death row – before his convictions were overturned. He was released in 2003 after …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
$16,650,000 Settlement in D.C. Wrongful Conviction Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke The District of Columbia agreed to pay $16.65 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a former prisoner wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. On September 16, 1982, Donald Eugene Gates, then 30, was convicted of raping …
Article • March 28, 2017
Housing the Unwanted by Jie Jenny Zou and Roger Miller by Jie Jenny Zou and Roger Miller, The New York World For the next three years of J. Mercado’s life, finding a suitable place to live in New York City will depend entirely on how close the building is to area …
Article • March 28, 2017
Brutal Crimes Don't Justify Bad Laws by Jean Trounstine By Jean Trounstine, Truthout A true tragedy, driven by a media frenzy, often provokes a misguided need to do something as quickly as possible and leads to bad public policy - like California's Three Strikes sentencing law. Massachusetts Juvenile Judge Jay D. …
Article • March 28, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
America's Guilt Mill by David J. Krajicek by David J. Krajicek, The Crime Report Thousands of Americans, many of them poor, are wrongfully convicted each year for crimes that don’t make headlines. While innocence advocates focus on lifers, those falsely accused of lesser crimes are the overlooked casualties of our overburdened …
Article • March 24, 2017
Spokane County Settles Class-Action Suit Over Jailing; Those Unable to Pay Fines by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 19, 2014, a Washington State federal court signed off on the preliminary settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought against Spokane County for routinely jailing people with court-ordered fines or other …
Article • March 24, 2017
New York Court of Claims Awards $90,000 for Overextended Incarceration/Parole by On April 2, 2015, the New York State Court of Claims awarded a former prisoner $90,000 for being incarcerated and subjected to parole after the expiration of his sentence. The New York Department of Corrections and Community Services failed …
Brief • March 24, 2017
U.S. V. Bowden, WA, Sentencing Memo, Contraband, 2017 Case 2:17-cr-00002-RAJ Document 28 Filed 03/24/17 Page 1 of 13 Case 2:17-cr-00002-RAJ Document 28 Filed 03/24/17 Page 2 of 13 Case 2:17-cr-00002-RAJ Document 28 Filed 03/24/17 Page 3 of 13 Case 2:17-cr-00002-RAJ Document 28 Filed 03/24/17 Page 4 of 13 Case 2:17-cr-00002-RAJ …
Publication • March 16, 2017
Senator Grassley - Letter to FBOP on Untimely Release of Prisoners, 2017 February 22, 2017 VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION The Honorable Thomas R. Kane Acting Director Federal Bureau of Prisons 320 First Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20534 Dear Acting Director Kane: In a 2014 news article, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Prop 47 Makes Thousands of Drug, Property Offenders Eligible for Release by Joe Watson The passage of California's Proposition 47 in November 2014—which reduced many felony drug-possession and property crimes to misdemeanors— might be a harbinger of criminal-justice reform nationwide. But for now, reform advocates will gladly accept the imminent …
Article • March 14, 2017
Eighth Circuit: Improperly Filed Habeas Petitions Should Be Converted to Bivens Action by On December 17, 2014, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals revived a case brought by a state prisoner who alleged in a habeas corpus petition that his Eighth Amendment rights had been violated by a prison …
Article • March 14, 2017
Early Dismissal of Probationer's Lawsuit on Qualified Immunity Grounds Reversed By Ninth Circuit by On March 29, 2016, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed an Oregon federal district court ruling which dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man whose probation was revoked …
Article • March 14, 2017
Filed under: Parole, Juveniles
California Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Constitutionality of Miller Fix, Giving Juveniles Sentenced to Life Parole after 25 Years by On May 26, 2016, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling which passed on a chance to rule on the constitutionality of the state legislature's response to the United …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Ohio Pays More Than $9.6 Million to Three Men Wrongfully Convicted in 1975 Murder by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On February 22, 2016, the State of Ohio and two men imprisoned for decades for a murder they did not commit agreed to a settlement totaling more than $5.9 million. …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
New Jersey Appellate Court Modifies Use of Polygraphs for Paroled Sex Offenders by On January 21, 2016, a New Jersey appellate court upheld the State Parole Board’s requirement that sex offenders take polygraph examinations but modified how the results could be used, prohibiting evidentiary use that could result in the …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Tragic Justice: Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners Die Shortly After Exoneration by Matthew Clarke For many people who are wrongfully convicted, being arrested for a crime they did not commit is just the first in a series of tragic events. If the arrest is traumatic, then their conviction and often lengthy incarceration …
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