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Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010
Convictions Upheld in Appeal of Lynne Stewart, Attorney to Blind Sheikh, but Case Remanded for Resentencing by Justin Miller On December 23, 2009, a federal appeals court upheld the convictions of disbarred defense attorney Lynne Stewart and criticized what it called a “strikingly low sentence” for her offenses, which were …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Call Your Attorney from Jail, Go to Prison by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Jail prisoners in California, Florida, Michigan and Texas have unknowingly had their phone calls to defense attorneys secretly recorded and handed over to prosecutors. The recordings surfaced before trial, when prosecutors were required to divulge …
Army Prisoners Isolated, Denied Right to Legal Counsel by Dahr Jamail The military’s treatment of Army prisoners is “part of a broader pattern the military has of just throwing people in jail and not letting them talk to their attorneys, not let visitors come, and this is outrageous. In the …
Calls over Monitored Phone to Attorney not Protected by Sixth Amendment by U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert E. Larsen has recommended the denial of a motion to suppress audio recordings obtained by the United States from CCA that contained attorney-client communications. While awaiting trial on federal charges, Gary Eye allegedly conspired …
Article • December 15, 2009
Attorney-Prepared Report to Ohio Government Entity Exempt from Disclosure by On April 21, 2009, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a report prepared for a public entity by its long-time outside counsel was exempt from disclosure under the Ohio Public Records Act, R.C. 149.43. In July 2008, the mayor …
Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes by Matt Renner Monday 12 October 2009 by: Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t | Report President Obama promised to usher in a new era of government transparency when he was sworn into office nine months ago. On …
Brief • September 28, 2009
Filed under: Attorney Client
Andersen v Becker County MN Memorandum Opinion and Order Attorney Calls Monitored 2010 CASE 0:08-cv-05687-ADM-RLE Document 68 Filed 09/28/09 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Kenneth E. Andersen and Dell D. Holm, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, and William K. Bulmer, …
Former Prisoner Convicted of Impersonating Criminal Defense Attorney by On April 15, 2009, a federal jury convicted a former prisoner who impersonated a lawyer on charges of mail fraud and making false statements, and the U.S. District Court subsequently imposed a 51-month prison sentence. Howard O. Kieffer, 54, served time …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Third Circuit Upholds Pennsylvania DOC Policy Requiring Control Number for Legal Mail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding that no legitimate penological interest existed to support a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) policy that requires a PDOC-issued control number on correspondence for it to qualify as legal mail, …
Indigent Texas Prisoners May No Longer be Required to Repay Cost of Court-Appointed Counsel by by Bill Habern On March 11, 2009, the Texas Court of Appeals in Amarillo issued an opinion in a case involving Gilbert Alexander Perez, an indigent defendant. Perez raised two issues on appeal. First was …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Client
A Bridge Between The Ivy League And The Jailhouse: An Interview with Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School by Todd Matthews Thirty years ago, Brett Dignam would not have believed she would spend her career as an attorney advocating for prisoners’ rights. Dignam’s …
No Fourth Amendment Violation for Monitoring Attorney-Client Conversations by When a prisoner consents to the monitoring of calls over a jailhouse telephone, no Fourth Amendment violation exists if the government records calls made to an attorney, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decided June 30, 2008. Scott …
Settlements You Can't Sign: Ethical Implications of Chicago's Machinery of Denial by Craig Futterman By Craig B. Futterman, Jason E. Huber, and Pier Petersen1 Introduction On February 28, 2006, Carlos Salazar,2 a Latino construction worker in his early 40s, had just picked up his mother from a health clinic on …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Prisoner’s Free Speech Rights Violated by Legal Mail Opened Outside His Presence; Qualified Immunity Denied by David Reutter Prisoner’s Free Speech Rights Violated by Legal Mail Opened Outside His Presence; Qualified Immunity Denied by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials who open legal …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Amnesty International Sources Given Journalistic Protection by Amnesty International Sources Given Journalistic Protection A New York federal judge held that sources used by Amnesty International (Amnesty) in drafting a report on conditions of confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York were entitled to the same protection …
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 …
Suit Filed Over Minnesota Jail’s Secret Recording of Privileged Phone Calls by Matthew Clarke Suit Filed Over Minnesota Jail’s Secret Recording of Privileged Phone Calls by Matt Clarke On October 15, 2008, a Minneapolis law firm filed a civil rights suit in federal district court alleging that attorney-client phone calls …
Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer by Paul Wright by Paul Wright, et al. On June 13, 2007, former President Bush nominated Gustavus A. Puryear IV, 40, for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter by Todd Matthews In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter by Todd Matthews If any one of the dozen attorneys working at the Prison Law Office ever …
Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard by Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a female prisoner did not waive attorney-client privilege with respect to certain writings in her …
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