Skip navigation

Search

84 results
Page 4 of 5. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 | Next »

"Institutionalization" Fails as Criminal Defense at Trial and on Appeal by On May 14, 2008, a California court of appeals upheld the conviction of a man who said he committed an inept bank robbery because he wanted to return to prison. Horace Bordelon, a California state prisoner, spent seven years …
$3 Million Jury Award in Wrongful Termination of Washington Prosecutor by A jury in Washington’s King County awarded a fired prosecutor $3,075,170. The lawsuit by Barbara Corey charged that she was wrongfully terminated by the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office in 2004. At the time of her firing, Corey was number …
Ted Stevens' Charges Dropped: A Tale of Two Justice Systems by Joshua Holland By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Posted on April 1, 2009, Printed on April 1, 2009 Editor's note: this originally appeared on AlterNet's blog, PEEK. It's immaterial that former Alaska senator Ted Stevens was a loathsome, quasi-corrupt slug of …
Nassau County Attorney's Representation Of Assistant D.A. Terminated For Suspicion by Nassau County (New York) and District Attorney Dennis Dillon appealed an order granting reimbursement for private counsel obtained by Assistant District Attorney Marie Salem in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 defamation suit. The County also appealed a protective order …
Maricopa County Special Prosecutor Padded Résumé, Law Partner Quits by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Regular readers of PLN are familiar with Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who bills himself as “America’s Toughest Sheriff.” [See, e.g., PLN, March 2007, p.14]. Dennis Wilenchik, a private attorney known as “Arpaio’s …
Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Racist jokes, sexually explicit photos, love notes to his mistress and evidence of improper political campaigning were found in the e-mail account …
$1.5 Million Awarded Female Washington Attorneys For Workplace Abuse By Prosecutor by Thurston County (Washington) criminal prosecutor's office employees brought civil rights violations action against the County for gender discrimination and hostile work environment beginning in 2001. Audrey Broyles, Susan Sackett Dan Pullo, and Vonda Sargent (plaintiffs) were awarded $1,522,000 …
Head on a Skewer by Paul Rubin Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself Phoenix New Times By Paul Rubin Published: March 20, 2008 On May 2, 2005, a prosecutor and an investigator …
New Times files a prelude to a lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Stephen Lemons County Attorney Andy Thomas and a discredited ex-special prosecutor on behalf of its readers and the Constitution Phoenix New Times By Stephen Lemons Published: February 21, 2008 New Times submitted a formal Notice of Claim …
Broward County, FL Sheriff Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Facing an imminent federal grand jury indictment, Florida?s Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne took preemptive action by agreeing to plead to lesser charges and resign as Sheriff. PLN has previously reported the …
Below the Belt - Phoenix New Times article on Sheriff Arpaio's smear campaign against political opponent by Paul Rubin By Paul Rubin, Phoenix New Times It came as little surprise to most people in the know that Buckeye Police Chief Dan Saban lost his recent defamation trial against Sheriff Joe Arpaio …
Article • May 15, 2007
Cell Search Ordered By Prosecutor Actionable Under Fourth Amendment by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a prisoner in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center retained sufficient Fourth Amendment rights to challenge a cell search initiated by the prosecution in his criminal case. Three defendants appealed …
Article • May 15, 2007
Delaware Life Sentence = 45 years; Ruling May Affect 200 Prisoners; Court Reverses Self After Prosecutors Whine by Delaware Life Sentence = 45 years; Ruling May Affect 200 Prisoners; Court Reverses Self After Prosecutors Whine The Delaware Supreme Court, sitting En Banc, held that its decision in Crosby v. State, …
Article • May 15, 2007
District Attorney Must Pay $50,001 Damages; Seized Property Illegally Held by The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a $50,001 damages award against a Pennsylvania district attorney who illegally retained an arrestee's property. Frederick A. Brilla sued Washington County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney John Pettit under 42 U.S.C. §1983, claiming …
Article • May 15, 2007
$183,000 Awarded To California Deputy District Attorney Attacked During Parole Hearing by $183,000 Awarded To California Deputy District Attorney Attacked During Parole Hearing In 1980, a California Deputy District Attorney (Savitt) was attacked and stabbed multiple times by a maximum security prisoner during a parole hearing. The prisoner had a …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ordered to Pay Prisoner $500 For Misconduct by Michael Rigby On April 6, 2005, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas levied a $500 sanction award against two Assistant U.S. Attorneys for their unethical, unprofessional, and dishonest conduct in a prisoner …
North Carolina Prosecutors Reprimanded For Intentionally Withholding Crucial Exculpatory Evidence in by North Carolina Prosecutors Reprimanded For Intentionally Withholding Crucial Exculpatory Evidence in Capital Case by Matthew T. Clarke Alan Gell cried recently after a North Carolina State Bar panel issued a mere reprimand, the least discipline possible, to two …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Illinois Governor Commutes All Death Sentences by Michael Rigby On January 11, 2003 Governor George Ryan ensured himself a place in the history of criminal justice reform by commuting the death sentences of 167 people. It was the most sweeping act of its kind by a governor in U.S. history. …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
New York Prisoners Prosecuted by Gary Hunter The prosecution of prisoners in Greene County New York is a high priority for District Attorney Terry Wilhelm. In the first nine months of his tenure, Wilhelm secured 23 indictments from the Greene and Coxsackie Correctional Facilities. His predecessor, Ed Cloke, prosecuted only …
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
Louisiana Prosecutors Have "Ties" to Murder by Gary Hunter Lawrence Jacobs Jr. was on trial for first degree murder in Jefferson Parish Louisiana when an assistant district attorney approached him and whispered "We're going to hang you boy." Lawrence Jacobs Sr., who was only in the courtroom to support his …
Page 4 of 5. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 | Next »