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Not the Usual Suspects: The Politics of the Prison Boom by Marie Gottschalk Throughout American history, politicians and public officials have exploited public anxieties about crime and disorder for political gain. The difference today is that these political strategies and public anxieties have come together in the perfect storm. They …
Ninth Circuit: Vested Retirement Benefits May Be Garnished to Pay Criminal Fines by The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, held that the federal Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA) trumps the anti-alienation provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), so as …
Article • July 15, 2008
Washington Parolee Rapes Woman Who Wins over $200,000 in Lawsuit by Martin Schandel, a paroled Washington state sex offender, raped Margaret Savage. She sued the state for negligent supervision because Schandel wasn't being tested for drug and alcohol use, and wasn't being required to participate in mental health treatment. At …
Article • July 15, 2008
Oregon Death Row Prisoner Awards Victims $58.5 Million by In September, 2007, an Oregon death row prisoner settled a wrongful death action brought by his victim’s family. The deal awards the family approximately $58.5 million, barring the prisoner from profiting from the story of his crimes. Just before Christmas, 2001, …
Article • January 15, 2008
New York Court Allows Garnishment of Military Pay for Crime Victim's Judgment by The New York Supreme Court in Albany County has held that funds in a prisoner's inmate account are not exempt from garnishment to satisfy a judgment under the state's Son-of-Sam law even if those funds are military …
Article • January 15, 2008
Documents Exempt from Viewing under Public Records Act Allowed with Confidentiality Agreement by Because of an underlying civil action brought in Massachusetts against the Bright Horizons Children's Center, Inc. (the Center), alleging sexual abuse of a minor child, the Center sought records of the completed investigation from the district attorney …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Texas Last State in Union to Get Prison Phones by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 15, 2007, legislation took effect that brought Texas into the fold of the other 49 states that have prisoner telephones in state prisons. State Senator Letica Van de Putte filed SD 1580, authorizing …
California Granted Immunity in Parolee Wrongful Death Suit by George Martinez filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of San Diego County against the Department of Corrections (DOC) and the State of California (defendants) for the wrongful death of his daughter, Mary Ellen Martinez, who was kidnapped and murdered by …
New Mexico Jail Settles Escapee Murder Suit For $750,000.00 by In 2002, the Taos County Detention Center (TCDC) in New Mexico paid $750,000.00 to settle a law suit filed by George Weiss, the father of Jonathan Weiss. George Weiss claimed that the TCDC officials caused the death of his son, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Alaska Pays Victims of Prisoner-Orchestrated Mail Bomb $2.6 Million by Following a verdict for the plaintiffs in December 1995, the State of Alaska agreed to settle with the victims of a prisoner-orchestrated mail bomb for $2.6 million. On September 17, 1991, plaintiffs, the father and stepmother of a witness who …
Daughters Of Woman Killed By Furloughed Indiana Prisoner Settle For $900,000 by Two daughters who witnessed their mother's murder by a furloughed Indiana prisoner settled their claim against the state for $900,000. The woman's attacker, her ex-husband, had been imprisoned by the state for crimes against her and the couple's …
Article • May 15, 2007
Police Rape Plaintiff Allowed to Sue Anonymously by The plaintiff alleged that she had been sexually assaulted by a state trooper. Her case was consolidated for discovery with three other similar cases against the same trooper. The court permits the plaintiff to proceed under a pseudonym, since she has taken …
Sex Offender Treatment Records Not Subject to Discovery by The plaintiff was raped in a McDonald's parking lot and sued the company. The rapist is now in prison and receiving mental health treatment, and the victim is seeking his prison mental health records. Under state law (the case being a …
Article • May 15, 2007
$25,000 Paid in WA Parolee Negligent Supervision suit by Mark Bulzomi suffered serious and permanent injuries when Zachery Euse violently drove his vehicle into Bulzomi's. Euse was on community supervision by the Washington Department of Corrections, and he was driving without license. Bulzomi filed a negligent supervision claim in the …
Article • May 15, 2007
$6,285,436 Awarded In Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Suit by In 1997 a Pierce county Superior Court Jury in Washington awarded $6,285,436 to Sylvia McFarland for the wrongful death of her 17 year old daughter Meeka Willinham. On August 19, 1994, a man named Johnny Robert Eggers entered Meeka's bedroom and …
Article • May 15, 2007
$7,500 Settlement To Victims Of Washington Parolee Scam In Tacoma, Washington by In 1994 the Washington State Department of Corrections gave $7,500 to the plaintiffs Olva Kleiva and Manda Kleiva, Martin Toso and Joyce Toso, Eugene Perrine and Ute Perrine, for their money being stolen by a parolee named Richard …
Article • May 15, 2007
WA State Owes No Duty to Ensure That Foster Kids Don't Harm the General Public by Aba Sheikh sustained injuries when he was beaten by four teenagers in a Seattle parking lot in March of 1999. The teenagers were in state-imposed foster care at the time. Sheikh obtained a judgment …
Article • May 15, 2007
Colorado: City Pays $240,000 to Victims of Serial Rapist by On January 30, 2006, the city of Aurora, Colorado, announced it would pay $240,000 to four women raped by a man they claimed should have been arrested months earlier. In November 2004, Brent J. Brents admitted to molesting an 8 …
Article • May 15, 2007
U.S. Liable to Victim for Failing to Treat Psychotic Prisoner by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that the United States was liable for the behavior of an untreated, psychotic prisoner who raped and killed three women in Alabama after being released from BOP custody. U.S. was …
Article • May 15, 2007
$2,250,000 Paid in Negligent Supervision of Washington Parolee by On January 11, 1998, Warrick Washington, a dangerous and mentally- ill Washington parolee, shot and killed two teenage boys playing videogames at a friend's house. Prior to the shooting Washington had knowingly violated terms of his parole no less than four …
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