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Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Wrongfully Convicted Texas Prisoner Finally Receives $118,000 in Compensation by Matthew T. Clarke In 1988, a 17-year-old Josiah Sutton was convicted in a Texas court of a rape he did not commit and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Sutton spent close to five years in prison before new DNA …
New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation by New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation by Gary Hunter Given the controversy and corruption that currently surrounds virtually every aspect of the New York City penal process, its insightful to reflect on how one former New York top cop …
BJS Director Sacked For Telling Truth About Racial Profiling by Matthew T. Clarke Lawrence A. Greenfield was the director of the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a low-profile government agency that employs some 50 people for the task of preparing reports on statistical analysis of criminal justice-related issues …
Washington State Forensic Scientist Helps Convict the Innocent, FBI Assists by by Matthew T. Clarke Washington State Patrol crime lab forensic scientist Charles Vaughan had no problem finding new employment after he helped convict two innocent Oregon State men of murder when he worked as a state forensic scientist in …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
COPS Program Fails To Arrest Crime, Funding Improprieties by by Michael Rigby Police chiefs and politicians across the nation have hailed the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program as largely responsible for the sharp drop in crime that began in the mid-1990s, USA Today recently reported. But now--10 years and …
What Criminal Defense Lawyers Should Know About Civil Damages Recoveries, Olson, 2005 What Criminal Defense Lawyers Should Know About Civil Damages Recoveries For Clients Whose Constitutional Rights have been Violated by the Police September 13, 2005, 5:30 p.m. Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association Bellini’s 401 E. Washington Avenue Madison, …
Maricopa County, Arizona, Settles Wrongful Imprisonment Suit For $1.4 Million by On April 6, 2005, a man falsely imprisoned for a decade on Arizona's death row settled with Maricopa County for $1.4 million. Ray Krone, once dubbed the snaggletooth" killer, was sentenced to death in 1992 based on testimony that …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Crime Lab Problems Continue In Texas, Elsewhere by Michael Rigby More than two years after the closure of its DNA division, the Houston Police Department (HPD) crime lab remains a lesson in how not to run a forensics unit. Recent developments include the discovery of 280 boxes of misplaced evidence …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
$95,000 Settlement For Imprisonment Based On Falsified Police Report by by John E. Dannenberg The Los Angeles, California County Sheriff's Department sought $95,000 authority from the L.A. County Claims Board (Board) to settle a wrongful incarceration federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a plaintiff whose conviction had been predicated upon …
Remedying a Particularized Form of Discrimination, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2005 COMMENTS REMEDYING A PARTICULARIZED FORM OF DISCRIMINATION: WHY DISABLED PLAINTIFFS CAN AND SHOULD BRING CLAIMS FOR POLICE MISCONDUCT UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT RACHEL E. BRODIN † INTRODUCTION On November 18, 2000, Ryan K. Schorr, a twenty-five-year-old …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
New York City Settles False Imprisonment Suit For $1.25 Million by On September 23, 2004, New York City agreed to pay $1.25 million to a man who was falsely arrested and imprisoned for 15 months. Bernie Pollard, a 28-year-old construction worker, was arrested at his Brooklyn home on July 22, …
First Circuit Rejects Interlocutory Appeal for Authorities Accused of Frame-Up by by Robert H. Woodman In a case involving charges of frame-up and cover-up by former Massachusetts and federal authorities brought by former Massachusetts state prisoners, their family members, estates, and survivors, the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals …
Wrongfully-Convicted Missouri Woman Receives $7.5 Million After 16 Years in Prison by Wrongfully-Convicted Missouri Woman Receives $7.5 Million After 16 Years in Prison by Matthew T. Clarke On September 14, 2004, the St. Louis suburb of Dellwood settled a suit by a woman wrongfully convicted of murder for $7.5 million. …
Wilkins v. City of Oakland, 9th Cir, Appeal, Brief 4th Am police shot by police unjustified deadly force, 2005 No. _________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT _____________________ KELY WILKINS, Individually, as Successor in Interest to Decedent WILLIAM ALBERTO WILKINS, and as Guardian Ad Litem …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee in Botched Raid; Prisoner Also Killed by Michael Rigby Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee In Botched Raid; Prisoner also Killed By Michael Rigby One day after he used a fake gun to escape from a courthouse in Tacoma, Washington, a "three-strikes" prisoner was killed by …
Wrongfully Convicted Pennsylvania Prisoner Settles for $2.3 Million; Forensics Expert Fired by A wrongfully convicted ex-prisoner who spent 15-years in a Pennsylvania prison got modest compensation from the government that imprisoned him by winning a $2.3 million settlement in the lawsuits he filed. In Washington state, a forensic scientist was …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Austin, Texas, Settles Wrongful Conviction Suit for $9 Million by by Matthew T. Clarke On July 17, 2003, the City of Austin, Texas settled for $9 million a suit brought by the guardian of a wrongfully convicted Texas prisoner. Richard Danziger, 31, a wrongfully convicted Texas state prisoner, spent 12 …
Publication • August 3, 2004
New York State Police, Trooper James D. Leeder Letter of Censure, 2004 WAYNE E. BENNETT SUPERINTENDENT NEW YORK STATE POLICE TROOP T HEADQUARTERS P.O. BOX 189 ALBANY, N. Y. 12201-0189 August 3, 2004 LETTER OF CENSURE Trooper James D. Leeder New York State Police Troop T Tarrytown, New York Dear …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Los Angeles County Pays $2.75 Million for Illegal Strip Searches by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The County of Los Angeles settled for $2.75 million the complaints of illegal strip searches and body cavity searches of female demonstrators at the Democratic National Convention in August, 2000, and the …
Maryland Detainee Chained to Pole Awarded Damages, but No Fees by The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed in part a jury award of damages against Maryland police officers who left an arrestee tied to a pole in a deserted parking lot. The court also affirmed denial of …
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