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Dallas Police Convicted of Framing Drug Defendants, DA Refuses to Help Innocent Prisoners by by Matthew T. Clarke In April, 2000, former Dallas police officers Quentis Roper and Daniel Maples were convicted of extorting more than $125,000 from drug dealers and illegal immigrants and falsifying evidence against those who refused …
Compensating the Wrongly Convicted, or Not by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Hundreds of thousands of men and women are hidden from society—social failures convicted of felonies—behind concrete walls and razor wire in isolated parts of our country. Nestled among them are society's silenced victims—the wrongfully convicted. Society is …
Brief • June 4, 2003
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police
Gregory v. City of Louisville, KY, Affidavit - Katsaris, police, 2003 • ) ~ : UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION NO. 3:01-CV-535-R " 0 WILLIAM THOMAS GREGORY, '., - (- :-~-.J " . Plaintiff, I ••_1 <. vs. Cfl ~ .. .:-:; -, ~ .::. …
Tulia Travesty Settled for $6 Million by Hans Sherrer Tulia Travesty Settled For $6 Million by Hans Sherrer On August 22, 2003, Texas Governor Rick Perry pardoned 35 people whose convictions stemmed from a Swisher County drug investigation that began in 1998. The prosecution of those people began with the …
Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003
Washington Police Scientists' Work Under Scrutiny by Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW) is undertaking a review of cases in which Washington State Patrol scientists Arnold Melnikoff and Michael Hoover conducted forensic testing or offered expert testimony. It was recently revealed that Melnikoff engaged in scientific fraud during his tenure as the …
Supreme Court: No Punitive Damages Allowed Under RA and ADA by In a unanimous opinion, the United States supreme court held that punitive damages are not allowed under the Rehabilitation Act, (RA), 29 U.S.C. § 794 (a) or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12132. Jeffrey Gorman …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Illinois Man Awarded $15 Million for 15 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment by On October 29, 2001, a federal jury in Chicago awarded $15 million plus about $2 million in attorney fees to James Newsome, 45, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 15 years behind bars. It was the …
County Supervisors Liable for Indemnifications by John E Dannenberg County Supervisors Liable For Indemnifications by John E. Dannenberg The Los Angeles (LA), California County Board of Supervisors made official decisions, and thus a policy, to indemnify their county sheriffs so as to willfully (i.e., in bad faith) protect the sheriffs …
U.S. Cited for Human Rights Violations by Gary Hunter ( On May 15, 2001, at a human rights conference in Geneva, the United States was denounced for its inhumane and discriminatory practices. Amnesty International and the U.N. Committee Against Torture cited the U.S. for oppressive tactics by both public law …
Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001
Book Review: Power, Politics, &amp; Crime by Rick Card Book Review: Power, Politics, & Crime by William J. Chambliss, Westview Press, 1999 Review by Rick Card "There is ... a huge chasm," says William Chambliss in his book, Power, Politics, & Crime , "between the reality of crime, the public's …
New York City Settles Black Panther Frame Up Suit for $890,000 by Roger Smith On December 5, 2000, New York City officials agreed to settle Dhoruba alMujahid bin Wahad's wrongful imprisonment suit for $490,000 in damages, costs, and attorney fees. Wahad, a former Black Panther leader, was convicted of attempted …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Second Circuit Holds Staged Perp Walks Unconstitutional, Grants Qualified Immunity by The court of appeals for the Second Circuit has held that staged "perp walks" are unconstitional violations of an arrestee's Fourth Amendment's rights. However, the Second Circuit also held that the law was not sufficiently established in September 1995 …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
No Forfeiture Notice Violates Due Process by An en banc majority of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that due process is violated when notice of a pending administrative forfeiture proceeding is not sent directly to a pretrial detainee when the detainee's actual whereabouts can be determined. A panel …
Brief • March 28, 2001
Zamani v. LAPD, CA, Appellant Brief, Racial Profiling, 2001 1. STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION This is an action brought originally in the United States District Court, Central District of California, brought by plaintiff under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to vindicate his rights under the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment to the …
A.I. Reports on US Compliance with UN Convention Against Torture by Julia Lutsky In May 2000, a United States government delegation appeared before the UN Committee against Torture in Geneva to present its first report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
$49,999 Settlement in CA Sex Extortion Suit by On February 1, 2000, San Bernadino County, California settled a lawsuit with Jeffrey Darr for $49,999. Darr filed suit claiming that county sheriff deputy James Wiebeld (now promoted to detective) had framed him on methamphetamine manufacturing charges, for which he spent three …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
States of Confinement: Policing, Detention, and Prisons by Mumia Abu-Jamal Edited by Joy James. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000). 352 Pages Reviewed by Mumia AbuJamal Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky once opined that the nature of a civilization could be discerned by examining its prisons. If that is so, James …
Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million by On April 26, 2000, the city of Los Angeles, California and the federal government agreed to pay former political prisoner Geronimo Ji Jaga (formerly known as Elmer Pratt) $4.5 million to settle a wrongful imprisonment suit he had filed. Ji Jaga …
Police Code of Silence Facts Revealed, National Institute of Ethics, 2000 Police Code of Silence Facts Revealed Page 1 of 7 2000 Conference materials Legal Officers Section International Assn. of Chiefs of Police Back to List of Conference Papers POLICE CODE OF SILENCE FACTS REVEALED Legal Officers Section Annual Conference …
Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000
A Matter of Law by Mumia Abu-Jamal By Mumia Abu-Jamal Law is simply politics by other means& - David Kairys, Legal Reasoning When one looks at public projections of police in the corporate and entertainment media, one thinks of someone who is sworn to follow (as opposed to breaking) the …
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