Florida Murder Suspect’s Confession Suppressed; TV Show Video also Barred by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the suppression of a murder case defendant’s statement due to a Miranda violation. The constitutional violation occurred as detectives were “shadowed” by a crew from the television show The First 48. The …
Florida Woman’s False Arrest Results in $200,000 Jury Verdict by Florida’s Palm Beach County Sheriff paid $200,000 to satisfy a verdict in a lawsuit stemming from a woman being falsely accused of burglary and credit card fraud. After several cars were burglarized in August 2011, the owners reported their credit …
JPay v. Kobel, FL, Def. Notice of Removal - Arbitration Demand re Unlawful Conduct - Money Transfer (2016) Case 1:16-cv-20121-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/08/2016 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION JPAY, INC., A Delaware Corporation, …
Polk County Florida Juvenile Prison Conditions Corizon Treatment Held Constitutional by On March 15, 2012, suit was brought against Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County, Florida and the jail’s health care provider Corizon Health Inc. for violating the constitutional rights of its juvenile prisoners. Plaintiffs filed for class certification, temporary …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Unsworn Declaration, Failure to Treat Hernias, 2015 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 25-1 Filed 12/24/15 Page 1 of 53 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division TRACY COPELAND, AMADO PARRA, and ARCHIE GREEN, individually and on behalf of a Class of persons similarly situated, ) …
Daniels v. Reddish et al, FL, Plf Res to Def MTD, transfer guard brutality inmate retaliation, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION RONNIE DANIELS, Case No. 3:15-cv-719-J-34MCR Daniels, v. BARRY REDDISH, MARK TAYLOR, HERBERT McCLOUD, CASEY CLARK, WILLIAM BENNETT, JAY GROVES, …
Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Unsuccessfully Challenged by David Reutter Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Unsuccessfully Challenged by David M. Reutter The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently challenged the constitutionality of a Miami-Dade County, Florida ordinance that, according to the organization, forces sex offenders on probation into homelessness by …
Murphy et al v. City of Key West, FL, Deposition - Lee, police policy, 2015 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA KEY WEST DIVISION CASE NO.: 4:15-CV-10044-JEM MARTY MURPHY, as Guardian for MATTHEW SHAUN MURPHY, and MARIE K. ANNULYSSE, as natural Parent of …
Florida Woman States Claim Against Man Running “Mug Shot” Websites for Advertising and Profit by Florida Woman States Claim Against Man Running “Mug Shot” Websites for Advertising and Profit The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss Shannon Bilotta’s suit in …
State Prison Systems Privatizing Prisoner Accounts for Commissions by State Prison Systems Privatizing Prisoner Accounts for Commissions by David M. Reutter Three state prison systems have relinquished control of their prisoner trust accounts to a private company. The contracts provide for fees on deposits and “commissions” on each transaction for …
HRDC letter to Escambia County, FL re proposed jail on Superfund site - Nov. 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS November 12, 2015 Re: Vote on New Jail Proposed for Former EPA Superfund Site Dear Commissioners, The controversy of a proposal for a new jail in …
$3 Million Settlement in Florida County Detainee’s Withdrawal Symptom Death by $3 Million Settlement in Florida County Detainee’s Withdrawal Symptom Death Orange County, Florida, paid $3 Million to settle a lawsuit that alleged a pre-trail detainee died from drug withdrawal symptoms caused by the failure to provide her required methadone …
Florida’s IQ Rule for Death Penalty Exemption Unconstitutional by David Reutter Florida’s IQ Rule for Death Penalty Exemption Unconstitutional by David Reutter Florida’s “rigid rule” that requires defendants to have an IQ of 70 or less before they can present mitigating evidence of an intellectual disability “creates an unacceptable risk …
News in Brief by News in Brief California: On April 21, 2015, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced that 30 body cameras would soon be deployed by jailers working within Jail No. 4. He said he hopes that the new equipment will emphasize transparency and accountability in his department, which …
Florida Officers Not Covered By Indemnity Fund When Committing Unforeseen Crimes by Florida Officers Not Covered By Indemnity Fund When Committing Unforeseen Crimes A Florida circuit court held a woman who was sexually assaulted by a lieutenant while she was a prisoner at the Indian River County Jail could not …
Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries by Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court held that the City of Pembroke Pines has no duty to provide water and sewage services to a site owned …
Two Florida Guards Charged in Assault of Prisoner by David Reutter Two Florida Guards Charged in Assault of Prisoner by David Reutter Two former guards from Florida’s Pinellas County Jail were arrested and charged with official misconduct after one of them assaulted a prisoner. As prisoner Casio Burton, 28, was …
Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by David Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has partially reversed it blanket ban on tobacco products, allowing prisoners at work release centers to possess up to 10 …
Florida Coalition Letter to U.S. Dept. of Justice, Request for CRIPA Investigation into the Florida DOC, 2015 October 15, 2015 Ms. Vanita Gupta Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Main Washington, D.C. 20530 Re: …
$475,000 Settlement Paid in Tallahassee Suit Alleging Police Misconduct by $475,000 Settlement Paid in Tallahassee Suit Alleging Police Misconduct The City of Tallahassee has agreed to pay $475,000 to plaintiffs to settle their suit claiming police misconduct that violated the plaintiffs’ rights under federal and state law. Christina West crashed …
