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Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Filed under: Reviews, Habeas Corpus
Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition) by Christopher Zoukis The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition), by Brandon Sample and Alissa Hull (PLN Publishing, 2016). 275 pages, $49.95 (softcover) Book review by Christopher Zoukis The much-anticipated second edition of The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective …
Chicago Police Detective Accused of Brutality Used Similar Techniques at Guantanamo by Derek Gilna In an ironic twist of fate, a former Chicago police detective accused of acts of brutality against suspects in police custody has been cited for using similar tactics at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, …
Conservatives Try to Co-opt Criminal Justice Reform by Matthew Clarke After decades of driving prison expansion by espousing tough-on-crime sentencing laws, advocating for policies to lock up criminals and throw away the key, and exploiting the public’s fear of crime, conservative lawmakers have finally discovered criminal justice reform. Like European …
Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board by Christopher Zoukis In an unusual turn of events, a former prisoner was appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board. While ex-prisoners are typically not considered as parole board members, state officials decided that Kenneth F. Ireland was a qualified candidate. In 1989, when he …
Drastic Sentence Reduction for Mentally Ill Former Tamms Prisoner by Matthew Clarke When Anthony Gay, then-19 years old, was sentenced by an Illinois court for a 1993 probation violation and strong arm robbery that netted a hat and a dollar bill, he was sent to prison for 7 years. But …
Wisconsin: Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner Receives $6.5 Million by Chaunte D. Ott received a $6.5 million settlement from the City of Milwaukee for spending over 12 years in prison on a wrongful murder conviction, after being cleared by DNA evidence that connected the crime to a serial killer. Ott, now …
Ninth Circuit: Congress Can Criminalize Federal Sex Crimes Committed in State Facilities by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in August 2015 that Congress is authorized to criminalize sexual assaults in facilities where federal prisoners are held by agreement with state and local governments. On March 5, …
Illinois: Exonerated Prisoner Calls $80,000 Award a Travesty, Retrial Ordered by Gary Hunter Nathson E. Fields spent 18 years in prison due to a conveniently “lost” file that would have cleared him. Fields was a member of the El Rukn street gang when he was convicted of a double homicide …
Thompson, et al. v. Jackson, et al., GA, Amended Class Action Complaint, Inmates Denied Release, 2016 Fulton Case 1:16-cv-04217-MLB Document 9 Filed 11/10/16 Page 1 of 58 County Superior Court ***EFILED***TMM Date: 10/14/2016 11:51:39 AM Cathelene Robinson, Clerk IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA OSWALD THOMPSON, …
New Orleans Sheriff Ends Oversight of Electronic Monitoring Program by David Reutter The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office’s (OPSO) administration of New Orleans’ Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) was an almost “total failure,” according to the city’s Inspector General, Ed Quatrevaux, who found deficiencies in the program compromised public safety and wasted …
Oregon Habeas Cognizable to Challenge Confinement in Florida and Colorado under Interstate Compact by In a pair of rulings, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that prisoners incarcerated in other states under the Interstate Corrections Compact (ICC) may challenge the conditions of their confinement in habeas corpus actions against Oregon …
Cones v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Order Granting Motion for New Trial, Arrest for Attempted Murder, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-08281-PSG-PLA Document 180 Filed 09/28/16 Page 1 of 16 Page ID #:3080 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. CV 14-8281 PSG (PLAx) Title …
Filing • September 27, 2016
Walker v. White, Amended complaint, wrongful conviction case, 2016 <p>Amended complaint filed in Walker v. White - wrongful conviction suit filed on behalf of Jermaine Walker in Illinois federal court.</p> Case: 1:16-cv-07024 Document #: 24 Filed: 09/26/16 Page 1 of 38 PageID #:119 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR …
Article • September 14, 2016
$15,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Bogus Parole Revocation Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $15,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner George Hill for negligence and false imprisonment. On October 15, 1999, Hill surrendered himself to the D.C. Jail, believing there was a parole violation warrant. On September …
Brief • September 14, 2016
Sledge v. Little, NC, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN DIVISION File No. 7:15-cv-180-D JOSEPH SLEDGE, JR., Plaintiff, vs. PHILLIP LITTLE, in his individual and official capacities; EARL STORMS, in his official capacity; STEPHEN BUNN, in his …
Article • September 9, 2016
Report Lobbies for New Voting Bloc: Millions of Ex-Offenders by Following the recent presidential election, pundits debated which demographic—Latinos, African-Americans, college students or single women—made the difference. A study shows, however, that the greatest impact on election results might have been the disenfranchisement of millions of American citizens who were …
Appeals Court Strikes Down Stringent Sex-Offender Probation Conditions by Derek Gilna Charles Murray was sentenced to 95 months' imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, and as part of that sentence was required to fulfill "various special conditions of supervised release that, for example, require(d) him to …
North Carolina Man Awaits Compensation Four Years After Death Row Exoneration by Matthew Clarke Glen Edward Chapman's conviction for two Hickory, North Carolina murders was reversed and a new trial ordered because lead investigator Dennis 'Money had lied during his trial testimony and detectives had "lost, misplaced or destroyed" evidence …
GAO Report finds Federal Prison Overcrowding Accelerates by Derek Gilna A General Accounting Office study of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that analyzed prisoner population from fiscal years 2006 through 2011, has shown that overcrowding in BOP prisons at all levels of security is increasing and has resulted in …
Justice Department Impedes Release of "Legally Innocent" Prisoners by Derek Gilna Despite several recent high-profile cases where the U.S. Justice Department has urged the release of prisoners who all parties agreed were "legally innocent, dozens more remain behind bars.in North Carolina. The cases arise in instances where men were imprisoned …
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