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Article • October 9, 2015
Punitive Damages Against Officer in Federal Injury Suit Reversed, Attorney’s Fees Awarded to Plaintiff by Punitive Damages Against Officer in Federal Injury Suit Reversed, Attorney’s Fees Awarded to Plaintiff In a suit against a police officer, the U.S. District of Court for the Northern District of California reversed a jury’s …
Article • October 9, 2015
Prisoner Calls 911 on Escapees by Prisoner Calls 911 on Escapees On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, Joshua Silverman was one of eight prisoners being transported to their respective destinations, in different states, by the Prison Transport Service. (PTS) The van transporting the prisoners parked at a hospital while the drivers …
Article • October 9, 2015
$425,000 Settlement in Suit over South Carolina Jail's Failure to Treat Diabetic Prisoner by Matthew Clarke $425,000 Settlement in Suit over South Carolina Jail's Failure to Treat Diabetic Prisoner by Matt Clarke In June 2013, Sumter County, South Carolina and Southern Health Partners, Inc. (SHP), the contract provider of health …
Article • October 9, 2015
$4.28 Awarded to Prisoner; Wins Summary Judgment by $4.28 Awarded to Prisoner; Wins Summary Judgment New Mexico state prisoner William McGhee sued state prison officials in federal court after they took $78.00 from his prison account to cover the cost of a damaged law book. McGhee asked for recovery of …
Untreated Drug Offenders Cost Oregon $21.6 Million by Mark Wilson Untreated Drug Offenders Cost Oregon $21.6 Million by Mark Wilson Failing to treat substance abuse addictions of nearly half of the highest risk Oregon offenders, released between 2008 and 2011, cost crime victims and the state an estimated $21.6 million, …
Article • October 6, 2015
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Oregon Court-Appointed Attorney Fees Require Ability to Pay by Oregon Court-Appointed Attorney Fees Require Ability to Pay On September 10, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a $600 attorney fee award imposed on a criminal defendant because the trial court failed to make a finding as to the defendant’s …
$575,000 Awarded to Unjustly Fired San Francisco Cop by $575,000 Awarded to Unjustly Fired San Francisco Cop In the Superior Court of the state of California, county of San Francisco, a jury decided in favor of the plaintiff, former police officer Bret Cornell, on December 4, 2013. Cornell’s suit was …
Article • October 6, 2015
$10 Million Budgeted to Oregon Counties for Criminal Justice Reforms by Mark Wilson $10 Million Budgetetd to Oregon Counties for Criminal Justice Reforms by Mark Wilson On August 1, 2013, the Oregon legislature passed a sentencing reform bill, designed to shift “low level” offenders from prison to community corrections. With …
Article • October 6, 2015
$506,000 Awarded to Wisconsin Man for Officers’ Unlawful Stop and Arrest by $506,000 Awarded to Wisconsin Man for Officers’ Unlawful Stop and Arrest A federal jury has awarded a man $506,000 after finding two Wisconsin police officers liable of an illegal stop and arrest. Leo Hardy was instructed by officers …
Article • October 6, 2015
Minnesota Attorney Fee Awarded Upheld by Minnesota Attorney Fee Awarded Upheld On September 24, 2012, a district court granted a motion to suppress a gun, filed by Artiase Dvon Williams. The state appealed the order. The court of appeals reversed. Williams’ attorney filed a motion for attorney fees, requesting $120.00 …
No Qualified Immunity for Private Doctor Working in Prison by No Qualified Immunity for Private Doctor Working in Prison On August 12, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a private doctor under contract at a prison is not entitled to assert a defense …
Article • October 6, 2015
Texas Judge Sentenced For Concealing Evidence of Innocence by Matthew Clarke Texas Judge Sentenced For Concealing Evidence of Innocence by Matt Clarke In a week-long legal proceeding held in April 2013, special prosecutor Rusty Hardin presented evidence against then-sitting Williamson County District Judge Ken Anderson that as a prosecutor Anderson …
Article • October 5, 2015
Suit Alleging Prisoner’s Retaliatory Transfer to Out-of-State Prison May be Brought in Receiving State’s Courts by Suit Alleging Prisoner’s Retaliatory Transfer to Out-of-State Prison May be Brought in Receiving State’s Courts In April 2008, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lawsuit alleging that a prisoner had been …
Article • October 5, 2015
Jury Trial Ends As Texas Prisoner Settled His Lawsuit against Prison Officials by Jury Trial Ends As Texas Prisoner Settled His Lawsuit against Prison Officials A prisoner at the Telford Unit (TU) of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has settled his federal suit against two prison officials, for …
Article • October 5, 2015
$1.5 Million Paid to Woman Raped at Gunpoint by Pittsburgh Police by $1.5 Million Paid to Woman Raped at Gunpoint by Pittsburgh Police In 2012, the Cranberry Township police settled a suit against Detective Frank Evanson for allegedly ordering blood work on a rape victim. He then knowingly filed false …
Article • October 5, 2015
$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 …
Article • October 5, 2015
$80,000 Award for New York Prisoner Injured During Scuffle with Guard by David Reutter $80,000 Award for New York Prisoner Injured During Scuffle with Guard by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims awarded $80,000 to a prisoner for injuries sustained after a confrontation between the prisoner and a …
Article • October 1, 2015
Pregnant Behind Bars by Victoria Law Pregnant Behind Bars The shameful lack of prenatal care in U.S. prisons and jails  by Victoria Law Reprinted with permission from In These Times magazine http://inthesetimes.com/article/18410/u.s.-prisons-are-threatening-the-lives-of-pregnant-mothers-and-newborns. At 5 a.m. on June 12, 2012, lying on a mat in a locked jail cell, without a …
Article • September 29, 2015
A Mother Who Just Wanted to Know When Her Son Would Eat by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Waging Nonviolence  The temperature in Corona, Calif., can soar above 100 degrees in the summer, sometimes climbing as high as 110. For Dolores Canales and others locked into their cells 22 hours a …
Article • September 29, 2015
Settlement Ends Gender Discrimination of Montana Prisoners by Settlement Ends Gender Discrimination of Montana Prisoners The Montana Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to a settlement in litigation brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana alleging gender discrimination. The settlement ends forced participation in a “treatment” program entitled “Right …
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