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Poor Parents Fail to Pay Child Support, Go to Jail by Matthew Clarke Child support is an enormous issue in the United States. In August 2015, Mark Greenberg, the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, …
Outcomes of California’s Proposition 47 by Joe Watson The passage of California’s Proposition 47 in November 2014 – which reduced many felony drug possession and property crimes to misdemeanors – might be a harbinger of criminal justice reform nationwide. But for now, reform advocates have gladly accepted the release of …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Wrongfully-convicted Former Prisoner Receives $13.2 Million in FBI Hair Analysis Case by Derek Gilna A 55-year-old man who was convicted based upon the now-discredited “science” of forensics hair analysis has been awarded $13.2 million by District of Columbia Superior Court Judge John M. Mott. This was just the latest in …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Obama Issues Another 214 Commutations for Federal Prisoners by Derek Gilna President Obama announced 214 commutations on August 3, 2016, spurring hope that the pace will increase as he nears the end of his term in office. This latest batch, the largest number of commutations issued in a single day …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Parole, Probation
Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety, PEW, 2016 A brief from Aug 2016 Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety Individuals on community supervision can earn credits to reduce their sentences Overview In 2012, Missouri established an “earned compliance credits” policy that allows …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Parole
Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Release Preparation Program, OAG, 2016 Office of the Inspector General U.S.ce Depof artthe mentInsp of Justice Offi ector General U.S. Department of Justice Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Release Preparation Program Evaluation and Inspections Division 16-07 August 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During …
Article • August 26, 2016
Oklahoma DA: Pardons Board Violated State's Mandatory Sentencing Guidelines by If a clemency board chooses to sidestep mandatory sentencing guidelines and recommend a prisoner's early release, it possesses that maneuverability. And, as an Oklahoma D.A. recently illustrated, prosecutors hate being outmaneuvered. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater accused the state's …
Article • August 25, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Illinois Wrongful Conviction Suit Settled for $5 Million by Matthew Clarke In June 2012, the Village of Woodridge, Illinois, and several of its police officers settled a case brought by a man who bad been wrongfully convicted of rape due to the suppression and fabrication of evidence twenty years earlier. …
Article • August 25, 2016
Colorado Parole Officer Allegedly Forges Documents to Increase Incarceration by According to a report by the Inspector General's Office (IG) of the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC), a parole officer may have changed the arrest dates on documents to keep people arrested on parole violation warrants locked up longer than …
Article • August 25, 2016
Oregon Prosecutor & Defense Attorney Face Discipline for Illegal Confinement of Mentally Ill Defendant by The Oregon State Bar has voted to pursue disciplinary action against the Washington County District Attorney and a mentally ill criminal defendant's attorney for causing the man's illegal confinement. Donn Thomas Spinosa stabbed his wife …
Utah Prisoners Incarcerated Longer Due to Lack of Rehabilitation Program Space by Since 2011, the average length of a Utah state prisoner's incarceration has increased by three months. The reason is a lack of space in rehabilitation programs--especially programs for sex offenders—combined with a parole board requirement that prisoners complete …
Second Circuit Upholds Implicit Waiver of Appearance at Disciplinary Hearing by Bruce Smith was a New York state prisoner when he was charged with the disciplinary infraction of fighting with another prisoner. On the day of his disciplinary hearing, Smith was brought to the hearing room, but the hearing officer …
Article • August 25, 2016
$4 Million Jury Award to Wrongfully Jailed Immigrant Reversed on Appeal by In May 1997, Yongping Zhou (plaintiff), a Chinese mechanical engineer, entered the United States on a fiancée visa. The marriage ended with charges of domestic violence, for which Zhoe was convicted in 1998, though the charges were eventually …
Article • August 25, 2016
Filed under: Good Time
Washington Court Upholds Prison's Good Time Credit Computation by The Washington State Court of Appeals held that the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) correctly calculated a prisoner's time served and good time sentence reduction credit for presentence confinement. Kail Erickson spent 98 days in jail awaiting trial and received 49 …
Article • August 25, 2016
USDC ED NY Grants Opposition to Quash Depositions in Murder/Rape by A magistrate judge at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted in November 2011 the Plaintiff’s motion opposing Defenses’ motion to quash deposition notices and notice of subpoena in a civil case resultant …
Article • August 25, 2016
California "Reason to Know" Probation Condition Not Unconstitutionally Vague by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeals held that a probation condition prohibiting association with persons “you know, or reasonably should know” are drug users is not unconstitutionally vague. In 2012, Jaime Mata Mendez was convicted of California drug charges …
Article • August 25, 2016
Filed under: Good Time
Ninth Circuit Approves Prorated Good Time Under §3624(b)(1) by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP’s) interpretation of the maximum good time credits a federal prisoner may receive under 18 USC § 3624(b). Under § 3624(b)(1)(1995), a federal prisoner receives 54 days of good time …
Article • August 25, 2016
Filed under: Sentencing
Washington: Consecutive Sentences Affirmed by In an unpublished opinion from a Washington State appellate court, state prisoner Jordan Knippling was denied relief on his claim that he was given an exceptional sentence without notice. The complaint was filed following Knippling’s being sentenced to 43 months for a custodial assault he …
Article • August 24, 2016
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Suit for Faulty Rape Investigation by On July 22, 2014, a man who spent 17 days in jail for a false rape accusation had his lawsuit against the Sheriff's office dismissed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court upheld the summary judgment order of …
Article • August 24, 2016
Civil Suit Against Wise County, Virginia for Case of Mistaken Identity by In a case of mistaken identity, an innocent man residing in Memphis, Tennessee was extradited to a regional jail in Wise County, Virginia where he remained incarcerated for more than three months. Once the Commonwealth’s Attorney could be …
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