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Article • August 15, 2008
BOP Employees on Active Military Leave Not Entitled to Statutorily Mandated Benefits by Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Mathew Tully appealed a Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) decision denying him holiday pay while he was on active military leave from the BOP. The decision was affirmed. While Tully served …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
U.S. Releases Highest Ranking Soldier Convicted For Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse by On October 1, 2007, former U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick, 40, was released from the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after having served three years of his eight year prison sentence for abusing prisoners at …
Article • June 15, 2008
The Torture Election: Fighting for the Soul of the American Psychological Association by Jeffrey S. Kaye By Jeffrey S. Kaye, AlterNet Posted on April 23, 2008 Printed on June 23, 2008 In a surprising turn of events, New York psychologist Steven Reisner won over 30% of the votes in the …
Article • January 15, 2008
New York Court Allows Garnishment of Military Pay for Crime Victim's Judgment by The New York Supreme Court in Albany County has held that funds in a prisoner's inmate account are not exempt from garnishment to satisfy a judgment under the state's Son-of-Sam law even if those funds are military …
US appellate court rejects British victims' suit for Guantánamo torture damages by By John Burton On January 11, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed a case brought by four British citizens seeking money damages to compensate them for having been tortured by the …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
BJS Releases Statistics on Vets in Prison in 2004 by Veterans were about half as likely as non-veterans to be imprisoned in 2004, but more than twice as likely to be serving time for a sex offense, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics said in a report released on May …
Article • December 15, 2007
State Secrets Privilege Protects U.S. in. Erroneous Rendition Suit by Matthew Clarke By Matthew T. Clarke 0n May 12, 2006, a federal district court in Virginia ruled that a German citizen who allegedly was mistaken for a terrorist, kidnapped, flown to a foreign country, isolated and tortured by CIA personnel …
Article • December 15, 2007
Human Bargaining Chips by Joanne Mariner By JOANNE MARINER Tuesday, Jun. 26, 2007 In the new world that we've created under the label of the "war on terror" -- a world in which the U.S. government has adopted the investigative techniques of Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia -- hostage-taking is …
Article • November 15, 2007
A Guantanamo Index by Joanne Mariner By JOANNE MARINER Wednesday, Nov. 07, 2007 Year in which Cuba signed a perpetual lease giving the United States "complete jurisdiction and control" over the Guantanamo Bay naval station: 1903 Number of days that the longest-held detainees have, to date, been held without charge …
“War on Terror” Whistleblowers, Dissenters are Fired, Prosecuted; Plaintiff’s Lawyers Help Turn Them In by Alex Friedmann War on Terror Whistleblowers, Dissenters are Fired, Prosecuted; Plaintiff's Lawyers Help Turn Them In by Alex Friedmann In January 2005, Lt. Commander Matthew M. Diaz was a Navy staff judge advocate serving a …
Argentine priest receives life sentence for dirty war crimes committed in 1970-80's by Marie Trigona Argentina: Priest Imprisoned for Dirty War Crimes Written by Marie Trigona Tuesday, 16 October 2007 Former Chaplin Christian Von Wernich was sentenced to life in prison on October 9th in Argentina, for committing crimes against …
UN Committee Against Torture Wants Guantanamo Closed by by Matthew T. Clarke The United Nations Committee Against Torture (the committee) has published a report urging the closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Guantanamo). In doing so, the committee of nine international experts stated that the indefinite detention …
“State Secrets Privilege” Forecloses CIA-Detainee’s Kidnapping and Torture Suit by John Dannenberg "State Secrets Privilege" Forecloses CIA-Detainee?s Kidnapping and Torture Suit by John E. Dannenberg The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a district court's dismissal of a civil rights action filed by a foreign national who was …
A Voice From Guantanamo’s Darkness by Jumah al-Dossari A Voice From Guantanamo's Darkness A current detainee speaks of the torture and humiliation he has experienced at Guantanamo since 2002 by Jumah al-Dossari JUMAH AL-DOSSARI is a 33-year-old citizen of Bahrain. This article was excerpted from letters he wrote to his …
Clergyman to Stand Trial for "Dirty War" Crimes in Argentina by Marie Trigona | July 25, 2007 A much awaited human rights abuse trial is underway in Argentina. The accused is a catholic priest charged with carrying out human rights abuses while working in several clandestine detention centers during the …
Tennessee DOC’s Double Standard by G.A. Bowers Tennessee DOC's Double Standard by Greg Bowers The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) applies a double standard to ethical violations committed by its employees and those committed by prisoners. TDOC staff who commit ethical violations are typically reassigned. Even when fired, they have …
Perry v. City of Gary, IN, Complaint, Police Brutality, 2007 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA PERCY PERRY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) v. THE CITY OF GARY, INDIANA, ) CORPORAL ANTHONY BLOOD, AND ) OFFICER IRVING GIVENS, ) ) Defendants. ) Complaint …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Medical, Skin, Veterans
Failure to Treat Florida Prisoner's Agent Orange Disease Unconstitutional by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials' failure to provide prescribed treatment to a prisoner suffering from effects of Agent Orange violated his Eight Amendment rights. The Florida prisoner was a Vietnam Veteran who was exposed to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Feres Doctrine Bar Military Prisoners FTCA Claim by Feres Doctrine Bar Military Prisoner's FTCA Claim The plaintiff, a prisoner at the U.S. Army disciplinary facility, serving 29 years for kidnapping, rape, and attempted murder, was hurt by a falling ceiling while watching television. His Federal Tort Claims Act suit is …
Article • May 15, 2007
Enlisted Military Personnel Cannot Sue Superior Officers for Constitutional Violations by Enlisted Military Personnel Cannot Sue Superior Officers for Constitutional Violations The United States Supreme Court has held that enlisted military personnel may not maintain a Bivens suit to recover damages from a superior officer for alleged constitutional violations. The …
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