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Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Exonerated New York Prisoner Recovers $21.9 Million in Damages by An exonerated former New York prisoner received $21.9 million as a result of settlements and a jury verdict in a federal lawsuit claiming that law enforcement officials were responsible for his wrongful convictions for rape and homicide. Jeffrey Deskovic, 16, …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
California Supreme Court Voids Ex Post Facto Sex Offender Residency Restrictions by Derek Gilna Proposition 83, passed in 2006 by California voters and popularly known as Jessica’s Law, had the stated aim of protecting children from sex offenders. It was later codified at Pen. Code § 3003.5(b), but on March …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
$2.5 Million Award for Wrongfully Convicted Former Michigan Prisoner by An exonerated Michigan man will receive $2.5 million for his almost 26 years of wrongful incarceration. He was released from prison after it was discovered that Detroit police had tainted the victim’s identification and withheld exculpatory evidence. Walter Swift was …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Ninth Circuit Rules Judge “Abused Discretion” in Imposing Abstinence as Supervised Release Condition by Derek Gilna Raymond Leo Jarlik Bell, convicted of filing false income tax returns to obtain fraudulent refunds, appealed his 97-month federal prison sentence on three grounds, including whether the judge committed Sixth Amendment error by failing …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Filed under: Overdetention
$360,000 Verdict Against Indiana Sheriff for Denying Prompt Court Hearings by An Indiana federal court awarded nearly $360,000 in a class-action lawsuit alleging the Allen County Sheriff’s Office violated arrestees’ due process rights by failing to bring them before a court within 48 hours. The class consisted of 962 people …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
California Lifers Paroled in Record Numbers by Christopher Zoukis Prisoners serving life sentences in California have been paroled at a record rate since Governor Jerry Brown took office in January 2011 – a positive trend in the view of many advocacy groups, but one that causes worry among victims’ rights …
Article • March 31, 2016
New Jersey’s SOMA Violates Ex Post Facto Prohibitions by Mark Wilson The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the retroactive application of the 2007 Sex Offender Monitoring Act (SOMA) violates state and federal ex post facto prohibitions. In 1986, George Riley was convicted of sex offenses against a child and …
Brief • March 31, 2016
Luse v. Sentinel Offender Services, GA, Consent Order, private parole, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00030-RWS Document 16 Filed 03/31/16 Page 1 of 5 R ( *R)%()R!,)R R R '@/<CJ;8IR R R OR - !R+ &%R R R )%+ %!R &%(R )(-)R!"R R %&R - (.)R R 343C2/CJIR R +:<IR DCI3CJR&G23GR<IR IM0B;KJ32R /C2R …
Brief • March 25, 2016
Davis v. State of Ohio, OH, Complaint, Wrongful Incarceration, 2016 1 -~: 'o"PlG~~ FILED t IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO r~ FRANK C. DAVIS 15211 Martin Glen Terrace Midlothian, Virginia 23112, Plaintiff, vs. STATE OF OHIO Serve: Ohio Attorney General MikeDeWine 30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor Columbus, …
Brief • March 25, 2016
Pettit v. IA Department of Corrections, IA, Ruling, sex offender parole due process, 2016 E-FILED 2016 MAR 25 11:23 AM POLK - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY GARY PETTIT, CASE NO. CVCV049768 Petitioner, vs. FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER IOWA …
Brief • March 24, 2016
McCollum v. Robeson County, NC, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Conviction Death Sentence, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------X Docket # 5:15-CV-451-BO HENRY LEE MCCOLLUM and GERALDINE BROWN RANSOM, on behalf of and as legal guardian of LEON BROWN, Plaintiffs, -versusROBESON …
Creighton v. The City of New York, NY, Order, False Arrest, 2016 Case 1:12-cv-07454-PGG-DCF Document 107 Filed 03/17/16 Page 1 of 5 -I I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CSDNY : 'lJMENT s: CTRONICALLY FILED , >C #: ----i--r--- rE FILED: ---, 3/17 / f w …
Publication • March 14, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
CA gives wrongly convicted man 756G, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006 Calif. gives wrongly convicted man $756G 1 of 1 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Wrongful_Conviction.html Friday, January 20, 2006 · Last updated 6:45 p.m. PT Calif. gives wrongly convicted man $756G THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO -- A man who spent nearly 21 years …
Publication • March 9, 2016
LA Settles With Wrongly Convicted Man, FindLaw, 2006 LA Settles With Wrongly Convicted Man 1 of 1 http://news.findlaw.com Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006 LA Settles With Wrongly Convicted Man (AP) - LOS ANGELES-A man who served more than a decade behind bars for three murders he didn't commit will get $720,000 …
Publication • March 9, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Man Wins 14.5M for Wrongful Conviction, Yahoo, 2006 Print Story: Man Wins $14.5M for Wrongful Conviction on Yahoo! News 1 of 1 Back to Story - Help Man Wins $14.5M for Wrongful Conviction Thu Mar 30, 1:46 PM ET A federal jury awarded $14.5 million in damages to a man …
Publication • March 9, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
N.O. jury awards 14M to exonerated man, Yahoo, 2007 Print Story: N.O. jury awards $14M to exonerated man on Yahoo! News 1 of 1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070210/ap_on_re_us/exonerated_inmate... Back to Story - Help N.O. jury awards $14M to exonerated man Fri Feb 9, 7:30 PM ET A federal jury awarded $14 million Friday …
Publication • March 9, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Phoenix OKs 3M Award in Wrong Conviction, FindLaw, 2005 Phoenix OKs $3M Award in Wrong Conviction 1 of 2 http://news.findlaw.com Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005 Phoenix OKs $3M Award in Wrong Conviction By BETH DeFALCO Associated Press Writer (AP) - PHOENIX-The city of Phoenix has agreed to pay $3 million to …
Publication • March 9, 2016
S.F. may pay freed man 4.5 million settlement, SFGate, 2009 S.F. may pay freed man $4.5 million settlement 1 of 3 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/0... Back to Article S.F. may pay freed man $4.5 million settlement Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, June 4, 2009 San Francisco officials have tentatively agreed to …
Publication • March 9, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Town of Ayer and insurers pay millions to estate of wrongly convicted man, Saltzman, 2009 [npap] Town of Ayer and insurers pay millions to estate of wrongly convi... 1 of 3 Subject: [npap] Town of Ayer and insurers pay millions to estate of wrongly convicted man From: "Howard Friedman" <hfriedman@civil-rights-law.com> …
Publication • March 9, 2016
Wrongfully Convicted Men Win Settlement, Associated Press, 2007 Top News- Wrongfully Convicted Men Win Settlement - AOL News 2 of 5 http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/wrongfully-convicted-men-win-s... Updated:2007-04-12 03:07:52 Wrongfully Convicted Men Win Settlement AP CHICAGO (April 12) - Two men who spent more than 12 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted in the …
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