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Article • July 20, 2017
Report Decries Human and Financial Cost of Flawed California Prosecutions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna "We ignore flaws with the system at our own peril." Thus do the authors of "Criminal (In)justice: A Cost Analysis of Wrongful Convictions, Errors, and Failed Prosecutions in California's Criminal Justice System," summarize the …
Article • July 20, 2017
Filed under: War on Drugs, Juries
When Laws Are Unjust: A Primer on Jury Nullification by Joe Watson by Joe Watson The 2014 trial of Jacob Lavaro—a 19-year-old from Austin, Texas, who was facing five years to life for making a pound-and-a-half of pot brownies— has again provoked the ire of criminal justice reform advocates, including …
Article • July 20, 2017
Guilty Plea Does Not Foreclose Oregon DNA Testing Request; No Credibility Findings at Appointment of Counsel Stage by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's refusal to appoint counsel on a request for DNA testing, twice. The court instructed that a guilty plea …
Article • July 20, 2017
Alabama’s Culture of Prisoner Abuse Reaches to the Top by David Reutter by David Reutter Alabama’s prison system has such an engrained culture of abusing prisoners that guards and administrators need not fear serious career consequences; in fact, they can expect to be promoted with abuse flags in their files. …
Article • July 20, 2017
Grand Juries: Gatekeepers to the Criminal Justice System by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On November 30, 2014, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office announced that Ferguson (MO) Police Officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted in connection with Wilson's fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August …
Article • July 20, 2017
Seventh Circuit Reverses Prisoner's Disciplinary Conviction by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has taken the unusual step of reversing a prison disciplinary board's finding that a prisoner was guilty of committing a prohibited act. Timothy W. Austin was a prisoner …
Article • July 20, 2017
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
Schwarzenegger Secretly Commutes Sentence of Friend's Son; Victim Notification Not Required in California Clemency Decisions by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeals held that the victim notification requirements of "Marsy's Law" do not extend to the Governor's sentence commutation authority. Near midnight on October 3, 2008, …
Article • July 20, 2017
2013 Deportations of Undocumented Reach Record High by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was formed in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks, deportations of undocumented immigrants have climbed every year, and 2013 was no exception. In fiscal year 2013, 438,421 individuals were …
Article • July 20, 2017
Scandals Rock Denver Sheriff's Department by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a department that is riddled with scandals, so many that Sheriff Gary Wilson resigned on Monday, July 21, Denver Sheriff's Department Division Chief Elias Diggins was appointed in his place on a temporary basis. Adding to Denver's woes, …
Article • July 20, 2017
Tennessee Private Probation Firm Probed for Alleged Abuses by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Various misdemeanor probationers in Rutherford County, Tennessee have filed a federal lawsuit against Rutherford County, Pathways Community Corrections (PCC), previously known as Providence Community Corrections, and various probation officers, seeking injunctive relief and class action status …
Advocacy Center v. LeBlanc, LA, Complaint, Solitary Mental Health, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00468-JWD-EWD Document 1 07/20/17 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE DIVISION ADVOCACY CENTER, * * PLAINTIFF, * * * * VS. * * JAMES M. LEBLANC, SECRETARY OF * THE LOUISIANA …
Advocacy Center v. LeBlanc, LA, Complaint, Abuse of Disabled Prisoners, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00468-JWD-EWD Document 1 07/20/17 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE DIVISION ADVOCACY CENTER, * * PLAINTIFF, * * * * VS. * * JAMES M. LEBLANC, SECRETARY OF * THE …
Parsons v. Ryan, AZ, Plf Notice Re Harassment and Retaliaiton, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case 2:12-cv-00601-DKD Document 2190 Filed 07/20/17 Page 1 of 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kathleen E. Brody (Bar No. 026331) ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA 3707 North 7th …
Cox v. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2017 D-202-CV-2017-05349 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 7/20/2017 6:37:09 PM James A. Noel Dawna Jarvis STATE OF NEW MEXICO SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF BERNALILLO MATTHEW Cox, Plaintiffs, V. GEO GROUP, NEW MEXICO CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT, NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO …
Publication • July 20, 2017
HRDC editor job description final 7-20-17 Human Rights Defense Center: Managing/Copy Editor The Human Rights Defense Center (www.humanrightsdefensecenter.org) is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the human rights of people held in U.S. detention facilities. For the past 27 years HRDC has published a monthly magazine, Prison Legal News, that …
Ogden v. Figgins, KS, Prelim Settlement, Mail Allowed, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-02268-JAR-KGG Document 26 Filed 07/19/17 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS RUSSELL K. OGDEN ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 16-CV-2268-JAR SHERIFF PETE FIGGINS, Defendant. ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND AUTHORIZING …
Aragon v. Raemisch, CO, Class Action Complaint, HepC Treatment, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-01744 Document 1 Filed 07/19/17 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-01744 RUBEN ARAGON; JOHN SPRING; ROBERT WIEGHARD; and DAVID POOLE, Plaintiff(s), v. RICK RAEMISCH, …
Article • July 18, 2017
Trans People in Prison Fight Barriers to Changing Their Legal Names and Gender Markers by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Truthout During her 30 years in California's prison system, Cookie Bivens has seen numerous trans women attempt to change their name and gender marker while incarcerated. Not a single woman …
Brief • July 18, 2017
Betts v. Spokane County, WA, Settlement, Jail Assault, 2017 17-0656 No. _ _ _ __ BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SPOKANE COUNTY, WASHINGTON IN THE MATIER OF SETTLING JUSTIN T BETTS ) ) V SPOKANE COUNTY, SPOKANE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CAUSE NO. 15-2-02356-4 ) ) RESOLUTION WHEREAS, pursuant …
Brief • July 18, 2017
Blanchard v. Lampert, WY, Complaint, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-00124-SWS Document 1 Filed 07/18/17 Page 1 of 40 -. US fll,] JOHN H. ROBINSON WSB #6-2828 i’fl r11 2011 3U1 lB Pi 1:29 JAMIESON&ROBINSON,LLC 185 West Broadway Suite 101 P.O. Box 4285 Jackson, Wyoming 83001 (307) 733-7703 I STEPHEN L. PEVAR AMERICAN …
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