Williams v. Murphy, CT, ruling, aid of judgment, 2018 Case 3:13-cv-01154-MPS Document 280 Filed 03/29/18 Page 1 of 45 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT RASHAD WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, No. 3:13-cv-01154 (MPS) v. PETER MURPHY, ET AL., Defendants. RULING ON MOTIONS FOR AID OF JUDGMENT AND RELEASE OF FUNDS I. …
Williams v. Murphy, CT, Ruling, 2018 Case 3:13-cv-01154-MPS Document 280 Filed 03/29/18 Page 1 of 45 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT RASHAD WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, No. 3:13-cv-01154 (MPS) v. PETER MURPHY, ET AL., Defendants. RULING ON MOTIONS FOR AID OF JUDGMENT AND RELEASE OF FUNDS I. Introduction In 2016, …
Connecticut Supreme Court: Death Penalty Abolition is Retroactive by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut ruled that to execute a person following the state legislature's prospective abolition of the death penalty would violate the state constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. …
Use of Force Authorized to Extract DNA Sample from Prisoner; Conviction for Refusal to Comply Upheld: CT Supreme Court by On July 15, 2016, the Supreme Court of Connecticut upheld the conviction of a prisoner who was charged with refusing to submit a DNA sample. The court also found that …
$5,000 to Conn. Prisoner in Retaliation Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On April 24, 2014, a Connecticut state prisoner and the Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a claim brought by the prisoner which alleged that he was terminated from his prison job after he filed …
Parole Revocation in CT, Samuel Jabobs Criminal Justice Clinic,2017 Parole Revocation in Connecticut opportunities to reduce incarceration Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic | Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization September 2017 Parole Revocation in Connecticut opportunities to reduce incarceration The report was written by Asli Bashir, Rachel Shur, Theodore Torres, …
ACLU Connecticut - Earning Trust, 2017 EARNING TRUST Addressing police misconduct complaints in Connecticut Earning Trust Addressing police misconduct complaints in Connecticut A report of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut Credits The research for this report was conducted by Lillian McKenzie and Rachel Spears under the guidance and …
Connecticut Supreme Court Abolishes Death Penalty as Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a decision rendered in August 2015, after the filing of numerous amicus briefs by the American Civil Liberties Union and other prisoner rights organizations, the Connecticut Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, …
Connecticut DOC Settles Five Percenters Religious Rights Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a state prisoner and entered into a consent decree recognizing his religion. The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § …
Connecticut Supreme Court: Insanity Acquittee May Be Held in Prison on Bond by On November 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that an insanity acquittee who was being held in a maximum-security psychiatric hospital could be held in prison if unable to pay the $100,000 bond set for …
FCI Danbury Prisoners Finally Transferred to New Women’s Facility by Three years after a “temporary” move from FCI Danbury in Connecticut, over 100 women prisoners found themselves incarcerated in a Brooklyn jail instead of a promised new federal facility. The women were told the move, which occurred after Danbury was …
Connecticut Prisoners File Suit Over Exposure to Radon Gas by Panagioti Tsolkas This summer, prisoners at the Garner Correctional Institution (GCI) in Newtown, Connecticut responded to more than two decades of radon exposure at the facility by filing a class-action lawsuit. “The length of time this went on didn’t have …
Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board by Christopher Zoukis In an unusual turn of events, a former prisoner was appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board. While ex-prisoners are typically not considered as parole board members, state officials decided that Kenneth F. Ireland was a qualified candidate. In 1989, when he …
CT: Prisoner’s Eight Year Sentence for Throwing Feces on Guard Affirmed by On April 26, 2016, the Appellate Court of Connecticut upheld the conviction of a prisoner who had thrown "liquid and fecal matter" at a guard's chest. The 3-0 decision affirmed the eight-year sentence imposed by the trial court, …
Connecticut Town Raises Stink, Sues DOC for Wastewater Plant's Upgrade by The town of Cheshire, Connecticut, has decided it won't take anymore crap from the state's Department of Corrections. A lawsuit filed by Cheshire officials in July 2012 seeks to renegotiate the terms of an agreement with Connecticut's DOC to …
Grenier v. Semple, CT, Amended Complaint, Radon Gas Exposure, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-01465-AVC Document 15 Filed 09/02/16 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT LEE GRENIER; TAVORUS FLUKER; ANTHONY ROGERS; THOMAS MARRA; LAWRENCE TOWNSEND; TERRENCE EASTON; LAMONT SAMUEL; IAN COOKE; and J. MICHAEL FARREN, on behalf of …
Grenier v. Semple, CT, Class Action Complaint, Prisoner Exposure to Gas, Case 3:16-cv-01465-AVC Document 1 Filed 08/26/16 Page 1 of 36 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT LEE GRENIER; TAVORUS FLUKER; ANTHONY ROGERS; THOMAS MARRA; LAWRENCE TOWNSEND; TERRENCE EASTON; LAMONT SAMUEL; IAN COOKE; and J. MICHAEL FARREN on behalf …
Connecticut Supreme Court: Bail May Be Used to Protect Others by In an opinion handed down on November 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that a man who had been acquitted by reason of insanity could be held in prison subject to a bond he could not afford …
