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Former Florida Sheriff Cleared in Theft Investigation and PHS Contract Fraud Suit by Following a two-year investigation and a jury verdict in a civil suit, a special prosecutor announced in June 2011 that criminal charges would not be forthcoming against Bill Balkwill, former sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida. The jury …
Article • July 15, 2012
Sixties Singer Torches Debt Collector's Car; Mocks Court by The former lead singer of the Sixties band, the Mindbenders, found himself on the wrong end of the law when he poured gasoline on a debt collector's car and set it on fire. On May 25, 2007, Wayne Fontana, also known …
Racial Critiques of Mass Incarceration: Beyond the New Jim Crow by James Forman, Jr. by James Forman, Jr.* In the last decade, a number of scholars have called the American criminal justice system a new form of Jim Crow. These writers have effectively drawn attention to the injustices created by …
U.S. Department of Justice Soft on Corporate Crime by If you’ve wondered why no one has been prosecuted for the corporate misdeeds that devastated the economy in 2008 and nearly thrust the United States into another Great Depression, you’re not alone. The reason no Wall Street executives have faced charges …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Alabama Prison Guards Charged in Prisoner’s Murder by Four Alabama state prison guards have been charged in connection with the brutal 2010 beating death of a prisoner at the Ventress Correctional Facility (VCF). The first guard, Lt. Michael Anthony Smith, 37, was indicted on October 17, 2011 by a Barbour …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Cop Arrested For Sexual Corruption of Minor by Two months after being arrested for the sexual corruption and luring of a minor, a 22-year veteran Oregon police officer resigned on May 22, 2012. Scott E. Elliott, 50, worked as a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Officer for 22 years, most …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Cop Sexually Abuses Relative; Gets 75 Months by A former Oregon sheriff’s deputy who sexually assaulted a family member for years pleaded guilty on March 6, 2012 and was sentenced to 75 months in prison, according to court documents. In 2006, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department, in St. Helens, …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Harsher Sentences after Successful Appeals by The en banc Oregon Supreme Court has overturned its 43-year-old prohibition on increased punishment in criminal cases when a defendant is successful on appeal and is resentenced. Oregon law now adheres to U.S. Supreme Court precedent. In 1967 …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Federal Investigation, Prosecution Targets Indiana Sheriff’s Officers by Derek Gilna Several Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department employees were the subject of a federal investigation into a gun-running scheme that resulted in criminal charges. Lake County Sheriff John Buncich placed six staff members on administrative leave and stripped them of their …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
California Study Finds State Prison Overcrowding Driven by County Policy Decisions, Not Violent Crime Rates by A June 2011 study by Santa Clara University criminal law professor W. David Ball examines the extent to which overcrowding in California’s prisons is a function of decisions made at the county level about …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Pennsylvania Prison Guard Convicted in Drug Probe, Testifies Against Coworkers by Former Luzerne County Correctional Facility guard John Gonda, known as “G-Unit,” was the subject of an investigation called Operation Avalanche after authorities received tips he was selling “large quantities [of drugs] in the Wilkes-Barre area.” The probe targeted the …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Former BOP Guard Convicted, Sentenced in Murder-for-Hire Case by Michael Eugene Rudkin, 41, a former BOP guard employed at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Danbury, Connecticut, apparently did not learn his lesson following his first conviction. In 2008, Rudkin pleaded guilty to engaging in oral sex with a female …
Seven Florida Prison Guards Arrested by Seven Florida state prison guards, employed at two facilities at opposite ends of the state, have been charged with criminal misconduct in unrelated incidents. The first four arrests occurred on June 10, 2011, when U.S. Marshals arrested South Florida Reception Center (SFRC) guards Alexander …
Second BOP Guard Convicted in Connection with Prisoner’s Murder by Brandon Sample A second federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard who helped arrange an assault on a prisoner that resulted in the prisoner’s death has been convicted of federal civil rights violations. On July 8, 2010, Michael Kennedy was found …
Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases, Journal Article by Sonja Starr, 2012 LAW AND ECONOMICS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES PAPER NO. 12-018 AUGUST 2012 ESTIMATING GENER DISPARITIES IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASES SONJA B. STARR THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK ELECTRONIC PAPER COLLECTION: HTTP://SSRN.COM/ABSTRACT=2144002 FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN …
Louisiana Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges by An October 5, 2011 federal Bill of Information charged Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Irvin F. “Jiff” Hingle, Jr., 59, with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and bribery concerning a program involving federal funds. Hingle, the sheriff of Plaquemines Parish since 1992, entered …
Pennsylvania Businessman Sentenced to 18 Months in “Kids for Cash” Kickback Scandal by In November 2011, a Pennsylvania U.S. District Court sentenced the former owner of two for-profit juvenile detention centers to 18 months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that included two judges. The scandal, involving …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
New Mexico Judge Arrested for Raping Prostitute by New Mexico State District Judge Albert S. “Pat” Murdoch – the chief criminal court judge in Albuquerque – was arrested on July 19, 2011 and charged with criminal sexual penetration and intimidation of a witness. According to the criminal complaint, a detective …
Seven Argentine Military Officials Sentenced for Crimes against Prisoners by During the time of Argentina’s American-backed dirty war against political dissidents, from 1976 to 1983, the military junta that was running the country ran a network of prisons and concentration camps, including a prison in a working class suburb of …
UNICOR Fraudsters Plead Guilty, Sentenced by A former federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee and a former contractor were indicted and have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud UNICOR, the prison industries arm of the BOP. The indictment, handed down by a grand jury in the Northern District of Florida, …
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