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Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Texas: False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Result in $411,865.18 Recovery by A Texas probationer subjected to false arrest and malicious prosecution has been awarded $169,000 in damages plus attorneys’ fees and costs. Thomas Hannon, 37, unemployed and on probation, had an outstanding arrest warrant for probation revocation. Dallas police knew …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
GPS Monitoring System in Los Angeles Plagued by False Alerts, Ignored Alarms by Christopher Zoukis Los Angeles County’s GPS monitoring system, designed to keep track of high-risk probationers, has overwhelmed probation officers with thousands of false alerts each day – so many that some officers simply ignore them. As a …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Texas Courts Examine Proof of Ability to Pay Probation Fees before Revocation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a November 14, 2012 opinion, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held prosecutors are not required to prove that a probationer was able to pay fees and fines when his probation …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Kentucky Supreme Court: Probation Cannot be Extended for Sex Offender Treatment by The Supreme Court of Kentucky has held that a probationer’s period of probation cannot be extended to require completion of a sex offender treatment program. Elmer David Miller was originally charged with felony first-degree unlawful transaction with a …
Michigan Parole and Probation Supervision Scrutinized; Three Officials Fired by The failure to properly supervise parolees and probationers accused of committing high-profile murders has resulted in the firing of three Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) employees. The MDOC supervises around 20,000 parolees and 50,000 probationers. “Our parole/probation staff performs critical …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Seventh Circuit: Lifetime Supervision in Pornography Case Set Aside by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a “supervision for life” provision imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin when defendant Nicolai D. Quinn was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment for possession …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Controversy, Litigation and Performance Problems Plague Private Probation Services by David Reutter by David M. Reutter and Alex Friedmann Defendants who are placed on probation and ordered to pay a growing array of fines and fees levied by local governments facing budget deficits, combined with additional fees charged by private …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Ninth Circuit: Residential Reentry Center Walkaway is Not Escape by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that walking away from a residential reentry center does not constitute escape under 18 U.S.C. § 751(a). In 2008, Anthony E. Burke was convicted of federal offenses in Washington State and sentenced …
Publication • December 1, 2013
BJS Report on Prison and Probation, 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2013, NCJ 243826 Bul l etin Probation and Parole in the United States, 2012 Laura M. Maruschak and Thomas P. Bonczar, BJS Statisticians D uring 2012, the number of adults …
Third Circuit Reverses More Stringent Conditions of Supervised Release by Derek Gilna In 2004, Charles F. Murray was sentenced to 95 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography and traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. As part of his sentence …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Probation
California: No-Gang-Contact Probation Condition Struck Down by On October 24, 2012, the California Court of Appeal modified a no-gang-contact condition of probation placed on a defendant who had pleaded no contest to possessing methamphetamine. The appellate court held that because neither the defendant nor his family had any ties to …
Ninth Circuit: Adam Walsh Detention Doesn’t Toll Term of Supervised Release by Derek Gilna In a case of first impression, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the period of time spent in civil confinement under the Adam Walsh Act does not constitute “imprisonment,” and that a defendant’s period …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Special Sex Offender Release Conditions Vacated by Tenth Circuit by Derek Gilna When Ronald D. Dougan pleaded guilty in January 2011 to robbing an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma post office of $220, he likely did not anticipate the unforeseen consequences that would result due to his previous 1978 conviction for sexual …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Probation
Pennsylvania: Parole Board May Expound on Court-ordered Probation Conditions by On September 7, 2012, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a lower court had incorrectly reversed a probation revocation that was premised on the violation of a probation condition imposed by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board), rather …
Publication • August 1, 2013
Reconsidering Early Release Georgetown J. of Law and Pub. Policy 2013 ARTICLES Clemency, Parole, Good-Time Credits, and Crowded Prisons Reconsidering Early Release PAUL J. LARKIN, JR.* INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013
Filed under: Probation, Juveniles
California: Probation Condition Cannot Prohibit Court Access by The California Court of Appeal has held that a condition of probation barring a juvenile offender's access to the courthouse was unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment. In 2010, California juvenile offender Jose N. was made a ward of the …
Article • May 15, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Probation
Due Process Requirements Not Met in Washington Probation Violation Notice by On May 27, 2010, the Washington Supreme Court granted a prisoner's personal restraint petition. In doing so, the Court held that the level of specificity provided in the Department of Correction's (DOC) notice of probation violation did not meet …
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Probation
10th Circuit Orders District Court to Reconsider Restrictive Sentencing Conditions by Derek Gilna Eugene Sunday argued that computer and mental health conditions of the supervised release portion of his sentence constituted an occupational restriction unsupported by the Guidelines Manual of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, (USSG), Section 5F1.5. The district court …
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Probation
Fifth Amendment Right Waived, If Not Invoked During Polygraph Test by Pennsylvania parolee David S. Knoble served his sentence for endangering the welfare of a child, conspiring with his wife for her to engage in sexual intercourse with his 14-year old son and then placed on four-year probation. He was …
Article • March 15, 2013
Participation in Reentry Programming Leads Ex-Offenders Back to Prison, Study Says by The results of a three-year study by researchers at the University of Kansas will likely make prisoners more skittish of reentry programming than many already are. A report from KU's School of Social Welfare, first published in August …
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