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Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
Hope Against Hope by Daryl Waters by Daryl Waters A candid portrait of the experience of obtaining clemency in Louisiana—a route to freedom now severely threatened by a new carceral governor. When the team of filmmakers behind the Visiting Room Project approached Daryl Waters about making a short profile of …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
$56.7 Million Awarded to “Harlem Park Three,” Exonerated of Baltimore Murder After 36 Years in Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On September 29, 2023, Maryland’s Baltimore Board of Estimates approved a $48 million settlement for former state prisoners Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, Jr. and Ransom Watkins, …
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Place Heavy Burden on Incarcerated Victims of Sexual Assaults by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) marked a critical step in condemning and curbing sexual assault and harassment in jails and prisons. Sadly, rape, groping and sexual harassment still occur …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Wrongfully Convicted Michigan Prisoners Wait for Compensation by Seven years after Michigan lawmakers adopted the Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act (WICA)—and 17 years after state Sen. Steve Beida (D-Warren) began working to get it passed by a legislature then dominated by Republicans and signed by then-Gov. Rick Snyder (R)—a group of …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Virginia Legislature Tables “Second-Look” Bills by Virginia’s General Assembly tabled a pair of bills that would have provided a path to early release for state prisoners after serving at least 15 years with good behavior, with Senators continuing S.B. 427 to next year’s session on February 28, 2024, and the …
Brief • July 1, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Rubalcava v. City of San Jose, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 14. Entire Agreement. This document is a fully integrated contract. It contains all agreements, covenants, understandings, representations, and warranties between the Parties concerning the subject matter of the Agreement. The Parties have made no other express or implied agreements, …
Brief • June 18, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Rubalcava v. City of San Jose, CA, City Council Meeting Agenda Minutes, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 CITYOF A SANJOSE CA ~ITAL OF SI LICON VALLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING Amended Agenda Tuesday, June 18, 2024 11:00 AM LOCATION: Council Chambers - 200 E. Santa Clara Street Interpretation is available in Spanish and …
Other Jails Study Miami Diversion Program to Keep Mentally Ill from Repeated Incarceration by Faced with repeated jail admissions of people suffering from schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses (SMI), the city of Miami has developed one of the nation’s most comprehensive diversion programs, focusing on treatment and community integration …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Memphis Jail Accused of Routine Over-Detention in Suit Over Detainee’s Murder by A lawsuit filed on November 18, 2023, accused the Shelby County Jail in Memphis of routinely and deliberately denying release to eligible detainees. That’s how Marcus Donald’s family alleged the 38-year-old was still in the jail despite a …
Colorado Law Creates “Rebuttable Presumption” Against Incarcerating Pregnant Women by On August 7, 2023, a new law took effect in Colorado directing judges to provide bonds and alternatives to incarceration for defendants who are pregnant or who recently gave birth. HB23-1187 was signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis (D) …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
$20.5 Million Settlement for Two Kentucky Prisoners Exonerated and Freed After 22 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On September 7, 2023, the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government in Kentucky agreed to pay $20.5 million to settle a civil rights action alleging constitutional violations in the wrongful murder …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
HRDC Files Suit for Exonerated Florida Prisoner Wrongfully Incarcerated Over 44 Years by On April 17, 2024, the nonprofit Human Rights Defense Center—which publishes PLN and Criminal Legal News—filed suit in federal court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of Willie Williams, Jr., 79, seeking redress for over …
BOP Has a Halfway House Problem by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has faced challenges in implementing the First Step Act (FSA) since it was signed into law in December 2018 by then-President Donald J. Trump (R). Aimed at reducing prisoner population and associated costs, the law provided sentence …
Former Illinois Prisoner Pursuing PhD After 27 Years of Incarceration by When Illinois prisoner J. Le’Dell Pippins, 54, defied the odds to gain acceptance into the University of Iowa’s Ph.D. in Criminology program, it proved a key factor in the decision by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) to commute Pippins’ 30-year …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Virginia Supreme Court Denies New Sentence Credits to State Prisoner Serving “Mixed” Sentence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney To paraphrase Job 1:21, the Supreme Court of Virginia did not giveth but taketh away on October 12, 2023, with a ruling on prisoner sentence credits that were extended by a …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
West Virginia Supreme Court Orders Prison Officials to Develop Good-Time Credit Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 16, 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia reversed denial of mandamus relief to a prisoner and compelled the Commissioner of the state Division of Corrections and …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Second Circuit Grants New York Officials Qualified Immunity for Prisoner’s Stolen Sentence Credits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 12, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Defendant officials with New York’s Department of Corrections and Community …
Over 5,000 Prisoners Federally Sentenced Every Month by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In the nine months ending on June 30, 2023, there were 47,931 sentences for federal crime, driving more than 5,000 prisoners into custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons every month, according to data released by the …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
$25.2 Million Settlement for Two Connecticut Prisoners Exonerated After 35 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A unanimous vote by Connecticut’s House Committee on Judiciary on March 1, 2024, all but assured state lawmakers would approve an agreement made in August 2023 by state Attorney General William Tong …
Brief • April 22, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Harris v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case: 1:24-cv-03215 Document #: 1 Filed: 04/22/24 Page 1 of 39 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION DARIEN HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. __________ CITY OF CHICAGO, Illinois, DEVINN JONES, …
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