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Publication • February 8, 2016
Tennessee Felon Disenfranchisement Report to U.S. Comm'n on Human Rights, 2014
Publication • February 8, 2016
Ending Homelessness, Report from Homes for Every New Yorker, 2015 Ending Homelessness How Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo Can Do It A Report from Homes for Every New Yorker April 2015 Overview: The Affordability Crisis and the Homelessness Epidemic It is no secret that New York City is in …
Article • February 3, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Settlement Ends Montgomery, Alabama Debtor’s Prison by David Reutter Debtor’s prison has come to an end in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. Following a federal district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction requiring the city to correct its unconstitutional practice of jailing people who could not afford to pay fines, …
Ninth Circuit: Appeal Challenges Probation Revocation for Exercising First Amendment Rights by A former federal prisoner is appealing the revocation of his supervised release for engaging in conduct that he argues is protected under the First Amendment. The Cato Institute, Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, Brechner First Amendment Project at the …
Illinois: Exonerated Sex Offender Sues for Wrongful Conviction by Derek Gilna An Illinois man who was wrongfully convicted of a sex offense, and released from prison after his supposed victim was discredited, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Chicago, the Chicago police department and other defendants as …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Judge to Recommend Whether to Exonerate “San Antonio Four” of Sexual Assault Convictions by Matthew Clarke A San Antonio, Texas judge is considering what he will recommend to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals after hearing testimony that four women convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in 1994 should …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Wisconsin DOC Pays Former Prisoner for Miscalculating Sentence by Gary Hunter On April 4, 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) was ordered to pay $7,600 to former prisoner Robin N. Gavinski for holding him too long in prison. Gavinski was serving three sentences that were supposed to run concurrently; …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Former Washington Prisoner Exonerated, Receives Compensation, Arrested Again by A wrongfully convicted former Washington prisoner was awarded $546,383 in compensation under a new state law for spending 10 years in prison on robbery and burglary charges for crimes he did not commit. Brandon Redtailhawk Olebar was arrested following a February …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
The Slow, Painful Death of Bail in New York City by Jarrett Murphy by Jarrett Murphy, City Limits In September 2015, New York’s chief judge said he would order the review of all bails imposed in low-level cases where a defendant did not pay, and push courts to consider alternatives …
California’s Jail-building Boom: What Comes After Mass Incarceration? Local Incarceration. by Anat Rubin by Anat Rubin, Marshall Project In the desert city of Indio, California halfway between Los Angeles and the Arizona border, a small monument to the state’s prison downsizing experiment is materializing in a shopping center storefront, where …
Sex Offenders Rally to Fight Discriminatory Laws by Mark Wilson Advocates for reforming laws restricting where registered sex offenders can live, and for challenging sex offender registries, have vowed to continue the fight despite facing roadblocks, which organizers admit make it difficult to eliminate the discriminatory treatment that many sex …
Computer Risk Assessments Gaining Popularity in Granting Paroles by Derek Gilna New diagnostic computer programs designed to predict whether an offender will re-offend are being credited with helping reduce the number of prisoners in correctional facilities across the nation, but experts caution that while useful, the software tools are not …
Walker v. City of Calhoun, GA, Order, Preliminary Injunction, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00170-HLM Document 40 Filed 01/28/16 Page 1 of 74 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ROME DIVISION MAURICE WALKER, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION FILE NO.: 4: …
Green v. Sullivan Correctional Facility, NY, Order, sex offender release housing, 2016 State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department Decided and Entered: January 21, 2016 ________________________________ THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. WILLIAM GREEN, Appellant, v 521148 OPINION AND ORDER SUPERINTENDENT OF …
Brief • January 20, 2016
Tucker v. Idaho, ID, Order, indigent defense debtors prison, 2016
Brief • January 15, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Ashe et al v. CT OCC, CT, Wrongful Conviction Claims Awarded, 2016
Brief • January 13, 2016
Filed under: Good Time, Due Process
Green v. TN DOC, TN, Memo & Order, good time credit due process, 2016 1/29/2016 Search ­ 100 Results ­ Green v. Sullivan Correctional Facility Switch Client | Preferences | Help | Sign Out My Lexis™ Search Get a Document FOCUS™ Terms Shepard's® More Search Within Original Results (1 ­ …
Article • January 12, 2016
Indiana Judge Removed From Bench For Multiple Instances of Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered that Marion County Superior Judge Kimberly Brown be permanently removed from the bench, after three judges appointed to investigate complaints against her found she had committed judicial misconduct in 46 of …
Article • January 12, 2016
Releasees under Three Strikes Reform Have Lower Recidivist Rate by David Reutter More than 1,000 prisoners have been released since California voters approved in 2012 the reform of the state’s harsh three strikes law. Despite not being provided pre-and post-release services afforded other prisoners, the strikers have a lower recidivism …
Innocence Project Frees Thirty One People in 2013 by Thirty one people were exonerated by the Innocence Network in 2013. Three of them were women. All total, these prisoners served 451 years of illegal incarceration. Bennie Starks spent 20 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of raping a 69-year-old …
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