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Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Nebraska Supreme Court Holds Reporter Can’t See Executed Prisoner’s Drawings by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In August 2015, the Nebraska Supreme Court denied a reporter’s attempt to obtain “graphic” drawings made by infamous executed child-killer John Joubert. Despite the efforts of state prison officials, however, the drawings were eventually …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Filed under: Staffing, Mandamus, Grievances
California Appellate Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Mandamus Action Against CDCR by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisoner Jared M. Villery filed three administrative grievances in 2014 concerning the failure of prison staff to properly discharge their duties. He alleged that staff failed to respond …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Filed under: Witnesses, Probation
Tenth Circuit Remands Two-year Sentence for Federal Probation Violation by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On October 25, 2016, the Tenth Circuit remanded a case involving a federal probation violation for resentencing due to the improper admission of hearsay testimony from a probation officer. Tremale Henry was on federal supervised …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Washington State Mental Health Agency Held in Contempt; $14 Million in Fines Levied by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has held the state’s Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) in contempt in a class-action lawsuit. The contempt order was …
Publication • July 27, 2017
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 …
Article • July 20, 2017
Filed under: War on Drugs, Juries
When Laws Are Unjust: A Primer on Jury Nullification by Joe Watson by Joe Watson The 2014 trial of Jacob Lavaro—a 19-year-old from Austin, Texas, who was facing five years to life for making a pound-and-a-half of pot brownies— has again provoked the ire of criminal justice reform advocates, including …
Article • July 20, 2017
Grand Juries: Gatekeepers to the Criminal Justice System by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On November 30, 2014, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office announced that Ferguson (MO) Police Officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted in connection with Wilson's fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August …
Ogden v. Figgins, KS, Prelim Settlement, Mail Allowed, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-02268-JAR-KGG Document 26 Filed 07/19/17 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS RUSSELL K. OGDEN ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 16-CV-2268-JAR SHERIFF PETE FIGGINS, Defendant. ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND AUTHORIZING …
HRDC letter in support of Private Prison Information Act of 2017 - July 2017 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS July 11, 2017 The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee U.S. House of Representatives 2187 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 Re: H.R. 1980 – Private Prison Information Act of …
Lacy v. Butts, IN, Complaint, Sex Offender Classification, Complaint, 2017 Case 1:13-cv-00811-RLY-DML Document 122 Filed 07/10/17 Page 1 of 13 PageID #: 1211 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DONALD LACY, LAWRENCE GREER-BEY, FREDERICK HOLMES-BEY, ALLAN KIRKLEY, Individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, …
Brief • July 3, 2017
USA v. Arpaio, AZ, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Contempt of Court, 2017 Case 2:16-cr-01012-SRB Document 210 Filed 07/31/17 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 United States of America, Plaintiff, …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Third Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has resurrected a challenge to the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c), the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that requires mandatory detention of undocumented immigrants who have …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Summary Judgment in Favor of Alabama Prison Officials Reversed; Writ of Mandamus Denied by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On September 16, 2016, the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama reversed an order by the Montgomery Circuit Court granting summary judgment in favor of state prison officials in a lawsuit …
Seventh Circuit: Prison Doctor Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Deliberate Indifference Claim by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On September 8, 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court’s order granting summary judgment to a federal prison doctor who refused to adequately treat a …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Illinois Supreme Court: No Appointed State Expert in SDPA Recovery Proceeding by On May 19, 2016, the Supreme Court of Illinois held the state could not use a handpicked expert witness to give testimony in a recovery proceeding under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act (SDPA). James E. Grant was convicted …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Michigan Jail Sanctioned for Denying Access to Paralegals by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On June 23, 2016, jail officials in Genesee County, Michigan entered into a federal consent decree that required them to provide detainees with bottled water to replace water at the jail that was contaminated by lead. …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
New York DOCCS Has Paid $10 Million to Prisoners Beaten by Guards Over Five-year Period by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Widespread abuse by prison guards across New York State has led to at least 175 monetary awards to prisoners from 2010 to 2015 totaling around $10 million, a newspaper …
Brief • June 30, 2017
Stokes v. RealPage, PA, Criminal Record Expungement, 2017 Case 2:15-cv-01520-JP Document 51-2 Filed 06/30/17 Page 2 of 96 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA HELEN STOKES, on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 2:15-cv-01520-JP REALPAGE, INC., Defendant. JAMES JENKINS, individually …
Brief • June 30, 2017
Diaz v. City of Concord, CA, Settlement, Reckless Driving, 2017 RELEASE FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of a valid draft(s) made payable in accordance with the attached Exhibit A, incorporated herein, in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/I 00 DOLLARS ($200,000.00), the undersigned, SUHYLAH DIAZ, as Guardian ad Litem …
National Police Accountability Project - CLE Seminar Brochure, DC, 2017 Name:_____________________________________ Firm: _____________________________________ Address:___________________________________ City:_______________ State:___ Zip:___________ Phone:_____________ E-mail_________________ Please bill my: [ ] Visa [ ] MC [ ] Discover Card #_____________________________________ Expiration Date: _____________________________ CVV Code: ______________________________ Signature: __________________________________ [ ] Check enclosed (Please make check payable to: …
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