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Article • January 15, 2009
4 Year Statute of Limitations Applies to 1983 Claims Filed in Florida by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action filed by a person in Florida has a four-year statute of limitations. The Court’s holding reversed a Florida federal district court’s dismissal …
Article • January 15, 2009
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Florida’s Impact Rule Exception Exists for Negligent Disclosure of HIV Test by by David M. Reutter Florida’s Supreme Court has held that a laboratory or health service provider has a duty to maintain the confidentiality of an HIV test, and that the state’s “impact rule” does not bar a cause …
Article • January 15, 2009
Florida Lethal Injection Methods Revised by Florida State death row prisoner Ian Lightbourne challenged the State's lethal injection procedures after the improper implementation of an execution. Revisions were made to the methods used and the petition was dismissed. The duration of the "botched" execution of Angel Diaz in 2006 was …
Article • January 15, 2009
Florida Lethal Injection Methods Revised by Florida State death row prisoner Ian Lightbourne challenged the State's lethal injection procedures after the improper implementation of an execution. Revisions were made to the methods used and the petition was dismissed. The duration of the "botched" execution of Angel Diaz in 2006 was …
Thomas v. McNeil, FL, Order, Chemical Agents on Prisoners, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION JEREMIAH THOMAS, KELVIN FRAZIER, REGINALD WILLIAMS, PAUL ECHOLS, MICHAEL McKINNEY, CHARLES MORGAN1 and ANTONIO WARD, Plaintiffs, vs. Case No. 3:04-cv-917-J-32JRK WALTER McNEIL and RANDALL BRYANT, in their official capacities, Defendants. …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending by Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending The City of Miami has agreed to pay $2.2 million to a mentally ill man who served 22 years in prison for a rape and multiple murders he did …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
GEO Group Consultant Civilly Charged With Insider Trading by The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a civil action that alleges a consultant for private prisoner operator the GEO Group used information obtained through his contracts to engage in insider trading. Zachariah P. Zachariah, a prominent cardiologist and Republican …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million by Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed an executive order on May 6, 2008, that awards Alan Crotzer $1.25 million for the 24 years he spent in prison for a rape and kidnapping conviction he did not commit. Crotzer …
Florida Jail Supervisors Investigated in Fraudulent Overtime Scheme by Florida Jail Supervisors Investigated in Fraudulent Overtime Scheme An investigation at Florida’s West Palm Beach County Jail has revealed that top-ranked officials used their positions to obtain fraudulent overtime payments. What started as an internal investigation into a deputy’s complaint has …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
No Filing Fee Lien Allowed in Florida Mandamus Cases by In two rulings, Florida’s First District Court of Appeal has held a circuit court departed from the essential elements of law when it placed a lien on a prisoner’s trust account to satisfy the filing fee for a mandamus petition. …
Brief • December 11, 2008
Jennings v. City of Miami, FL, Def Memo in Opp to Plf Mot for Protective Order, FTAA Protest, 2008 Case 1:07-cv-23008-JEM Document 103 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/11/2008 Page 1 of 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 07-23008-CIV-MARTINEZ/BROWN CARA JENNINGS, et. …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute by Todd Matthews An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute by Todd Matthews With approximately 100,000 people in Florida’s prisons, and another 66,000 in its county jails, Florida has joined the ranks of …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Effects of Florida’s Faith Based Prisons Found to Be Promising in Reducing Recidivism by David Reutter Effects of Florida’s Faith Based Prisons Found to Be Promising in Reducing Recidivism by David M. Reutter A report by the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center concluded the statistically significant difference between the share …
Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release by Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release On May 18, 2007, a Florida jury found the Hendry County Sheriff is liable for injuries caused by a prisoner it …
$13.5 Million Florida Jail Strip Search Settlement by Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it illegally strip searched prisoners charged with minor offenses. The settlement ends a class action filed in state court in 2002. Under the settlement, each class …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Florida Imposes Broad Budget Cuts, but Prison Officials Increase Pay Through Double-Dipping by David Reutter Florida Imposes Broad Budget Cuts, but Prison Officials Increase Pay Through Double-Dipping by David M. Reutter While the State of Florida has to contend with across-the-board budget cuts due to a financial shortfall caused by …
Brief • November 5, 2008
S.R. v. United States, FL, Ruling, lesbian prisoner guard sexual abuse, 2007 Case 1:07-cv-20648-CMA Document 254 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/05/2008 Page 1 of 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 07-20648-CIV-ALTONAGA S.R., Plaintiff, vs. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. _______________________________/ ORDER By order …
Brief • October 23, 2008
Countryman v. Hall, FL, Order Denying MTD, Guard Brutality, 2008 ! I I IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA . . WILLIAM COUNTRYMAN .' .' . . ~. Plaintiff; .. CASE NO.: 2008-627 CA v. WENDALL HALL, in his official capacity As SHERIFF of SANTA …
Brief • October 23, 2008
Countryman v. Hall, FL, Order denying MTD, sheriff excessive force battery, 2008
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Jail Prisoners Get Rapid HIV Tests by A relatively new rapid HIV test has been used on over 31,000 jail prisoners in four different states. The testing was made possible by grants from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The grants were part of a project to expand the use …
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