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Collateral Consequences Weighed for Corporations, Not for Individuals by Russell Mokhiber In case you had any doubt that federal prosecutors favor corporations over individuals, check out Mythili Raman's testimony before a House hearing on May 22, 2013. Raman is the acting chief of the Criminal Division at the Department of …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Held Liable for Targeting Gay Student by On August 16, 2012, a federal jury in Detroit found Andrew Shirvell, a homophobic former Michigan Assistant Attorney General, guilty of stalking, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy in a civil lawsuit filed by …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
California District Attorney Sued by Former Colleague by On February 29, 2012, former Contra Costa County prosecutor Paul Sequeira filed a lawsuit in superior court seeking damages from Senior Deputy District Attorney Harold W. Jewett, whom he accused of assault and battery. Two years earlier, the two men (both in …
California State Bar Recommends District Attorney’s Disbarment by Christopher Zoukis The State Bar of California has recommended the disbarment of Del Norte County District Attorney Jon Michael Alexander, 64, who was deemed “not eligible to practice law” until the California Supreme Court makes a final decision in his case. In …
Rearrest Improperly Frustrates Oregon Speedy Trial Rights by The En Banc Oregon Supreme Court held that the State may not thwart speedy trial rights by releasing and re-arresting criminal defendants. Oregon criminal defendants may be held in custody just 60 days before trial, ORS 136.290(1). If trial is not commenced …
9th Circuit Denies Double-Jeopardy Based Dismissal of Arizona Drug Case by Derek Gilna In a case featuring especially egregious prosecutorial misconduct by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jerry Albert in prosecution of Defendant-Appellant Aurora Lopez-Avila, the 9th Circuit has refused defense efforts to dismiss the indictment on double-jeopardy grounds. The defense had …
Who Polices Prosecutors Who Abuse Their Authority? Usually Nobody by Joaquin Sapien by Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Sergio Hernandez, Special to ProPublica The murder case against Tony Bennett seemed pretty straightforward. Shortly before midnight on May 7, 1994, police found a 26-year-old man in the foyer of an apartment building …
Lasting Damage: A Rogue Prosecutor’s Final Case by Joaquin Sapien ProPublica Among the thousands of prosecutors who have tried cases in the name of the people of New York City, Claude Stuart came to hold a handful of unfortunate distinctions: • He was a serial abuser of his authority. State …
Abuse in Los Angeles Jails Leads to Investigations, Lawsuits and Eventual Reforms by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim and Alex Friedmann WITH SEVEN FACILITIES THAT HOUSE from 15,000 to 18,000 prisoners, Los Angeles County’s jail system is the nation’s largest – and, arguably, among the most dangerous in terms of …
DC Court Disbars Former Federal Prosecutor for Misconduct by Derek Gilna On March 8, 2012, for the first time in over ten years, a former federal prosecutor was disbarred for “egregious” misconduct during the prosecution of several high-profile murder cases in the 1990s. According to a 2010 investigation by USA …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Sets Aside Convictions Based on Actual Innocence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a 7-0 opinion with two judges not participating, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held on February 15, 2012 that a former prisoner who claimed exculpatory evidence was withheld in his …
Illinois: Current Insurer Must Pay Wrongful Conviction Award after Exoneration by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a federal district court’s determination “that, under Illinois law, the issuer of the policy in force on the date a convict is exonerated must defend and indemnify an insured whose law-enforcement …
Oregon Prosecutor’s Son Escapes Mandatory Prison Time for Sexual Assault by Commit sexual abuse in Oregon and you face a mandatory prison sentence of 75 months – unless your father happens to be a prosecutor, apparently. In December 2011, Jacob Frasier, 17, the son of Coos County District Attorney Paul …
Brief • February 13, 2013
Simuro v. Shedd, VT, Complaint, False Arrest & Malicious Prosecution for Child Sexual Abuse, 2013 Case 2:13-cv-00030-wks Document 1 Filed 02/13/13 Page 1 of 35 U.S. Dtsn:ncr GOUR j DISTRICT OF VH~MO:'-'. · FILED 2013 FEB 13 AH 9: 43 Wayne Young (Vt. State Bar No. 3378) , wayne@wyounglaw.com 8 …
North Carolina Governor Pardons Wilmington 10 by In 1971, during a time of racial unrest in Wilmington, North Carolina, shortly after schools were integrated and amid protests and race-based violence, a white-owned business, Mike’s Grocery, was firebombed. Responding firefighters claimed they were targeted by gunfire from unknown shooters at a …
California: Del Norte County DA Described as “Idiotic” by Attorney Jon Michael Alexander, 63, has been a meth addict. He’s spent time in jail, he’s been homeless, he’s contemplated suicide, he’s been suspended by the State Bar several times, he’s been investigated by the FBI and is presently awaiting the …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Manhattan Prosecutor Who Moonlights as Dominatrix Suspended, Resigns by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2008, then-New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo heaped lavish praise on Alisha Smith, a prosecutor in Manhattan who helped secure a $5 billion settlement in a securities fraud case involving Bank of America and other …
U.S. Department of Justice Soft on Corporate Crime by If you’ve wondered why no one has been prosecuted for the corporate misdeeds that devastated the economy in 2008 and nearly thrust the United States into another Great Depression, you’re not alone. The reason no Wall Street executives have faced charges …
Wrongful Convictions Prove Costly, Especially for the Wrongly Convicted by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 6, 2011, the Better Government Association (BGA) and the Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) at Northwestern University School of Law released a joint report on the cost of wrongful convictions. The report, which …
Ninth Circuit Holds Phoenix New Times Executives May Sue Special Prosecutor over Improper Arrests; Prosecutor Disbarred by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 9, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that executives with the Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly publication, could sue a special prosecutor who …
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