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Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Family of Wrongfully Convicted Missouri Prisoner Receives $14 Million by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The family of former Missouri prisoner George Allen received a $14 million settlement in a wrongful conviction suit filed against the state, the City of St. Louis and others responsible for his illegal imprisonment. Mary …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
$17 Million Payout for Yet Another Wrongful Conviction in Chicago by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On June 29, 2018, a federal jury awarded over $17 million to a Chicago man who spent 21 years in a maximum-security prison for a murder he did not commit. Jacques Rivera, now 52, …
Wheatt, et al. v. City of East Cleveland, OH, Verdict, Police Misconduct, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-00377-JG Doc #: 349 Filed: 11/16/18 1 of 6. PageID #: 7139 Case: 1:17-cv-00377-JG Doc #: 349 Filed: 11/16/18 2 of 6. PageID #: 7140 Case: 1:17-cv-00377-JG Doc #: 349 Filed: 11/16/18 3 of 6. PageID …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Exonerated Prisoner Invests Portion of $20 Million Settlement to Start Barber School by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna No one appreciates the challenges of re-entering society like a former prisoner, especially one who was wrongfully convicted. For exonerated ex-prisoner Juan Rivera of Illinois, his experiences led him to invest some …
Mitchell v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-07357 Document #: 1 Filed: 11/05/18 Page 1 of 40 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION KEHINDA MITCHELL, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago Police Detectives MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, ANDY …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Two Former Oklahoma Death Row Prisoners Obtain $3.15 Million Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Last year, Yancy L. Douglas, 43, and Paris Lapriest Powell, 44, former death row prisoners in Oklahoma, accepted a total $3.15 million settlement in their federal civil rights lawsuits brought against their prosecutor and …
Kuri v. City of Chicago, IL, Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 1:13-cv-01653 ILND 450 (Rev.Case: 10/13) Judgment in a Civil ActionDocument #: 313 Filed: 10/03/18 Page 1 of 1 PageID #:5239 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Anthony Kuri, Plaintiff(s), Case No. 13 C 01653 …
Article • September 5, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Study Finds Wrongful Convictions in 11.6 Percent of Sexual Assault Cases from Pre-DNA Testing Era by A recent study by the Urban Institute estimated that “wrongful convictions in cases with a sexual assault component occurred at a rate of 11.6 percent.” While the research was based on 714 murder and …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Two Chicago Prisoners, Released Due to Police Misconduct, Seized by ICE by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In December 2017, Gabriel Solache and Arturo Reyes saw their confessions in a 2000 murder trial that resulted in their convictions set aside by Cook County Circuit Court Judge James M. Obbish. But …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Federal Judge Voids Contract Between Death Row Exoneree and Attorney by David Reutter by David Reutter A North Carolina federal district court has voided a contract between death row exoneree Henry McCollum and his lawyer. The court’s unusual move was based on evidence that due to his low IQ, McCollum …
Jones v. State of Kansas, KS, Petition, Doppelganger Exoneree, 2018 IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF KANSAS, JOHNSON COUNTY In the matter of the wrongful conviction of RICHARD JONES ) ) ) ) ) ) PETITION FOR CERTIFICATE OF INNOCENCE PURSUANT TO 2018 Kansas Laws Ch. 108 (H.B. 2579) …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
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Wrongfully-convicted California Prisoner Exonerated, Receives $15 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna How do you calculate the cost of years of your life – lost forever – when you are behind bars for a crime you didn’t commit, while knowing that those who put you there perverted the criminal …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Michigan Prisoners Receive Compensation for Wrongful Convictions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Edward George Carter and Marwin McHenry, both wrongfully convicted and imprisoned in separate cases, have obtained compensation awards from the Michigan Court of Claims. Carter was awarded $1,761,506.85, while McHenry received $175,753.42. Carter was tried and convicted …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Texas Couple Wrongly Convicted in “Satanic Panic” Receive $3.4 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An Austin, Texas couple wrongly convicted of sexually abusing a child at the day-care center they ran in the 1990s has been declared innocent and received over $3.4 million in compensation from the state. …
Peltier v. Sacks Et Al, WA, Order on Motion for Summary Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-05209-RBL Document 54 Filed 07/16/18 Page 1 of 18 HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 LEONARD PELTIER, …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Wrongfully Convicted North Carolina Man Receives $4 Million by A North Carolina man who served 37 years for a double homicide he did not commit has received a $4 million settlement from the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) in a federal lawsuit. Joseph Sledge, Jr. became a suspect in the …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
$9 Million Settlement for Illinois Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Murder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In October 2017, a $9 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by an Illinois man who spent 15 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The suit alleged law enforcement …
Article • July 5, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
North Carolina Prisoner Exonerated for Rape Collects $9.5 Million Settlement by A North Carolina man who served over 25 years in prison before being exonerated for the rape of an elderly woman has received a $9.5 million settlement. Timothy Scott Bridges was 23 years old when he was arrested by …
Brief • July 5, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
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Sangster v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, False Arrest, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JULIUS SANGSTER, Plaintiff, V. CITY OF CHICAGO, and BILL CARO, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 17 C 6291 Judge …
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