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Article • January 12, 2015
Maryland Jury Awards $5.6 Million for False Arrest and Detention by Matthew Clarke Maryland Jury Awards $5.6 Million for False Arrest and Detention by Matt Clarke On October 25, 2012, a Maryland jury awarded a man $5.6 million for damages incurred after he was arrested in Washington, D.C. on an …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Overdetention
NY State Liable Prisoner’s 30 Days Overdetention by NY State Liable Prisoner’s 30 Days Overdetention A New York Court of Claims judge, in a trial on the issue of liability only, has determined that the state department of corrections (DOC) wrongly held a prisoner thirty days past his release date …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Overdetention
NY State Liable for Prisoner’s 94 Days Overdetention by NY State Liable for Prisoner’s 94 Days Overdetention The State of New York has been found liable by a New York Court of claims judge for holding a prisoner 94 days past his release date. The court then ordered that a …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Sentencing
Imprisonment Bars Mandatory Minimum $2,000 Oregon DUII Fine by Imprisonment Bars Mandatory Minimum $2,000 Oregon DUII Fine On August 6, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a mandatory minimum $2,000 fine for an Oregon woman’s fourth driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII) conviction. Regina Marie Frier was convicted …
Article • January 12, 2015
CA Man Receives $720,000 Settlement for 11 Years False Imprisonment by CA Man Receives $720,000 Settlement for 11 Years False Imprisonment A Los Angeles man who spent more than a decade in prison for three murders and a rape he didn't commit will receive $720,000 to settle his lawsuit against …
Article • January 12, 2015
Discretionary Immunity Bars Oregon Prisoner’s Negligent Sentence Computation Claim by Discretionary Immunity Bars Oregon Prisoner’s Negligent Sentence Computation Claim On April 10, 2014, the En Banc Oregon Supreme Court held that Oregon prison officials were entitled to discretionary immunity on a former prisoner’s negligence claim related to confining him 13 …
Article • January 11, 2015
California Man Awarded $18 Million for False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution by California Man Awarded $18 Million for False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution In 2002 Raul Ramirez was arrested and charged with kidnapping and assault after a 16-year-old female student was abducted at gunpoint. The girl escaped when the perpetrator demanded that …
When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems by Derek Gilna When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems by Derek Gilna A recent interest among government officials in reducing prison populations as a way to cut costs, stemming from the 2008 Great Recession that resulted in significant budget deficits, has placed renewed emphasis …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
“Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law “Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law "Selene” had been out of prison for one month when she applied to Dutchess Community College and Ulster …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Filed under: Parole
Florida Supreme Court: Review of Parole Commission Revocation Order Limited by David Reutter Florida Supreme Court: Review of Parole Commission Revocation Order Limited by David M. Reutter On January 23, 2014, the Florida Supreme Court quashed an appellate court’s order because it exceeded the scope of second-tier review of a …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Malpractice Suit Proceeds against Michigan Defense Attorney in Wrongful Conviction Case by David Reutter Malpractice Suit Proceeds against Michigan Defense Attorney in Wrongful Conviction Case by David Reutter A former prisoner whose sexual assault conviction was reversed after he served seven years in prison can sue his attorney for malpractice …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Filed under: Parole
California Parole Term Not Shortened by Improper Parole Denial by Mark Wilson California Parole Term Not Shortened by Improper Parole Denial by Mark Wilson On February 3, 2014, the California Supreme Court held that a prisoner erroneously denied parole was not entitled to have his parole term reduced by the …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
$145,000 Settlement for U.S. Citizen Held on Immigration Detainer due to Racial Profiling by $145,000 Settlement for U.S. Citizen Held on Immigration Detainer due to Racial Profiling An American citizen who was racially profiled and held in jail on an immigration detainer has reached settlements totaling $145,000 with three government …
America’s Prisons: A Road to Nowhere by Ben Notterman America’s Prisons: A Road to Nowhere by Ben Notterman Video of Henry McCollum’s release from a North Carolina prison in September 2014 shows the exonerated death row prisoner making his way through a crowd of excited onlookers and into his family’s …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matthew Clarke Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matt Clarke In spite of a three-year downward trend, Texas continues to lead the nation with the largest state prison population. At the same time, the state has pursued a …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Oklahoma Supreme Court Remands Consolidated Sex Offender Registration Case by Shepherd Litsey Oklahoma Supreme Court Remands Consolidated Sex Offender Registration Case by Shepherd Litsey On November 19, 2013, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings a case involving a registered sex …
Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Community First Services, Inc., established by Jack A. Brown III in 2005 to provide transitional services for prisoners returning to New York City, has come under scrutiny following news reports that cast …
$14.5 Million Awarded to Oklahoma Man for 14 Years Wrongful Imprisonment by $14.5 Million Awarded to Oklahoma Man for 14 Years Wrongful Imprisonment A Tulsa, Oklahoma, man freed in 2002 after spending 14 years in prison for a rape he did not commit won a $14.5 Million award after a …
$4.4M to Arizona Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder — Twice by $4.4M to Arizona Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder — Twice The city of Phoenix and Maricopa County have agreed to pay a total of $4.4 million to a man who was twice convicted for a murder he did not …
Article • January 9, 2015
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
$1 Million Settlement for New Jersey Man Exonerated after 18 Years Wrongful Imprisonment by $1 Million Settlement for New Jersey Man Exonerated after 18 Years Wrongful Imprisonment A New Jersey man exonerated after serving 18 years for murder and sexual assault received a $1 million settlement. The exoneration was the …
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