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Judge Not: Judges Benched for Personal Misconduct by by Gary Hunter & Alex Friedmann They decide hot-button topics ranging from abortion and racial discrimination to religious freedoms and contested elections. They can put you in prison or vindicate your civil rights. They can even sentence you to death. Who am …
Judge Sonia Sotomayor Denied My Appeal and I Spent 16 Years in Prison for a Crime I Didn’t Commit by Jeffrey Deskovic My name is Jeffrey Deskovic. At age 17, I was wrongfully convicted of murder and rape, a conviction that was based upon a coerced false confession, the fabrication …
Supreme Court Holds Supervisory Officials Not Liable for Abuse of 9-11 Detainees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 14, 2007, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court’s denial of the government’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging abuse of …
$500,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Raped by Jail Guard; Vacated on Post-Trial Motion by A New York federal jury awarded a woman $500,000 in a lawsuit claiming that her constitutional rights were violated when a guard forcibly raped her. The verdict, however, found the sheriff was not guilty of …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
New York Prisoner Awarded $5,000 for Assault by Cellmate by A New York Claims Court awarded a prisoner $5,000 for being assaulted by his cellmate. The Court found that prison officials knew or should have known that a threat existed and they failed to act to prevent it. While incarcerated …
Article • July 15, 2009
New York Prison Officials Liable for Wheelchair Accident by A New York Court of Claims held that prison officials are 100% liable for injuries suffered by a prisoner who fell from his wheelchair on a sloped ramp. Prisoner Darrin Carathers, who is wheelchair-bound, was being transported to St. Agnes Hospital …
Article • July 15, 2009
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N.Y. Court Need Not Pronounce Mandatory Surcharge and Fees at Sentencing by The New York Court of Appeals has held that the mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee mandated by Penal Law § 60.35(1) are not part of a sentence. Therefore, a judge need not pronounce them in a …
Article • July 15, 2009
New York DOC Agrees to Settle Asbestos Case by On April 4, 1997, the New York Department of Corrections (NYDOC) agreed to settle a suit brought by a group of New York prisoners over their exposure to asbestos. The prisoners alleged that the defendants violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment …
Article • July 15, 2009
New York Haircut Requirement Held Unconstitutional by On November 11, 1986, the New York Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling striking down a New York regulation requiring prisoners to cut their hair during intake. Alfredo Lewis, a practicing Rastafarian, sued the New York Department of Corrections after he …
Article • July 15, 2009
New York Liable for Foreseeable Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault; Prisoner Awarded $80,000 in Damages by A New York Court of Claims found that prison officials were 100% liable for injuries incurred from a foreseeable prisoner-on-prisoner assault at the Auburn Correctional Facility. On July 17, 2003, prisoner Alexis Irizarry was assaulted by prisoner …
Jury Awards Guard $150,000 for Retaliation; Court Awards an Additional $800,000 by A Nassau County federal jury has awarded a county jail guard $150,000 for discrimination and retaliation that occurred as a result of a prior sexual harassment suit. Patricia Luca, a guard for 12 years, sued Nassau County, its …
Lesbian Guard Awarded $200,000 for Unlawful Discrimination, Retaliation by A New York appellate court has upheld an award of damages for a lesbian guard who was subjected to unlawful discrimination and retaliation. Alicia Humig, the only female guard on her cell block at the Wende Correctional Facilitiy, filed a complaint …
Article • July 15, 2009
$1,500 Award in NY DOCS Failure to Protect Suit by A New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner $1,500 for prison officials’ failure to protect him. Prisoner Anthony Collins was assaulted and stabbed by other prisoners at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility on May 13, 1999 as a result …
Woodall v. Pritchard, NY, Amended Complaint, Transgender Assault, 2009 Case 6:08-cv-06228-CJS-JWF Document 23 Filed 07/10/09 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------------------)( BRYAN WOODALL, Plaintiff, AMENDED COMPLAINT vs. CORRECTION OFFICER GARY PRITCHARD, CORRECTION OFFICER SEAN WHITE, CORRECTION OFFICER JEFF I-lAZARD, CORRECTION OFFICER THEODORE …
Publication • June 19, 2009
New York State Police, Trooper Joseph C. Kolek Letter of Censure, 2009 TB- ISA (2/99) PREVENTABLE DIVISION VEHICLE ACCIDENT - REPORT OF ADJ UDlCATION VAN DATE OF ACCIDENT/INCIDENT Ap/1 \ TIM E OF ACCIDENT/INCIDENT 1\ 1 2009 VEHICLE PLATE N UMBER DRIVER'S NAME (FIRST, Ml, LAST) 1-<o (c:t< C SHIELD …
$899,500 Award in NY DOCS Medical Negligence Resulting in Leg Amputation by A New York Court of Claims awarded a former prisoner a total of $899,500 in a medical negligence claim. As a result of the delays and neglect in treatment of William C. Stephens’s peripheral vascular disease (PVD) by …
Jury Award Exceeds $1.5 Million in New York Malicious Prosecution Case by On June 24, 2008, a New York federal jury found two New York City police officers liable in a Section 1983 malicious prosecution suit brought by security guard & part-time state police officer Anthony Manganiello. Manganiello's initial suit …
Article • June 15, 2009
New York Landlord Wins $25,000 Verdict for False Arrest by On January 30, 2007, following a one-day trial, a New York City jury awarded Plaintiff Barsiasa $25,000 for the emotional distress he suffered due to his false arrest by New York City police officers. Tenants in the Plaintiff's building accused …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
As Economy Falters, Rehabilitative and Substance Abuse Programs Get the Axe by As Economy Falters, Rehabilitative and Substance Abuse Programs Get the Axe by Mark Wilson Facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, states are slashing rehabilitative criminal justice programs in a desperate attempt to save money. Critics …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Amnesty International Sources Given Journalistic Protection by Amnesty International Sources Given Journalistic Protection A New York federal judge held that sources used by Amnesty International (Amnesty) in drafting a report on conditions of confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York were entitled to the same protection …
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