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Brief • July 30, 2014
Hickman v. United States (BOP), MN, Complaint - Illegal Imprisonment FTCA - Fair Labor Standards, 2014 CASE 0:14-cv-03041-ADM-JSM Document 1 Filed 07/30/14 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA ______________________________________________________________________ Jermaine Hickman, File No. ______________ Plaintiff, v. COMPLAINT AND JURY DEMAND United States of America, Defendant. …
Article • July 11, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
North Carolina: Hundreds of Federal Prisoners Legally Innocent, Some Still Incarcerated by Derek Gilna North Carolina: Hundreds of Federal Prisoners Legally Innocent, Some Still Incarcerated by Derek Gilna Following a 2011 federal appellate court ruling, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initially tried to delay the release of federal prisoners …
Seventh Circuit Admits Prisoner is Right but Denies Relief, Suggests Clemency by Seventh Circuit Admits Prisoner is Right but Denies Relief, Suggests Clemency The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), mandates sentence enhancements for certain federal defendants who commit crimes with firearms; those who have three or …
Brief • July 11, 2014
Miller et al v. Deal et al, GA, Order, child support debtors prison, 2014 In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: July 11, 2014 S13G1197. MILLER et al. v. DEAL et al. BLACKWELL, Justice. In this lawsuit against the Department of Human Services,1 the trial court certified a class of …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Habeas Petitioner Cannot Avoid Payment of Appellate Filing Fees by Michael Brodheim Habeas Petitioner Cannot Avoid Payment of Appellate Filing Fees by Michael Brodheim The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner seeking collateral relief cannot avoid paying appellate filing fees. Following a murder conviction, Indiana prisoner …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Illinois $50 State’s Attorney Fee Applies Only to Habeas Proceedings by Mark Wilson Illinois $50 State’s Attorney Fee Applies Only to Habeas Proceedings by Mark Wilson The Illinois Supreme Court held in September 2013 that a $50 State’s Attorney fee authorized in habeas corpus cases does not apply to non-habeas …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Brady Violations Result in Habeas Relief for Pennsylvania Death Row Prisoner by David Reutter Brady Violations Result in Habeas Relief for Pennsylvania Death Row Prisoner by David Reutter To correct a “grave miscarriage of justice,” Pennsylvania U.S. District Court Judge Anita Brody granted a writ of habeas corpus to a …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Decline in Arrests of Los Angeles County Probation Officers by Decline in Arrests of Los Angeles County Probation Officers The Los Angeles County Probation Office has cited tougher self-policing and stricter hiring standards for a dramatic decrease in the number of employees arrested for driving under the influence and various …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Ninth Circuit: Damages Required for Compelled Religious-Based Treatment by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: Damages Required for Compelled Religious-Based Treatment by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that damages are required, as a matter of law, when a parolee is incarcerated for objecting to compelled participation in …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Oregon Parole Board: “Don’t Have to Explain Nothing to Nobody” by Oregon Parole Board: “Don’t Have to Explain Nothing to Nobody” For at least the fifth time, a state court has ordered the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (Board) to provide more than boilerplate reasons for its decisions. …
Brief • July 9, 2014
Diaz v. City of New York, NY, Preliminary Statement, false arrest imprisonement, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-05126-JGK Document 2 Filed 07/09/14 Page 1 of 11 Case 1:14-cv-05126-JGK Document 2 Filed 07/09/14 Page 2 of 11 Case 1:14-cv-05126-JGK Document 2 Filed 07/09/14 Page 3 of 11 Case 1:14-cv-05126-JGK Document 2 Filed 07/09/14 Page …
Brief • June 18, 2014
Farias v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Unlawful Detention and Dog Shooting, 2014 Case 2:14-cv-04667-R-SS Document 1 Filed 06/18/14 Page 1 of 12 Page ID #:1 1 John Burton, State Bar No. 86029 2 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 4 East Holly Street, Suite 201 3 Pasadena, California …
Article • June 12, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative by Christopher Petrella Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative by Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the City University of New York, writes that “capitalism never resolves its problems; it simply rearranges them geographically.” The same can be …
Article • June 7, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Sentencing
Amount of Drugs a Factor for Departure Sentence in Kansas Prison Contraband Conviction by David Reutter Amount of Drugs a Factor for Departure Sentence in Kansas Prison Contraband Conviction by David M. Reutter The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a prisoner’s sentence for possession of contraband – a small amount of …
Article • June 6, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Parole
California: Lack of Insight Cannot be Inferred when Prisoner Accepts Responsibility for Crime and Expresses Genuine Remorse by Michael Brodheim California: Lack of Insight Cannot be Inferred when Prisoner Accepts Responsibility for Crime and Expresses Genuine Remorse by Michael Brodheim In the wake of the California Supreme Court’s ruling in …
Article • June 6, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Ninth Circuit: Heck Allows § 1983 Parole Condition Challenges by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: Heck Allows § 1983 Parole Condition Challenges by Mark Wilson On July 31, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Seventh Circuit in holding that the Heck doctrine does not bar all parole condition …
Article • June 5, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Ex-football Star Exonerated a Decade after Rape Conviction by A California high school football star who was exonerated after serving five years in prison for kidnapping and raping a classmate has fulfilled his dream of playing for the NFL, and there are now plans to make a movie about his …
Brief • June 3, 2014
Register v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, wrongful conviction imprisonment, 2014 Case 2:14-cv-04568-JAK-JC Document 1 Filed 06/13/14 Page 1 of 45 Page ID #:1 1 KEVIN LAHUE, State Bar No. 237556 2 klahue@kmbllaw.com 3 KAYE, MCLANE, BEDNARSKI & LITT, LLP 4 234 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 230 5 Pasadena, …
Publication • June 1, 2014
Talking Criminal Justice and Public Safety FrameWorks Institute 2014 Talking Criminal Justice and Public Safety: A FrameWorks Message Memo Prepared for the FrameWorks Institute by: Susan Nall Bales with Courtney D. Cogburn June 2014 In Partnership with the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard University Law …
Publication • 2014
Bridging the Divide Partnership for Safety and Justice 2014 Bridging the Divide Bridging the Divide A new paradigm for addressing safety, crime, and victimization A new paradigm for addressing safety, crime, and victimization 1 Bridging the Divide This report documents some of the key insights from four national convenings funded …
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