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Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Exonerated Prisoner Awarded $15 Million for Misconduct by Baltimore Police by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On October 5, 1994, Sabein Burgess’ life changed forever when his girlfriend, Michelle Dyson, was brutally murdered at her home in Baltimore, Maryland. Burgess discovered his girlfriend’s body, called for help and then returned …
Wilson v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 se 2:18-cv-05775-KS Document 1 Filed 07/01/18 Page 1 of 75 Page ID # :1 1 BARRETT S. LITT, SBN 45527 Email: blitt@.kmbllaw.com 2 RONALD . KA YE, SBN 145051 Email: rok~kmbllaw.com 3 KEVIN J. aHUE, SBN 237556 KA YE, …
Brief • June 27, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Dennis v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 t\\ ri8S Case 2:18-cv-02689-JS Document 1 Filed 06/27/18 Page 1 of 39 "« <'<• 0 "'" /<6 (! 1/- a CIVIL COVER SHEET The JS 44 c1v!l cover sheet and the mformat1on contamed herem neither replace nor supplement the fllmg …
Article • June 20, 2018
$1.25 Million Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Harold Hill, who was coerced into confessing to a rape and murder, and freed from prison when DNA evidence exonerated him nearly 13 years later, settled with the Chicago Police Department …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Former Michigan Prisoner Receives Over $817,000 for Wrongful Conviction by A Michigan man who was wrongfully convicted of rape has received $817,351 in compensation from the state. Quentin Carter was 16 when he was charged in September 1991 with raping a 10-year-old girl in Grand Rapids. The girl&rsquo;s mother waited …
Brief • April 19, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Hincapie v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-03432-PAC Document 1 Filed 04/19/18 Page 1 of 38 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ x JOHNNY HINCAPIE, Plaintiff, -againstCITY OF NEW YORK; Detective CARLOS GONZALEZ; Detective DONALD CASEY; Detective JAMES CHRISTIE; Detective MICHAEL …
EXCLUSIVE: 'Survivors Guide to Prison': An Interview with the Film Producer by Steve Horn by Steve Horn &nbsp;A new film, &ldquo;Survivors Guide to Prison,&rdquo; has hit the small screens on-demand on Amazon, iTunes, Fandango, Hulu and other online streaming venues. It provides not only a step-by-step guide to how to …
Ohio: Almost $3 Million Settlement in Suit Brought by Two Wrongfully Convicted Men by Matthew Clarke Ohio: Almost $3 Million Settlement in Suit Brought by Two Wrongfully Convicted Men by Matt Clarke In March 2017, a state court judge approved a $2.9 million settlement between Ohio and two men who …
Brief • March 21, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Hampton v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF lLLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION PATRICK HAMPTON , Plaintiff, vs. CITY OF CHICAGO, Former Chicago Police Detective MICHAEL DUFFIN, Former Ch icago Police Detective THOMA S PTAK, and as-yet unknown City …
The Criminalization of the Mentally Ill in Maine by by Lance Tapley,&nbsp;Pine Tree Watch In April, 2017, while incarcerated at the Maine State Prison&rsquo;s Intensive Mental Health Unit in Warren, James Staples removed his own eyeball. The 66-year-old prisoner, who has a lengthy history of both mental illness and assault …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
$111,000 Settlement for Wrongfully Incarcerated Ohio Prisoner by On June 12, 2017, the Ohio Controlling Board voted to settle a wrongful incarceration suit brought by a man whom prosecutors had called a &ldquo;major supplier&rdquo; of cocaine, after a judge ignored the reversal of his conviction by an appellate court and …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
National Registry of Exonerations Report: Blacks Suffer More False Convictions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On March 7, 2017, the National Registry of Exonerations published a report that found African-Americans are much more likely than whites to be wrongfully convicted and spend more time in prison before being exonerated. …
Article • December 19, 2017
$320,000 Settlement in Wrongful Imprisonment Case by Christopher Zoukis by&nbsp;Christopher Zoukis A federal lawsuit alleging wrongful arrest and imprisonment by the LAPD settled for $320,000 on January 16, 2007. The case involved the murder of 16-year-old Martha Puebla, who was shot and killed outside her Sun Valley, California home. Puebla …
Article • December 13, 2017
Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Dismissal in Lawsuit Filed by Man Wrongfully Convicted of Arson, Murder by On September 1, 2016, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order dismissing most of a lawsuit filed by a man who spent 26 years in prison for an …
Article • December 12, 2017
Seventh Circuit: Falsely Accused Man, Conviction Expunged, Cannot Sue Anonymously by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that a man who was falsely accused of a crime and later had his record expunged cannot sue for malicious prosecution anonymously. …
Article • December 11, 2017
Man Wrongly Imprisoned on Death Row for 28 Years May Sue Ohio by Dale Johnston was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter and her boyfriend and sentenced to death. The decision of a three-judge panel in 1984 was based in part on testimony from a hypnotized witness. He always denied having …
Article • December 11, 2017
Congress Exempts from Taxation Awards to Wrongfully Convicted by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Congress has passed the wrongful Conviction Tax Act of 2015 with votes from both sides of the aisle, exempting the damage awarded granted the wrongfully convicted from federal tax liability.&nbsp;&nbsp; According to the Innocence Project, a …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Second Circuit Upholds $36 Million Jury Award, $5 Million in Fees in Wrongful Conviction Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 19, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the award of $36 million in damages and nearly $5 million in attorney fees to two New York …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Innocence Project Emerging in Israel by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Wrongful convictions are a well-known phenomena in the United States; the administration of one of the world&rsquo;s largest criminal justice systems virtually guarantees mistakes and failures. Famous cases such as that of Rubin &ldquo;Hurricane&rdquo; Carter, who was framed for …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Chicago Man Exonerated of Murder Awarded $13 Million after 22 Years in Prison by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Following a trial that began on March 6, 2017, a federal jury awarded a former prisoner more than $13 million after he sued the City of Chicago, seven police officers and …
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