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Article • May 15, 2012
Former Ohio Sheriff Sentenced to One Year of House Arrest for Theft and Ethics Violations by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna Gerald T. McFaul was Sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Ohio for decades, but the 76-year old Democrat was contrite as he apologized to the people of Cuyahoga County for theft …
Oregon Cop Guilty of Sexting a Minor by On July 22, 2011, former Salem, Oregon police Officer Raul "Rico" Allen Ramirez, 36, pleaded guilty to official misconduct for sending sexual text messages to an underage female police cadet. In February 2011, the cadet emailed Ramirez, requesting to ride along with …
Article • May 15, 2012
Oregon Cop Sexually Abuses Minor, Gets 10 Years by On August 16, 2011, a former Oregon police officer was sentenced to nearly ten years in prison on thirteen sex crimes. Mark Benton Ashcraft, 38, was a police officer in the small northeastern Oregon town of Athena. That ended, however, when …
Utah Private Corrections Center Employees under Federal Indictment for Evidence Tampering by A federal investigation resulted in criminal charges against two employees of a Salt Lake City, Utah corrections center for federal prisoners. A federal probe targeted Cornell Community Corrections Center, a private corporation that contracts to house prisoners who …
Washington Supreme Court Reverses Judge's Indigency Status Denial by The En Banc Washington state Supreme Court reversed a lower court's denial of a judge's motion for indigency status. Soon after he was elected to the Pierce County Superior Court Bench, Judge Michael A. Hecht was convicted of felony harassment and …
Article • May 15, 2012
Oregon Jail Guard Stabbed in the Face with Pencil by On August 7, 2011, two prisoners stabbed a guard in the face with a pencil at the Washington County Jail (WCJ) in Hillsboro, Oregon. Deputy Adam Slater, 27, was working at a desk at about 4 p.m., on Sunday, August …
Article • May 15, 2012
Presidential Death Threat Nets Four More Years; Mentally Ill Oregon Prisoner Continues Murder Plots by On August 3, 2011, a mentally ill Oregon prisoner who pleaded guilty to sending letters threatening to kill President Barack Obama was sentenced to four more years in prison. David Earl Anderson, Jr., 28, suffers …
Brief • May 7, 2012
Gas Drilling Awareness v. Powers, PA, Amended Complaint, Activists Tagged 'Terrorists' - 2012 Case 1:10-cv-01997-WWC Document 73 Filed 05/07/12 Page 1 of 44 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA GAS DRILLING AWARENESS COALITION : : : Plaintiff, : : vs. : CIVIL ACTION : JAMES F. POWERS, JR., …
State-by-State Prisoner Rape and Sexual Abuse Round-Up by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke and Alex Friedmann In 2006, Prison Legal News published a cover story, Guards Rape of Prisoners Rampant, No Solution in Sight, that presented a compilation of news reports concerning the rape and sexual abuse of prisoners by …
Oklahoma City Not Liable for Wrongful Conviction Resulting from Falsified Forensic Evidence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Oklahoma City can not be held liable for the actions of disgraced forensic chemist Joyce A. Gilchrist, who was employed in the city’s …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
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Texas Prison Guard Gets Five Years for Scalding Child by Alex Friedmann On February 29, 2012, former Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison guard Henry Benson III, 31, was convicted by a state court jury of “recklessly” burning a child he was babysitting. Benson, formerly employed at the Connally Unit …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
ACLU of Arizona Surveys Taser Use in Statewide Report by Joe Watson No one can claim that the ACLU of Arizona lacks ambition. After poring over a decade’s worth of investigations, lawsuits and public records, the ACLU of Arizona is attempting to persuade law enforcement officials in the Grand Canyon …
Murderer Registry Becomes Law in Illinois by Joe Watson For ex-prisoners hoping for a fresh start upon their release, the slope is becoming increasingly slippery. A bill signed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on July 21, 2011 has established the state’s first registry for convicted murderers. Also known as “Andrea’s …
Victoria v. NYPD DETF et al, NY, 2nd Am Complaint, false arrest overdetention, 2012 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 Page 1 of 13 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 Page 2 of 13 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 Page 3 of 13 Case 1:11-cv-00937-LAK Document 13 Filed 04/13/12 …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
How Victim Rights Shaped Spending, Laws and the Future of Punishment in Colorado by Alan Prendergast Newly elected as a Colorado state representative, Pete Lee hit the Capitol in January 2011 fired up with big ideas. The biggest of them all was the restorative justice bill he introduced shortly after …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Survey Shows College Courses for Prisoners Reduce Recidivism, but Few Exist by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Of the various kinds of rehabilitative programs offered to prisoners, only education has been shown to unequivocally correlate with a strong reduction in recidivism. The more education a prisoner receives, the greater the …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Georgia Jail Guards Charged in Prisoner Abuse Incident by Three guards at Georgia’s Dekalb County Jail (DCJ) were arrested and charged in connection with a May 15, 2011 altercation involving a pretrial detainee. The prisoner, whose name was not released, had been booked into the DCJ on a disorderly conduct …
31,000 Criminal Cases Under Review After Detroit Crime Lab Closes by After the police crime lab in Detroit, Michigan was found to have provided faulty firearm ballistics evidence in criminal cases, the lab was closed in 2008. A subsequent review of around 31,000 firearm-related prosecutions was deemed “admittedly impossible work,” …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Pennsylvania Jail Guard Accused of Stealing from 93-Year-Old Widow by Prosecutors have charged an Allegheny County, Pennsylvania jail guard with theft. Mark Hendrick, 46, was charged with access device fraud, theft and misapplication of entrusted property in April 2011 after it was discovered that he had taken more than $147,000 …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
U.S. Department of Justice Releases Statistics on Jail Prisoners at Midyear 2010 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2011, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice issued a statistical report on the nation’s city and county jail population for the twelve-month period ending …
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