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Article • January 7, 2016
Former Missouri Death Row Prisoner Finally Exonerated in 1983 Murder by Joe Watson Three decades after being sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and more than two years after Missouri's Supreme Court threw out his murder conviction, Reggie Griffin has been finally exonerated. On October 25, …
Article • January 7, 2016
$2.2 Million Settlement in Police Shooting of California Parolee by Verdicts & Settlements Final Preview RESULT DATE:  February 27, 2014 Whitney Dueuez, et al. v. City of Manteca, et al. (2:11-cv-01820-LKK-KJN) Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton USDC Eastern TOPIC:  Civil Rights SUB TOPIC: Excessive Force, Deprivation of Familial Relationship FURTHER DESCRIPTION:  …
Vermont Law Shields For-Profit Healthcare Provider from Public Scrutiny by Joe Watson When Vermont's Department of Corrections hired a for-profit healthcare provider in 2010 to treat the state's 2,000 prisoners, it also hired an independent third-party to keep tabs on the private contractor. And yet, Correct Care Solutions (CCS) has …
Article • January 7, 2016
Seventh Circuit: Police Officer Who Shot Man Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by On May 27, 2015, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals upheld a federal court's denial of a motion for summary judgement based on qualified immunity filed by a police officer who shot a man in an alleged …
Article • January 7, 2016
$5.3 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death and Excessive Force by Los Angeles Deputies by The County of Los Angeles paid $5.3 Million to settle a wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit.  The suit stemmed from the November 10, 2012, deadly force used upon Jose De La Trinidad. Deputies pursued a …
Article • January 7, 2016
$1.5 Million Settlement in Los Angeles Deputies Fatal Shooting of Minor by The County of Los Angeles paid $1.5 Million to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies used excessive force on March 7, 2012, upon Arturo Cabrales, a minor, resulting in his death. Deputies accosted Cabrales and two companions for …
Article • January 7, 2016
$600,000 Settlement in Minor’s Fatal Shooting by Los Angeles Deputies by The County of Los Angeles paid $600,000 to settle the lawsuit brought by Rosisela Rubalcava for the alleged excess force on her minor son.  The March 10, 2013, incident resulted in a fatal shooting. Further details were not available, …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: False Arrest
Ninth Circuit Holds Prolonging Traffic Stop Without Reasonable Cause Unlawful by On May 20, 2015, the Ninth Circuit court of appeals held that it was unlawful for law enforcement to prolong a traffic stop for the purpose of general crime detection without reasonable suspicion that a crime has occurred. Jailhouse …
Article • January 7, 2016
$700,000 Settlement in California Police Shooting Suit by The City of Napa, California settled a federal lawsuit over the November 28, 2010, shooting by police of an unarmed 60-year old man. Police were asked to check on the welfare of Richard Poccia. They were told he was in the midst …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: Bail Bonds, Immigration
ICE Forced to Modify Bond Practices in Immigration Court Proceedings by Derek Gilna Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been enjoined by a federal district court in Seattle, Washington from summarily denying personal recognizance bonds in certain detention proceedings as a result of a class action filed by Maria Sandra …
Article • January 7, 2016
High Speed Car Chases Kill Thousands; Injure Tens of Thousands More by Since 1979 over 5,000 deaths and tens of thousands of drivers, passengers and innocent bystanders have been injured as a result of police car chases in the US. Most of these chases begin as routine minor infractions. On …
Article • January 7, 2016
Polk County Florida Juvenile Prison Conditions Corizon Treatment Held Constitutional by On March 15, 2012, suit was brought against Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County, Florida and the jail’s health care provider Corizon Health Inc. for violating the constitutional rights of its juvenile prisoners. Plaintiffs filed for class certification, temporary …
Article • January 7, 2016
New Pennsylvania Legislation Sucker Punches Inmate Speech by Linn Washington Jr. Law Shreds Rights by: Linn Washington Jr. The serious injustice endured by Pennsylvania prison inmate Lorenzo ‘Cat’ Johnson, detailed yesterday in Part I of this series [1], is the subject of a website and numerous other postings on the Internet. …
Brief • January 7, 2016
Hunt v Madigan IL Settlement Med Neglect FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS TO INCLUDE COSTS AND EXPENSES FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONSIDERATION of a total of ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,500.00) paid by and on behalf of Defendants, SUSAN SWAIN, JUSTIN WILLMORE and DAN WALSH, INDIVIDUALLY …
Raza v. City of NY, NY, Stip of Settlement and Order, religious discrimination, 2016 Case 1:13-cv-03448-PKC-JO Document 121-1 Filed 01/07/16 Page 1 of 9 PageID #: 2515 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------x HAMID HASSAN RAZA, MASJID AL-ANSAR, ASAD DANDIA, MUSLIMS GIVING BACK, MASJID AT-TAQWA, and …
Brief • January 7, 2016
Fields v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Plf Brief Opp Def Mot SJ, False Arrest Video On-Duty Police, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA RICHARD FIELDS, Plaintiff, : : : v. : : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al., : Defendants. : ____________________________________ : : …
Article • January 6, 2016
Filed under: Crime, Statistics/Trends
Sentencing Project Highlights U.S. Incarceration Fascination by Derek Gilna According to a new Sentencing Project study, vividly set forth in a series of graphs and tables, from the 1920’s to the late 1970’s, the total number of people incarcerated in the United States never exceeded 200,000. However, in 2012 the …
GAO Recommends Changes in ICE Collection of Sex Abuse Data by Derek Gilna A new General Accounting Office (GAO) Report has called into question the Completeness of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) collection of data regarding sexual abuse and assault incidents in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention …
Article • January 6, 2016
Filed under: Police Chases
$350,000 Settlement in Police Unit Accident by The County of Los Angeles paid $350,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from a December 6, 2009 accident between a sheriff’s patrol cruiser and a truck at an intersection.  Both parties contend the other caused the accident by entering the intersection against a …
Article • January 6, 2016
$270,000 Settlement in False Arrest and Excessive Force by Los Angeles Deputies by Los Angeles County paid $270,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged sheriff’s deputies unlawfully arrested and used excessive force on Ricky Allen on September 25, 2013. As deputies attempted to contact Allen as he came out of …
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