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Brief • September 20, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Smith v. Office of Atty General, MD, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS REVISED at the meeting SECRETARY'S ACTION AGENDA September 20, 2023 Contact: Janee Fountain 410-576-6971 jfountain@oag.state.md.us 12. THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Appellate Court ofMaryland Compensation to Erroneously Confined Individual Mr. Demetrius Smith Recommendation: The Office …
Brief • September 19, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Birch v. Town of New Milford, CT, Settlement -Birch Signature, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT THIS SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and 19th entered into this _____ day of September 2023 between the plaintiffs Ralph Birch and Shawn Henning (hereinafter collectively referred to as the …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Oregon Governor Commutes All Death Sentences by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should not be in the business of executing people – even if a terrible crime placed them in prison,” said outgoing Oregon …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Life Sentence for Alabama Jail Escapee After Suicide of Guard Lover Who Helped Him by Chuck Sharman On June 8, 2023, a judge in Alabama’s Lauderdale County handed a life sentence without parole to a state prisoner for escaping the county lockup with his jail-guard lover, who then committed suicide …
Oregon Will Hold Release Hearings for 73 Prisoners Sentenced to LWOP as Juveniles by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On October 6, 2022, the Oregon Supreme Court denied a petition for review from prosecutors seeking to stop the Governor and Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (BPPS) from granting early …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Four Hawaii Prison Guards Sentenced for Beating Prisoner – But One Wins Back-Pay by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 17, 2023, the last of four former Hawaii prison guards convicted of beating a state prisoner was sentenced to federal prison. The sentences ranged from one to 12 …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Unyielding Pursuit of Justice or Unfulfilled Promises: Doubts Surround California Habeas Attorney by In a quest to exonerate Abel Soto, his family and friends hired Aaron Spolin, a Los Angeles lawyer who advertises himself as “California’s top-ranked habeas attorney.” Soto and his supporters believe he was wrongfully convicted of a …
Brief • September 7, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Hardin v. City of Louisville, KY, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 RELEASEANDSETTLEMENTAGREEMENT This Release and Settlement Agreement is made and entered into this _ _ _ day of September 2023, by and between the Parties as defined below. DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Release and Settlement Agreement ("Settlement Agreement"): (I) …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Alabama Guards Still Harming Prisoners, Overcrowding Set to Increase as Governor Slashes “Good Time” by Jo Ellen Nott, Chuck Sharman by Jo Ellen Nott and Chuck Sharman Long notorious for harsh prison conditions, Alabama’s Department of Corrections (DOC) shows no signs of remediating them despite not one but two suits …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
DOJ Finds Louisiana ‘Deliberately Indifferent’ to Prisoners Incarcerated Long Past Their Release Dates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 25, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report finding the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC) was deliberately indifferent to the due-process rights of …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Executive Inaction: States and Federal Government Fail to Use Commutations as a Release Mechanism by Naila Awan, Katie Rose Quandt By Naila Awan and Katie Rose Quandt   On April 26, 2022, President Joe Biden used his executive powers to commute the federal sentences of 75 people — a first step …
Biden Commutes 31 Federal Drug Sentences by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi On April 29, 2023, Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) reduced the federal prison sentences of 31 people, each serving time on home confinement for nonviolent drug-related convictions. The commutation of sentences was one component of a strategy …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
Connecticut GOP Lawmakers Force Governor to Replace Pardon Board Chair, Stopping All Commutation Hearings by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi A spate of Connecticut commutations in 2022 didn’t come close to resolving the backlog in applications, only one of which had been granted in two years. But it piqued the …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Missouri Prisoner Illegally Condemned by Illiterate Juror Executed Anyway by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Depending on who’s telling the story, Missouri prisoner Michael Tisius, 42, got either what he deserved or the last in a long line of bad breaks when he was executed on June 6, 2023, hours …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Fifth Circuit Kills Suit by Louisiana Prisoners Whose Release Dates Were Incorrectly Calculated by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court’s denial of qualified immunity (QI) to James LeBlanc, Secretary of the Louisiana …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
$30,000 Paid by Michigan to Prisoner Wrongfully Classified as Sex Offender by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 6, 2023, a Michigan prisoner dismissed his complaint against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) after agreeing to accept $30,000 to settle claims that he suffered the “stigmatizing …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
SCOTUS Overrules Arizona Supreme Court, Allows Death Row Prisoner to Proceed With State Habeas Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) held that its decision in Lynch v. Arizona, 578 U.S. 613 (2016), was a “significant change” in …
Brief • August 3, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Jimenez v. Lumpkin, TX, Order to Dismiss, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 Case 1:12-cv-00373-RP Document 116 Filed 08/03/23 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION ROSA ESTELLA OLVERA JIMENEZ, PETITIONER, V. Case No. A-12-CV-373-RP BOBBY LUMPKIN, RESPONDENT. __________________________________________ ORDER In 2016, …
Brief • August 2, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Jimenez v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-06751-NRB Document 1 Filed 08/02/23 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------X RICARDO JIMENEZ, Docket No. COMPLAINT Plaintiff, -againstCITY OF NEW YORK, WENDELL STRADFORD, MICHAEL SERRANO, CHRISTOPHER HORN, and BRONX COUNTY …
Brief • August 1, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Jimenez v. Lumpkin, TX, Mandate, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 Case: 19-51083 Document: 233-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/01/2023 United States Court of Appeals FIFTH CIRCUIT OFFICE OF THE CLERK LYLE W. CAYCE CLERK TEL. 504-310-7700 600 S. MAESTRI PLACE, Suite 115 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 August 01, 2023 Mr. Philip Devlin …
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