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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’s largest criminal justice systems virtually guarantees mistakes and failures. Famous cases such as that of Rubin “Hurricane” 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 …
Article • November 30, 2017
Nevada: Woman Freed After 35 Years Sues for Wrongful Murder Conviction by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Homophobic police officers in Reno, Nevada framed a mentally ill woman for a murder she did not commit by labeling her a lesbian, withholding evidence and coercing a confession from her, her attorneys …
Allen v. City of St. Louis, MO, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 Release and Settlement Agreement The parties to this Release and Settlement Agreement ("Agreement") are Plaintiffs Elfrieda Allen, in her capacity as Personal Representative of the Estate of George Allen, Jr., and Lonzetta Taylor (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), and the City of …
Brief • November 6, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Cooper v. City of Elkhart, IN, Complaint, Wrongfully Convicted, 2017 USDC IN/ND case 3:17-cv-00834-PPS-MGG document 1 filed 11/06/17 page 1 of 42 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA, SOUTH BEND DIVISION KEITH COOPER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CITY OF ELKHART, …
Kluppelberg v. Burge, IL, Release and Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JAMES KLUPPELBERG, Plaintiff, V. ) ) ) ) ) JON BURGE, LEONARD ROLSTON #I 1935, WILLIAM KELLY #3644, DETECTIVE L. TUTDER #5648, Catherine Alletto Brown, …
Article • October 24, 2017
$5,485,394 Award in New York Wrongful Conviction Case by Christopher Zoukis Daniel Gristwood was a 29-year-old printer when he was arrested for the attempted murder of his wife on January 12, 1996. He initially confessed to the crime, and was convicted in New York state court based on that confession. …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in Massachusetts Not Easily Obtained by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Kevin O'Loughlin was wrongfully convicted of raping an 11-year-old girl in 1983. He spent almost four years in prison, where he endured multiple assaults – all for a crime he did not commit. Then a …
Publication • September 30, 2017
Estimating the Prevalence of Wrongful Convictions, USDOJ, Sept. 2017 The author(s) shown below used Federal funding provided by the U.S. Department of Justice to prepare the following resource: Document Title: Estimating the Prevalence of Wrongful Convictions Author(s): Kelly Walsh, Jeanette Hussemann, Abigail Flynn, Jennifer Yahner, Laura Golian Document Number: 251115 …
Brief • September 20, 2017
Sledge v. Little, NC, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN DIVISION Case No. 7:15-cv-00180-D JOSEPH SLEDGE, JR., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) v. ) PHILLIP LITTLE, in his individual ) capacity, EARL STORMS, in his official ) …
Sangster v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, False Arrest, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-06291 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/30/17 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:1 UNITED​ ​STATES​ ​DISTRICT​ ​COURT FOR​ ​THE​ ​NORTHERN​ ​DISTRICT​ ​OF​ ​ILLINOIS EASTERN​ ​DIVISION JULIUS​ ​SANGSTER, ) ) ) )​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​No. …
Brief • August 28, 2017
Strong v. Tessmann, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 Resolution 17 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE OF THE LITIGATION ENTITLED JASON STRONG V. TESSMANN ET AL. CASE NO. 16 CV 4885 WHEREAS, the Village of Barrington Hills (hereinafter the “Village”) is a named …
Brief • July 11, 2017
Ferguson v. Short, MO, Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI RYAN FERGUSON, Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 14-04062-CV-C-NKL ) JOHN SHORT, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE ___ Jury Verdict. This …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Double Blind: Preventing Eyewitness Error by Christopher Moraff by Christopher Moraff, The Crime Report On the evening of November 20, 1998, two teenaged girls left a Rite Aid in East Baltimore and were accosted by a knife-wielding man demanding money. During the confrontation, a 16-year-old named Toni Bullock was dragged into …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Texas Leads the Nation in Exonerations, Costing More than $93 Million by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On March 13, 1997, 41-year-old Dahn Clary, Jr. of Texarkana, Texas was arrested and charged with the aggravated sexual assault of his best friend’s 11-year-old son. The boy told his father and police …
Statler v. Spokane County, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREE~ENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims (hereidafter "this Agreement") is entered into by and between PAUL E. STATLER, 'fYLER W. GASSMAN, and ROBERT E. LARSON ("Plaintiffs") and SPOKANE COUNTY, DOUGLAS MARSKE, and …
Publication • June 7, 2017
The Justice Institute - Innocence Database Exoneration Report, 2016 2016 INNOCENTS DATABASE EXONERATION REPORT By Hans Sherrer The Justice Institute 2016 Innocents Database Exoneration Report Copyright © 2017 by Hans Sherrer Permission is granted to publish content in this report with the sole proviso that credit for the source must …
O'Connell v. Los Angeles County, CA, Settlement, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims (hereinafter “Agreement”) is made and entered by and between Plaintiffs Frank O’ Connell and Nicholas O’Connell (hereinafter referred to as “Plaintiffs”), on the one hand, and Defendant …
Brief • May 24, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Howard v. City of Durham, NC, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA DURHAM DIVISION File No. 1:17-cv-477 DARRYL HOWARD, Plaintiff, v. COMPLAINT AND JURY DEMAND CITY OF DURHAM; DARRELL DOWDY, in his individual and official capacities; E.E. SARVIS, in his individual …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Former Texas Police Officer’s Sexual Assault Case Reversed After 21 Years by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Brian Edward Franklin was a Fort Worth, Texas police officer for more than a decade before he was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to life in prison in …
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