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Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Texas Prisoners Serve Average of 58% of Their Sentences by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a recent report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), during fiscal year (FY) 2010, Texas state prisoners served an average of 58% of their sentences before being released. That percentage is …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Idaho Jail Institutes Pay-to-Stay-Out Program by A jail in Canyon County, Idaho has taken the concept of pay-to-stay one step further by charging certain convicted prisoners to stay out of jail. First-time offenders with a non-violent crime who are compliant may have the opportunity to pay up to $15 a …
Brief • March 13, 2012
Kirkland v. DiLeo, NJ, Complaint, Judicial Misconduct, 2012 03/13/2012 08:47 AM 5C8EB 97697 Min t D4c166 e riEtied B26.21802228Piltje agel 8 difatje gt6B947 12aw021X246- Michael P. Rubas, Esq. (MPR8484) DI MAGGIO & RUBAS, LLC 100 Morris Avenue, Suite 103 Springfield, New Jersey 07081 (973) 258-9100 M ichael@Dimaggio-Ruhas.corn Attorneys for Plaintiffs …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Credits Sentence with Time on Appeal Bond by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a man who erroneously remained free on an appeal bond for 21 years was entitled to full credit toward his sentence. Claus Detref Thiles was sentenced to 16 years …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Rules Against Parole Board on Imposition of Sex Offender Restrictions on Non-Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles was required to provide due process in the form of a …
Article • February 15, 2012
$1,800 Settlement in Clerical Error Resulting in Jail Time by California’s County of Sacramento paid $1,800 to settle the claim of Stephen L. Stucker, who was held in jail for two days due to a clerical error. His July 17, 2002 jailing resulted in the denial of his psychiatric medication. …
Article • February 15, 2012
California: $5,000 Settlement in Wrongful Imprisonment by California’s County of Sacramento paid $5,000 to settle the wrongful imprisonment claim of Robert B. Weber, who was arrested on February 1, 2004 on suspicion of driving under the influence. At the jail, a computer error indicated “no bond, 30 day immediate confinement.” …
Article • February 15, 2012
9th Circuit: Appeals Court Lacks Jurisdiction over Non-Final Order For New Parole Hearing by The Ninth Circuit has held that it lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal of a district court order instructing California's Board of Parole Hearings (Board) to conduct a new parole hearing, where that order, because it …
Article • February 15, 2012
$8,000 Settlement in Washington DOC False Imprisonment Suit by An $8,000 settlement was reached in a false imprisonment claim against the State of Washington. Duane A. Cooper had been sentenced to a 60 month sentence for a class C felony on April 4, 1996. On May 14, 2002, Cooper was …
Article • February 15, 2012
Seventh Circuit: Crawford Not Applicable to Revocation Hearings by On May 2, 2006, the Seventh Circuit held that the Sixth Amendment right to confrontation and cross-examination of witnesses as set forth in Crawford v. Washington, 561 U.S. 36 (2004), does not apply to revocation hearings. Lamond D. Kelley, a federal …
California: Failure to Accommodate Hearing-Impaired Parolee Leads To $100,000 Settlement by In November 2009, Joseph Genova, a hearing-impaired ex-prisoner, signed a Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims, accepting $10,000 from the State of California, $68,000 from Walden House, Inc., and $22,000 from Behavioral Systems Southwest, Inc. (BSS) in exchange …
Article • February 15, 2012
Award for Freed Prisoner Vacated by Louisiana Appellate Court by On February 20, 2008, the First Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeals vacated and remanded for further proceedings a trial court’s judgment awarding a former prisoner compensation for a wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Calvin Williams was convicted in 1977 of first-degree …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Israeli Study Shows Parole Decisions May be Affected by Whether Board Members are Hungry by A ten-month study of over 1,100 parole hearings in Israel indicates that the odds of a prisoner being found suitable for parole seem to be affected by the interval between the hearing and the time …
Business is Booming for Prison Profiteers by James Kilgore Private corrections company The GEO Group celebrated the holiday season by opening a new 1,500-bed prison in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 12, 2011. The $80 million facility is expected to generate approximately $28 million in annual revenues. Though GEO (formerly Wackenhut …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Doctors Propose Changes to Fix Flaws in Compassionate Release Programs by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim In “Balancing Punishment and Compassion for Seriously Ill Prisoners,” published in the July 19, 2011 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, Doctors Brie A. Williams, Rebecca L. Sudore, Robert Greifinger and R. Sean Morrison …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Oregon Discontinues Failed Prisoner Deportation Program by Oregon’s expedited deportation program, touted as saving $2.1 million by transferring about 200 illegal immigrant prisoners to federal custody for early deportation, came up $1.9 million short, causing state officials to kill the program. According to the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC), 1,289 …
Brief • February 7, 2012
Filed under: Good Time
Owens v. Stalder, LA, Motion for Summary Judgment, Miscalculated Good Time, 2012 Case 1:08-cv-00768-JTT-JDK Document 59-1 Filed 02/07/12 Page 1 of 10 PageID #: 498 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION KENNETH OWENS Plaintiff CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-0768 VERSUS JUDGE TRIMBLE RICHARD STALDER Defendant MAGISTRATE JUDGE …
Days Without End: Life Sentences and Penal Reform by Marie Gottschalk Death fades into insignificance when compared with life imprisonment. To spend each night in jail, day after day, year after year, gazing at the bars and longing for freedom, is indeed expiation. —Lewis E. Lawes, warden of Sing Sing …
Problems at North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab by Recent revelations of shoddy blood analysis at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) crime lab led to an investigation that uncovered at least 190 cases of serious blood work errors in criminal cases. Those cases included three …
Brief • January 6, 2012
Sanders and Phillips v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, false arrest malicious prosecution unlawful detention, 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …
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