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Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Los Angeles County Pays $24 Million to Two Former Prisoners Wrongly Convicted as Teens of 1997 Murder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 7, 2024, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $24 million settlement for two California men who were wrongly convicted as teenagers of …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Presumption of Innocence Not Violated by Jail Courtroom by On November 20, 2024, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned a lower appellate ruling that found holding a jury trial in a jail courtroom violated a defendant’s right to a presumption of innocence. The Court …
Eighth Circuit: Evidentiary Admissibility Is a “Red Herring” At Class Certification of St. Louis Jail Conditions Challenge by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 3, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit declined to join most sister circuits, which admit evidentiary challenges to class certification …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Washington State Patrol Accused of Confusing Driver’s Brain Bleed for DUI by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 17, 2024, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) was accused of negligently arresting and jailing a woman for suspected DUI when in fact she was suffering a life-threatening brain bleed. Beyond the …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Washington Appellate Court: “Some Evidence” Standard for Prison Discipline “Is Not Illusory” by In an unpublished opinion issued on May 2, 2024, the Court of Appeals of Washington ruled that a prisoner found guilty of possessing a weapon was denied due process because the disciplinary finding was not supported even …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Washington Appellate Court Reverses Parole Revocation Based on Hearsay by On April 2, 2024, the Washington Court of Appeals, Division II, reversed a decision by the state’s Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) that relied only on hearsay evidence to sustain a criminal charge underlying a parole violation. In 2020, ISRB …
“Third Time Is Not the Charm” For Texas Jailers Barred by PLRA from Enforcing Prior Settlement Agreement Against Prisoner in New Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 12, 2024, the federal court for the Western District of Texas refused a motion by Williamson County Correctional Facility (WCCF) …
Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-00367 Document 1 Filed 04/17/24 Page 1 of 40 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION Willie Williams, Plaintiff, No.24-cv-367 v. Charles David Ritchey, W. J. Mooneyham, J.R. Starling, the Estate of …
Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-00367 Document 1 Filed 04/17/24 Page 1 of 40 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION Willie Williams, Plaintiff, No.24-cv-367 v. Charles David Ritchey, W. J. Mooneyham, J.R. Starling, the Estate of …
Oregon Parole Hearing Exclusion Rule Invalidated by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Oregon Court of Appeals on November 23, 2022, held that the state Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision exceeded its statutory authority when it adopted a rule that excludes prisoners convicted of aggravated murder – including …
Civilian Oversight Commision Special Counsel-Deputy Gangs and Deputy Cliques in the LA Sheriff's Dept-Feb. 2023 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TO SHERIFF CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT COMMISSION REGARDING DEPUTY GANGS AND DEPUTY CLIQUES IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT February 2023 Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission COMMISSIONERS Sean Kennedy, Chair …
Publication • May 12, 2023
Filed under: Gang Membership
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Article • May 2, 2023
Prisoners Earning Over $2,100 Monthly on Tik Tok by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman In the age of social media, when anyone can become a star overnight, there is an unlikely group joining the ranks of internet fame-seekers: prisoners. From behind bars at a UK prison, one incarcerated video …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Informants, Tape Recordings
Wisconsin High Court Admits Into Evidence Secret Tape of Prisoner Made by Fellow Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 1, 2022, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin decided that just because a jailhouse snitch used a government-provided device to tape incriminating statements made by a fellow pretrial …
Publication • August 31, 2022
The Government's Use of Altered Evidence and False Testimony by FBI Personnel to Secure and Illegal Conviction, Aug 2022 Tully & Weiss Retired Attorneys at Law 713 Main Street, Martinez, CA 94553 FIAT JUSTIT IA RUA! CAELUM Phone: (925) 229-9700 * fax: (925) 231-7754 The Government’s Use of Altered Evidence …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Seventh Circuit Affirms Use Of “Some Evidence” Standard in Reviewing Federal Prisoner’s Disciplinary Violations by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In an opinion reached on December 6, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court’s ruling that a federal prisoner’s disciplinary sanctions were …
Eleventh Circuit Says Florida Prisoner Alleging Sexual Assault by Guard Need Not Also Prove Excessive Force and Malicious Intent by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has decided that when a prisoner alleges sexual assault by a prison official, the only …
Brief • February 21, 2022
Filed under: Impeachment
Onilude v. The City of New York, NY, Memorandum, Impeachment, 2022 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF BRONX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …
Eighth Circuit Rules Guard’s History of Excessive Force too Prejudicial or a Jury to Hear in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Case by Jacob Barrett, Matthew Clarke Another Guard Escapes Liability by Refusing to Participate by Jacob Barrett and Matt Clarke What happens to a prison guard accused of using excessive force who …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
South Carolina Attorney General Issues Opinion That Information in State Prisoners’ Death Certificates Is Public Information by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2021, the Office of the Attorney General (AG) of South Carolina issued an opinion that information relating to the death of state prisoners contained in …
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