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California Attorney Disbarred for Deceiving Prisoners Seeking Resentencing by Chuck Sharman Los Angeles attorney Aaron Spolin pleaded no contest to misconduct on June 17, 2025, agreeing to be stripped of his law license because he “promoted false hopes in his clients and their families that the clients’ sentences would be …
Nebraska Supreme Court Spanks Attorney General, Orders Felons Be Allowed to Vote by Voting rights for Nebraskans with felony convictions were up in the air until October 16, 2024. That’s when the state Supreme Court ruled against Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R), who had declared a new re-enfranchisement law unconstitutional …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Texas Prosecutor Gets Fine, Probated Bar Suspension After Jailing Woman for Abortion by On January 25, 2024, the Texas Bar Association issued a probated suspension to Starr County District Attorney Gocha A. Ramirez, after finding he “sought to pursue criminal homicide charges against an individual for acts clearly not criminal” …
$2.9 Million Paid by Maryland to Exonerated Former Prisoner by A former Maryland prisoner’s January 2023 exoneration marked the end of a long and painful chapter in a 1981 double murder he was unjustly convicted of. On July 5, 2023, state authorities awarded John Huffington, 61, nearly $2.9 million for …
Former AZ Assistant AG Disciplined for Misconduct in Muslim Prisoner’s Lawsuit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney  In August 2021, the Arizona State Bar disciplined a former state Assistant Attorney General, Michael John Hrnicek, for his misconduct while opposing a prisoner’s lawsuit against several employees of the state Department of …
Wilson v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Conviction, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between Plaintiff Andrew Wilson ("Plaintiff'), on the one hand, and Defendant County of Los Angeles …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Maine: Prosecutorial Misconduct in False Rape Case Results in $2.1 Million in Damages by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Vladek Filler found himself on the wrong side of former Hancock County District Attorney Mary Kellett. In 2007, Filler’s wife, Ligia Filler, made allegations that her husband sexually assaulted her. Kellett …
Prosecutorial Misconduct Records Protected by Colorado Supreme Court and SCOTUS by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In a February 2019 decision that impacts access to public records, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) refused to review a unanimous ruling by Colorado’s Supreme Court issued eight months earlier which denied The Colorado …
Texas: Prosecutorial Misconduct May Stymie Death Sentence by On October 26, 2006, Paul David Storey, then 21, and his accomplice, Mark Devayne Porter, robbed Putt Putt Golf & Games, a miniature golf course in Fort Worth, Texas. During the course of the robbery they shot and killed assistant manager James …
Thagard v. Lauber, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00299-EAW-LGF Document 1 Filed 04/18/16 Page 1 of 11 Case 1:16-cv-00299-EAW-LGF Document 1 Filed 04/18/16 Page 2 of 11 Case 1:16-cv-00299-EAW-LGF Document 1 Filed 04/18/16 Page 3 of 11 Case 1:16-cv-00299-EAW-LGF Document 1 Filed 04/18/16 Page 4 of 11 Case 1:16-cv-00299-EAW-LGF …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Idaho Supreme Court Vacates Conviction After D.A. Seizes Jailed Defendant’s Legal Notes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On November 30, 2018, in a substitute opinion, the Supreme Court of Idaho held that a trial court erred when it required a defendant to show he was prejudiced when the prosecution …
Article • September 10, 2018
Former district attorney in Maine sued for misconduct by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Former Assistant District Attorney Mary Kellett was sued by Vladek Filler for allegedly withholding and editing exculpatory evidence and advising police not to comply with subpoenas in relation to a 2009 conviction of a sexual assault …
Top Federal Death Penalty Lawyer Demoted, Reassigned by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Kevin Carwile, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney in charge of the agency’s death penalty prosecution unit, has been demoted over allegations that he fostered a “sexualized environment” in his workplace. The New York Times reported …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Former Prosecutor and Director of Tennessee DOC Sentenced to Prison by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On March 30, 2018, D. Michael Dunavant, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced that Quenton Irwin White, who previously served as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee during …
Wilson v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 se 2:18-cv-05775-KS Document 1 Filed 07/01/18 Page 1 of 75 Page ID # :1 1 BARRETT S. LITT, SBN 45527 Email: blitt@.kmbllaw.com 2 RONALD . KA YE, SBN 145051 Email: rok~kmbllaw.com 3 KEVIN J. aHUE, SBN 237556 KA YE, …
Ohio: Almost $3 Million Settlement in Suit Brought by Two Wrongfully Convicted Men by Matthew Clarke Ohio: Almost $3 Million Settlement in Suit Brought by Two Wrongfully Convicted Men by Matt Clarke In March 2017, a state court judge approved a $2.9 million settlement between Ohio and two men who …
Article • March 12, 2018
Prosecutor Deciding Disparate Sentencing for Drug Convictions by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Massachusetts Supreme Court held that the prosecutor, not the judge, determines the applicable sentence under drug laws that authorize two different sentences for the same conduct. Massachusetts General Law, chapter 94C, section 32A criminalizes the distribution …
Silverman v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Request for Dismissal, Sexual Harassment, 2017 "- ... ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, a n d ~ } : W. SMITH .....GREGORY DIANA WANG WELLS FOR COURT USE ONLY {SBN 134385) (SBN 284215)/LEILA K. AL FAIZ (SBN 284309} LAW …
Article • November 16, 2017
State Bar of Texas Pursuing Disciplinary Action against Prosecutor Who Lied about Deals with Jailhouse Informants in Capital Case by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In September 25, 2017, the State Bar of Texas filed a disciplinary action against former Harris County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth A. Exley. She is …
Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Oregon Prosecutors and Cops Bully Parole Board into Improperly Rescinding Parole; Court Orders Release by The Oregon Court of Appeals held last year that a prisoner’s release date had been improperly rescinded due to a public outcry, contrary to state law. Oregon prisoner Sidney Dean Porter was sentenced to life …
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