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Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Order, Wrongful Death, 2018

Brief • December 24, 2018

Filed under: Pain, Totality of Conditions, Damages, Wrongful Imprisonment, Political Prisoners (International), Wrongful Death

Warmbier, et al. v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Order, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 24 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH) v. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell DEMOCRATIC …

Warmbier v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018

Brief • April 26, 2018

Filed under: Pain, Totality of Conditions, Damages, Wrongful Imprisonment, Political Prisoners (International), Wrongful Death

Warmbier v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 1 Filed 04/26/18 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, individually and ) as personal representative of the Estate of ) ) Otto Warmbier, ) …

$15,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Bogus Parole Revocation Suit

Article • September 14, 2016

Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment, Arrest Warrants

$15,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Bogus Parole Revocation Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $15,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner George Hill for negligence and false imprisonment. On October 15, 1999, Hill surrendered himself to the D.C. Jail, believing there was a parole violation warrant. On September …

Wrongfully-convicted Former Prisoner Receives $13.2 Million in FBI Hair Analysis Case

Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Evidence, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, FBI

Wrongfully-convicted Former Prisoner Receives $13.2 Million in FBI Hair Analysis Case by Derek Gilna A 55-year-old man who was convicted based upon the now-discredited “science” of forensics hair analysis has been awarded $13.2 million by District of Columbia Superior Court Judge John M. Mott. This was just the latest in …

U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. Creates Unit to Investigate Flawed Convictions

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Evidence, DNA Testing/Samples, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. Creates Unit to Investigate Flawed Convictions by Derek Gilna The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia has set up the first federal unit nationwide unit to internally identify, investigate, and possible wrongful convictions, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. said.  “This new unit will …

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors

Article • August 5, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, DNA Testing/Samples, Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …

$950,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s False Imprisonment Lawsuit

Article • July 29, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Deaf Prisoners, Jail Specific, Wrongful Imprisonment, Overdetention

$950,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s False Imprisonment Lawsuit by The District of Columbia paid $950,000 to settle the lawsuit of Joseph S. Heard for unlawful imprisonment. On November 15, 1998, Heard, a deaf man, was arrested for unlawful entry into a George Washington University building. The case was dismissed October …

D.C. Appellate Court Reverses $2.3 Million Wrongful Imprisonment Award

Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, Appeals, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment

D.C. Appellate Court Reverses $2.3 Million Wrongful Imprisonment Award by Derek Gilna The District of Columbia’s Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against the D.C. government ...

Tribble v. Greene et al, DC, Complaint, wrongful conviction imprisonment, 2015

Brief • May 6, 2015

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Tribble v. Greene et al, DC, Complaint, wrongful conviction imprisonment, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00710-GK Document 1 Filed 05/08/15 Page 1 of 43 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SANTAE A. TRIBBLE, 210 Oakwood St., S.E, Unit 206 Washington, D.C. 20032 Plaintiff, v. Detective RAYMOND JEFFREY GREENE, …

Tribble v. Greene et al, DC, Order, wrongful conviction imprisonment DNA, 2016

Brief • February 13, 2015

Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

for wrongful imprisonment by plaintiff, Santae Tribble, who was convicted of felony murder and related charges, imprisoned, and later released and determined to be actually innocent based in part on the results ...

D.C. Circuit Rules Detainee Treatment Act Not Subject to § 1983 Remedy

Article • October 5, 2014

Filed under: War on Terror, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity, Military, Military Prisons

D.C. Circuit Rules Detainee Treatment Act Not Subject to § 1983 Remedy by Derek Gilna D.C. Circuit Rules Detainee Treatment Act Not Subject to § 1983 Remedy   by Derek Gilna   A John Doe plaintiff, a U.S. citizen and employee of an American-owned defense contracting firm performing Arabic translating …

$2.3 Million Jury Award in Washington, D.C. Wrongful Parole Revocation Suit

Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012

Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, Medical, Vision, Evidence, Parole, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

$2.3 Million Jury Award in Washington, D.C. Wrongful Parole Revocation Suit by A District of Columbia (D.C.) federal jury has awarded $2.3 million to a former prisoner who spent ten years in prison after his parole was wrongfully revoked based on unreliable hearsay evidence. Charles Singletary was convicted of robbery, …

DC Prisoner's False Imprisonment Claims Survive Summary Judgment

Article • May 15, 2012

Filed under: Escapes, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, Federal Tort Claims Act, Qualified Immunity

DC Prisoner's False Imprisonment Claims Survive Summary Judgment by A federal court in the District of Columbia (DC) refused to dismiss a former prisoner's claims that she was improperly confined 149 days past her sentence expiration date. On December 15, 2005, Eloise Wormley was sentenced to 12 months in prison, …

Feds Pay Wrongfully Convicted D.C. Men $1.9 Million

Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Feds Pay Wrongfully Convicted D.C. Men $1.9 Million by The U.S. Department of Justice agreed in April 2011 to pay almost $1.9 million to two former prisoners wrongfully convicted of murder, who spent a combined 49 years in prison for a District of Columbia homicide. Joseph Wayne Eastridge and Joseph …

Strip Search of Teen During Jail Tour Results in $150K Settlement

Article • May 15, 2011

Filed under: Strip Searches, Wrongful Imprisonment, Police, False Arrest

Strip Search of Teen During Jail Tour Results in $150K Settlement by On September 9, 2003, the District of Columbia agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit surrounding the unlawful strip search of a teenager during a tour of the D.C. Jail. On December 22, 2000, Reuben Minor was …

$150,000 Settlement in Strip Search Suit by Jail’s Juvenile Visitors

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest

$150,000 Settlement in Strip Search Suit by Jail’s Juvenile Visitors by The District of Columbia paid $150,000 to settle the lawsuit of Marcus Bradley, a minor, for injuries sustained from false arrest. While attending school at W. Bruce Evans Middle School on May 17, 2001, Bradley, along with eleven other …

$150,000 Settlement Paid in D.C. Minor’s False Arrest Lawsuit

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Strip Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Wrongful Imprisonment, Juveniles, False Arrest

$150,000 Settlement Paid in D.C. Minor’s False Arrest Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $150,000 to settle the lawsuit of Steven A. Douglass, a minor, for false arrest and imprisonment while his school class was on a “field trip” to the D.C. Jail. On April 9, 2001 Douglass, …

$19,500 Settlement in D.C. Student’s False Arrest, Imprisonment Lawsuit from Jail Visit

Article • March 15, 2011

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest

$19,500 Settlement in D.C. Student’s False Arrest, Imprisonment Lawsuit from Jail Visit by The District of Columbia paid $19,500 to settle the lawsuit of minor Carolyn Clark for false arrest and imprisonment. On April 9, 2001, W. Bruce Evans Middle School took several female children, ages 13 to 15, on …

Barnes v. District of Columbia, DC, 3rd Amended Complaint, Jail Strip Search and Late Releases, 2011

Brief • January 20, 2011

Filed under: Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Wrongful Imprisonment

Barnes v. District of Columbia, DC, 3rd Amended Complaint, Jail Strip Search and Late Releases, 2011 Case 1:06-cv-00315-RCL Document 329 Filed 01/20/11 Page 1 of 41 Case 1:06-cv-00315-RCL Document 329 Filed 01/20/11 Page 2 of 41 Case 1:06-cv-00315-RCL Document 329 Filed 01/20/11 Page 3 of 41 Case 1:06-cv-00315-RCL Document 329 …

$1,375 Settlement For 11 Days Excessive Federal Imprisonment

Article • March 15, 2009

Filed under: Settlements, Sentencing, Good Time, Wrongful Imprisonment

$1,375 Settlement For 11 Days Excessive Federal Imprisonment by Ex federal prisoner and Washington, D.C., resident Isaac McKelvin filed an administrative tort claim with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), for being incarcerated 11 days past his mandatory release date. He was paid $1,375 …