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Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024
Filing • April 17, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Hypnotically Refreshed Memory, Brady Rule violations, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose
being. 84. During his nearly 45 years of wrongful imprisonment, Mr. Williams was detained in harsh and dangerous conditions in maximum- 18 Case 3:24-cv-00367 Document 1 Filed 04/17/24 Page 19 of 40 ...
Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024
Brief • April 17, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Hypnotically Refreshed Memory, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose
being. 84. During his nearly 45 years of wrongful imprisonment, Mr. Williams was detained in harsh and dangerous conditions in maximum- 18 Case 3:24-cv-00367 Document 1 Filed 04/17/24 Page 19 of 40 ...
Florida DA Reopens Cold Murder Case, Exonerates Wrongly Imprisoned Man, Finds Real Killers – and Gets Axed by Governor
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Attorney Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, Murder/Felony Murder
Florida DA Reopens Cold Murder Case, Exonerates Wrongly Imprisoned Man, Finds Real Killers – and Gets Axed by Governor by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 4, 2022, nearly 40 years after the brutal 1983 murder of 19-year-old Barbara Grams in Tampa, the indictments of two men for …
Woman Forced to Give On-Duty Florida Officer Oral Sex Awarded $20,000
Article • May 7, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Mental Health
Woman Forced to Give On-Duty Florida Officer Oral Sex Awarded $20,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis    A Florida woman who claimed that an on-duty police officer forced her to give him oral sex was awarded $20,000 after suing him in Broward County Circuit Court.      On September 3, …
Thornton v. Hendry County, et al., FL, Complaint, Wrongful Arrest, 2017
Brief • October 11, 2017
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Imprisonment, Federal Tort Claims Act, Staff Training, False Arrest, Fourth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Thornton v. Hendry County, et al., FL, Complaint, Wrongful Arrest, 2017
Florida Allows Compensation of Wrongfully Convicted Man 25 Years after Release
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Florida Allows Compensation of Wrongfully Convicted Man 25 Years after Release by David Reutter The Florida Legislature passed a bill in the closing minutes of its 2014 session that allows a man who served 21 years on a wrongful conviction to seek up to $2 million in compensation. James Richardson …
Death Penalty Opponent Delbert Tibbs Dies at 74
Article • May 13, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Death Penalty/Death Row
Death Penalty Opponent Delbert Tibbs Dies at 74 by David Reutter Delbert Tibbs, a peaceful advocate to abolish the death penalty, has lost his battle against cancer and died at the age of 74. His advocacy was borne of personal experience of being wrongfully convicted. Tibbs was born on June …
Prosecutorial Misconduct: Taking the Justice Out of Criminal Justice
Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014
Filed under: Government Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Attorney Misconduct, Attorneys General, Prosecutors, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Prosecutorial Immunity, Criminal Procedure
Prosecutorial Misconduct: Taking the Justice Out of Criminal Justice by Christopher Zoukis Prosecutorial Misconduct: Taking the Justice Out of Criminal Justice by Christopher Zoukis The prosecutor has more control over life, liberty, and reputation than any other person in America. His discretion is tremendous.... While the prosecutor at his best …
Innocent Defendant's Delimma-Plea Bargining, J of Crim Law & Criminology, 2013
Publication • 2013
Filed under: Guilty Pleas, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Innocent Defendant's Delimma-Plea Bargining, J of Crim Law & Criminology, 2013 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Volume 103 | Issue 1 Article 1 Winter 2013 The Innocent Defendant's Dilemma: An Innovative Empirical Study of Plea Bargaining's Innocence Problem Lucian E. Dervan Vanessa A. Edkins Ph.D. Follow this and additional …
FL Innocence Commission, FL, Final Report to the Supreme Court of Florida, 2012
Publication • 2012
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
FL Innocence Commission, FL, Final Report to the Supreme Court of Florida, 2012 F L O R I DA I N N O C E N C E C O M M I S S I O N FINAL REPORT TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA J U NE 2 …
Provision in Florida Law Prohibits Compensation to Wrongfully Convicted
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: Damages, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, State Legislation
Provision in Florida Law Prohibits Compensation to Wrongfully Convicted by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A “clean hands” provision in a Florida law designed to compensate wrongfully convicted prisoners is preventing most of those prisoners from receiving compensation. Of 13 men cleared by DNA evidence in Florida, only one …
Graham v. City of Tallahassee, FL, Motion to Strike Expert, False Arrest & Imprisonment, 2011
Brief • March 4, 2011
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest
Graham v. City of Tallahassee, FL, Motion to Strike Expert, False Arrest & Imprisonment, 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION ANTHONY D. GRAHAM, JR., Case No. 4:11-cv-213-RS-WCS Plaintiff, vs. CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, et al., Defendants. MOTION TO STRIKE EXPERT COMES NOW …
Former Prisoner Accepts $179,000 for Wrongful Conviction Under New Florida Law
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Former Prisoner Accepts $179,000 for Wrongful Conviction Under New Florida Law by David Reutter After initially declining to accept $179,000 under Florida’s Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act, Leroy McGee agreed to receive compensation pursuant to that statute for serving 43 months in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. …
Florida Prisoner Exonerated by DNA After Serving 35 Years
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Police Misconduct, DNA Testing/Samples, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Florida Prisoner Exonerated by DNA After Serving 35 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After 35 years of proclaiming his innocence for the kidnapping and rape of a 9-year-old boy, James Bain, 54, was finally proven innocent and released from a Florida prison on December 17, 2009. Of …
$110,000 Award for Florida Man Falsely Arrested for Child Molestation
Article • October 15, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest
$110,000 Award for Florida Man Falsely Arrested for Child Molestation by A Florida jury awarded a man $10,000 for being falsely arrested on a child molestation charge. Following the verdict, the trial court awarded the man an additional $100,000. The plaintiff lived next to a 5-year-old girl. In 2005, the …
Time Spent in Civil Commitment Detention Credited Toward Criminal Sentence
Article • April 15, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Parole, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment, Civil Commitment
Time Spent in Civil Commitment Detention Credited Toward Criminal Sentence by Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that there is no meaningful distinction between incarceration in prison or jail and confinement in a sex offender civil commitment facility, for the purposes of sentence calculation. The Court’s ruling came …
Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn’t Enough
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Databases, Wrongful Imprisonment
Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn’t Enough by David Reutter Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn't Enough by David M. Reutter One of the most basic functions of a prison system is releasing prisoners when their sentences expire. In April 2007, the Massachusetts Department of Correction …
Jail Official Gets Immunity for Delaying Prisone'rs Release for One Day
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity
Jail Official Gets Immunity for Delaying Prisone'rs Release for One Day by Jail Official Gets Immunity for Delaying Prisoner's Release for One Day A county prison official was entitled to qualified immunity for delaying the plaintiff's release for a day based on an alleged warrant from Massachusetts that she had …
$49,500 Awarded To Florida Prisoner For Unconstitutional Removal Of Gain Time Credits
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Ex Post Facto, Good Time, Wrongful Imprisonment
$49,500 Awarded To Florida Prisoner For Unconstitutional Removal Of Gain Time Credits by $49,500 Awarded To Florida Prisoner For Unconstitutional Removal Of Gain Time Credits Former Florida State prisoner Rogelio Ibarra's supervision time was increased by the Florida Department of Correction (FDOC) after holding a legislative change in incentive gain …
Intermediate State Appellate Court Ruling Fails to Override Qualified Immunity Defense in Over-Detention Suit
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity
Intermediate State Appellate Court Ruling Fails to Override Qualified Immunity Defense in Over-Detention Suit by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a ruling from the Florida First District Court of Appeals (DCA) falls short of the clarity of the law to defeat a defense of qualified immunity. A …
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