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Fifth Circuit Reverses $659,300 Katrina-Related Jury Award

Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Jail Specific, Wrongful Imprisonment

Fifth Circuit Reverses $659,300 Katrina-Related Jury Award by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In March 2012, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a $659,300 jury award in favor of two men who were arrested for public intoxication in New Orleans two days before Hurricane Katrina struck, and were then …

Seales v. City of Detroit, MI, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2013

Brief • February 26, 2013

Filed under: Jail Specific, Wrongful Imprisonment, Failure to Train/Supervise, False Arrest, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Fifth Amendment, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Seales v. City of Detroit, MI, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2013 Case 4:12-cv-11679-GAD-DRG ECF No. 28 filed 04/09/13 PageID.121 Page 1 of 22 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN ...

Hayes v. Flowers, GA, Complaint, Wrongful Incarceration, 2013

Brief • February 18, 2013

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Sets Aside Convictions Based on Actual Innocence

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Sets Aside Convictions Based on Actual Innocence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a 7-0 opinion with two judges not participating, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held on February 15, 2012 that a former prisoner who claimed exculpatory evidence was withheld in his …

Texas Supreme Court Rules Compensation Required in Schlup-type Innocence Cases

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Attorney Misconduct, Malpractice (Attorneys), Civil Procedure, Damages, Wrongful Conviction, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment

: In re Allen, 366 S.W.3d 696 (Tex. 2012). “Now that we have helpful guidance from the Supreme Court, we have immediately started the process of paying Billy Allen approximately $2 million for wrongful ...

North Carolina Governor Pardons Wilmington 10

Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Pardons/Clemency

North Carolina Governor Pardons Wilmington 10 by In 1971, during a time of racial unrest in Wilmington, North Carolina, shortly after schools were integrated and amid protests and race-based violence, a white-owned business, Mike’s Grocery, was firebombed. Responding firefighters claimed they were targeted by gunfire from unknown shooters at a …

Misconduct at U.S. Army Lab Taints Hundreds of Military Prosecutions

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Crime Labs, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Military, Military Law

Misconduct at U.S. Army Lab Taints Hundreds of Military Prosecutions by Derek Gilna Pentagon investigators are looking into allegations that an analyst at the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) botched hundreds of DNA tests, casting doubt about lab results in hundreds of prosecutions. An accused soldier who was forced …

Fifth Circuit Reverses $250,000 Award to Mississippi Prisoner Held too Long

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity

Fifth Circuit Reverses $250,000 Award to Mississippi Prisoner Held too Long by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Christopher B. Epps, the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), was entitled to qualified immunity after a prisoner was held beyond the date …

Missouri County Ordered to Present Civil Detainees Before Court within 27 Hours; $75,000 Damages Settlement

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Prompt Hearings, Wrongful Imprisonment, Family, Family Law

Missouri County Ordered to Present Civil Detainees Before Court within 27 Hours; $75,000 Damages Settlement by A Missouri federal district court has entered a consent decree in a class-action lawsuit that prohibits county officials from holding people detained for more than 27 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, on a civil …

West Memphis Three Released, but Justice Not Served and Questions Remain

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

West Memphis Three Released, but Justice Not Served and Questions Remain by Joe Watson In August 2011, a trio of Arkansas state prisoners, widely known as the West Memphis Three, walked out of prison after serving more than 18 years for a brutal triple homicide they did not commit. They …

Rojsza v. City of Ferndale, WA, Amended Complaint, false arrest 14th Am ethnic bias unlawful detention, 2012

Brief • December 11, 2012

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, Racial Profiling

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Texas Compensates Exonerees Unequally

Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, State Legislation

), with no cap. And in 2009 Texas lawmakers changed the compensation statute to $80,000 per year of wrongful imprisonment and added a monthly annuity in the same amount plus free state health insurance and free ...

Galarza v. Szalczyk, PA, Settlement - Allentown, ICE Detention US Citizen, 2012

Brief • October 12, 2012

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Overdetention, Immigration

Galarza v. Szalczyk, PA, Settlement - Allentown, ICE Detention US Citizen, 2012 JOINT TORTFEASOR RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESElNTS, that the undersigned, ERNESTO GALARZA (hereinafter "RELEASqR") intending to be legally bound, for and in consideration of the full sum of T1"'ENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000.00) …

Ventura County, California Settles Wrongful Arrest Class-action Suit for $350,000

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

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

Ventura County, California Settles Wrongful Arrest Class-action Suit for $350,000 by In September 2011, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) agreed to settle a class-action civil rights lawsuit alleging that innocent people had been jailed when VCSO officials failed and/or refused to use readily available technological means (such as fingerprint …

$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, …

Jones v. City of St. Louis, MO, Complaint, Mistaken Identity, 2012

Brief • September 6, 2012

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment

Jones v. City of St. Louis, MO, Complaint, Mistaken Identity, 2012 Case: 4:12-cv-01220-ERW Doc. #: 27 Filed: 09/06/12 Page: 1 of 18 PageID #: 204 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION TRAVIS JONES, Plaintiff v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS Serve: Francis Slay, Jr. 1200 …

Georgia Court Clerk Liable for Failure to Inform Prison Officials of Sentence Reduction

Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity

Georgia Court Clerk Liable for Failure to Inform Prison Officials of Sentence Reduction by The Georgia Supreme Court has held that a court clerk is not entitled to official immunity in a lawsuit claiming negligent performance of a ministerial duty. At the heart of the case was the clerk’s failure …

Wrongful Convictions Prove Costly, Especially for the Wrongly Convicted

Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Disciplinary Hearings, Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Wrongful Convictions Prove Costly, Especially for the Wrongly Convicted by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 6, 2011, the Better Government Association (BGA) and the Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) at Northwestern University School of Law released a joint report on the cost of wrongful convictions. The report, which …

Ohio Wrongful Conviction Results in $2.59 Million Settlement

Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012

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

. The Ohio Controlling Board agreed to settle Towler’s claim, which will be paid from the state’s Wrongful Imprisonment Fund, after he was declared innocent by a Cuyahoga County judge. Towler was convicted ...

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 …