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California: $5,000 Settlement in Wrongful Imprisonment
Article • February 15, 2012
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
California: $5,000 Settlement in Wrongful Imprisonment by California’s County of Sacramento paid $5,000 to settle the wrongful imprisonment claim of Robert B. Weber, who was arrested ...
$8,000 Settlement in Washington DOC False Imprisonment Suit
Article • February 15, 2012
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
$8,000 Settlement in Washington DOC False Imprisonment Suit by An $8,000 settlement was reached in a false imprisonment claim against the State of Washington. Duane A. Cooper had been sentenced to a 60 month sentence for a class C felony on April 4, 1996. On May 14, 2002, Cooper was …
Award for Freed Prisoner Vacated by Louisiana Appellate Court
Article • February 15, 2012
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Evidentiary Ruling, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Award for Freed Prisoner Vacated by Louisiana Appellate Court by On February 20, 2008, the First Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeals vacated and remanded for further proceedings a trial court’s judgment awarding a former prisoner compensation for a wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Calvin Williams was convicted in 1977 of first-degree …
Problems at North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Crime Labs, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Problems at North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab by Recent revelations of shoddy blood analysis at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) crime lab led to an investigation that uncovered at least 190 cases of serious blood work errors in criminal cases. Those cases included three …
Sanders and Phillips v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, false arrest malicious prosecution unlawful detention, 2012
Brief • January 6, 2012
Filed under: Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest
Sanders and Phillips v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, false arrest malicious prosecution unlawful detention, 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - …
Anatomy of False Confessions, Redux
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Reviews, Malicious Prosecution, Guilty Pleas, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Anatomy of False Confessions, Redux by Earlier this year PLN reported on the phenomenon of suspects who falsely confess to crimes they did not commit. [See: PLN, April 2011, p.18]. As false confessions occur in wrongful conviction cases with disturbing regularity, this article revisits and expounds on this important topic …
Texas State Bar, Exonerated Ex-Prisoners File Suit Against Attorney Over Fees
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Filed under: Attorney Misconduct, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
Texas State Bar, Exonerated Ex-Prisoners File Suit Against Attorney Over Fees by The State Bar of Texas has filed a lawsuit against Lubbock attorney Kevin Glasheen, alleging that he grossly overcharged clients in violation of the Bar’s Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Glasheen, who represents over a dozen exonerated former …
$1 Million Settlement in Texas Wrongful Conviction Suit
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest
$1 Million Settlement in Texas Wrongful Conviction Suit by On March 31, 2011, a man who had been falsely convicted of burglary, rape and sexual abuse accepted a $1 million settlement after being exonerated by DNA evidence. Donald Wayne Good filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit in …
Hawaii Ex-prisoner Awarded $83,000 for Being Held 83 Days Past Release Date
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
Hawaii Ex-prisoner Awarded $83,000 for Being Held 83 Days Past Release Date by Former Hawaii prisoner Wade T. Itagaki, who was held at the Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu for 83 days after his sentence expired on Sept. 5, 2006, was awarded $83,000 by a federal jury in February …
Sixth Circuit Upholds $2.5 Million Jury Award for Wrongly Convicted Women
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Malicious Prosecution, Civil Procedure, Damages, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest
Sixth Circuit Upholds $2.5 Million Jury Award for Wrongly Convicted Women by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke On April 12,2011, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion upholding the $2.5 million jury award and $250-per-hour attorney-fees award to two women who were wrongly convicted of felonies. Kimberly Sykes …
Former Michigan Prisoner Awarded $1.27 Million for False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Malicious Prosecution, Wrongful Imprisonment, Police, False Arrest
Former Michigan Prisoner Awarded $1.27 Million for False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution by A Michigan federal jury awarded a former prisoner $1.27 million in a malicious prosecution lawsuit. After she was robbed at gunpoint, Tevya Urquhart was arrested, found guilty and sentenced to prison. After her successful appeal, Urquhart filed …
Superior Court in California Enters Judgment on False Imprisonment Claim for $26,223.80
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
Superior Court in California Enters Judgment on False Imprisonment Claim for $26,223.80 by The Superior Court of California, Alameda County, entered a $26,203.80 judgment in a false imprisonment claim. Jorge Gallegos was a prisoner in the California Department of Corrections (CDOC) serving a 12 year sentence that began on September …
CDOC Agrees to Pay $20,000 for Unlawful Imprisonment
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment
CDOC Agrees to Pay $20,000 for Unlawful Imprisonment by Steven Larson sued the CDOC alleging constitutional violations, false imprisonment, and negligence after he was unlawfully held for 47 days. In 2007, Larson violated the conditions of his parole. At the revocation hearing, Larson received a firm parole discharge date of …
26,500 Settlement Reached in Washington State Over-Detention Suit
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Mental Health, Civil Commitment
26,500 Settlement Reached in Washington State Over-Detention Suit by A $26,500 settlement was reached in a wrongful imprisonment suit filed against the Washington State Department ...
$50,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Over-Detention Suit
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, Parole Conditions
$50,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Over-Detention Suit by A $50,000 settlement was reached in an unlawful imprisonment suit filed against the Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC). On March 31, 1992, Jeffrey Westfall pled guilty to one count attempted second-degree rape and two counts of residential burglary and was sentenced …
Smith v. Kane County Sheriff, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2011
Brief • October 25, 2011
Filed under: Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Wrongful Imprisonment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Smith v. Kane County Sheriff, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2011 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE at- This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release ("Agreement'') is made ~ ~ ' by and between Husan Smith, D.O.B. 12/13/78, residing - d the County. of Kane, the Kane County Sheriff, and the Circuit Court …
Paperwork SNAFU Leaves Mentally Ill Woman Jailed in Louisiana for Eight Months
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
Paperwork SNAFU Leaves Mentally Ill Woman Jailed in Louisiana for Eight Months by A paperwork error was blamed for a schizophrenic and bipolar woman being held in Louisiana jails for eight months even though the charges against her were dropped and she had not been appointed an attorney. Louisiana state …
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 …
$85,000 Settlement in Philadelphia Wrongful Imprisonment Suit
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Police, False Arrest
$85,000 Settlement in Philadelphia Wrongful Imprisonment Suit by The City of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $85,000 to a man who was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned for a year for a crime ...
Smith v. Kane County Sheriff, IL, Demand Letter, Medical Neglect, 2011
Brief • September 2, 2011
Filed under: Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Wrongful Imprisonment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Smith v. Kane County Sheriff, IL, Demand Letter, Medical Neglect, 2011 ALBUKERK 8c ASSOCIATES A T T O RNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW 1450 W R AN DOL P H S T , 2•• FLOOR CHICAGO , ILL I NOI S 60607 TE L : 7 7 3 . 84 …
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