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Illinois Prisoner Awarded $34,500 For Delayed Release

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment, Parole Conditions

Illinois Prisoner Awarded $34,500 For Delayed Release by On July 20, 1994, a federal district court awarded a former Illinois state prisoner $34,500 in compensatory and punitive damages for the extra time he spent in prison after being granted parole. Plaintiff Timothy Wilson claimed that on January 21, 1990, he …

Illinois Man Awarded $750,000 for 15 Days Wrongful Imprisonment

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest

Illinois Man Awarded $750,000 for 15 Days Wrongful Imprisonment by On November 25, 2003, a federal jury in Chicago, Illinois, awarded $750,000 to a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 15 ...

No Qualified Immunity on Toothpaste, Inhaler & Ventilation Claims

Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006

Filed under: Medication, Dental Care, Ventilation, Hygiene Supplies, Appeals, Wrongful Imprisonment, Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity

No Qualified Immunity on Toothpaste, Inhaler & Ventilation Claims by The Seventh Circuit Court Of Appeals upheld a district courts denial of qualified immunity to jail officials on claims of denial of toothpaste, withholding asthma inhaler and inadequate ventilation. In 1984, two Indiana men disappeared. Neither the men nor their …

Gov. Ryan's Song

Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Pardons/Clemency, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, State Legislation

Gov. Ryan's Song by Mumia Abu-Jamal by Mumia Abu Jamal Illinois Gov. George Ryan, in the last passing days of his first and only term, saved the best for last. He sent shock waves across the nation when he issued four pardons to men sitting on the Condemned Units of …

Jones v. Markham et al, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction Imprisonment, 2003

Brief • March 11, 2003

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

and abuse, when they violate police department rules and regulations, including the fabrication of evidence; false arrests, wrongful imprisonments, malicious prosecutions and wrongful convictions; making ...

Illinois Man Awarded $15 Million for 15 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment

Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment

Illinois Man Awarded $15 Million for 15 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment by On October 29, 2001, a federal jury in Chicago awarded $15 million plus about $2 million in attorney fees ...

Res Judicata No Bar to Damages in Illegal Sentence

Article • August 15, 1997 • from PLN August, 1997

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Damages, Res Judicata, Good Time, Wrongful Imprisonment

Res Judicata No Bar to Damages in Illegal Sentence by In the May and July, 1995, issues of PLN we reported Rooding v. Peters, 876 F. Supp. 946 (ND IL 1994) in which a district court held that res judicata prevented a prisoner from filing suit in federal court for …

Extending Release Date Violates Eighth Amendment

Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996

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

Extending Release Date Violates Eighth Amendment by A federal district court in Illinois held that the eighth amendment is violated when a prisoner is held almost two years past his release date. Don Campbell, an Illinois state prisoner, was released from prison in 1986 to serve a two-year term of …

IL DOC Confinement Policy Illegal

Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995

Filed under: Estoppell, Sentencing, Good Time, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity

IL DOC Confinement Policy Illegal by The director of the Illinois DOC (IDOC) has promulgated a regulation under which all prisoners that it receives must be held for at least 60 days before they are released. Ronald Rooding was convicted and sentenced to one year in jail. After deducting good …