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PLN Exclusive: Illinois Prisoner Exonerated, Released after Ten Years

Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

PLN Exclusive: Illinois Prisoner Exonerated, Released after Ten Years by Derek Gilna The lies of Chicago police officers, as well as the concealment of clearly exculpatory evidence, kept Jermaine Walker in Illinois prisons for ten years – but he never stopped proclaiming his innocence. Plainclothes officers contended that on February …

New York: $35,000 Awarded for Three-week Illegal Confinement

Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, Overdetention

New York: $35,000 Awarded for Three-week Illegal Confinement by Mark Wilson The Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division has upheld a $35,000 damage award in favor of a former prisoner illegally confined for three weeks. In October 2007, Robert Miller was charged with second- and third-degree drug offenses. He …

Strong v. Tessmann, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction & Imprisonment, 2016

Brief • May 3, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Statements, Testimony or Documents, False Statements/Perjury, Confessions - Coerced

their fabrication, coercion and manipulation from the State's Attorney and from Plaintiff's criminal defense counsel. 3. Throughout his decade and a half of wrongful imprisonment, Plaintiff insisted that he ...

Jones v. Clark County, 6th Cir, KY, Appellant Brief, wrongful imprisonment jail demanded pay-to-stay fees, 2016

Brief • April 25, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, Booking Fees

Jones v. Clark County, 6th Cir, KY, Appellant Brief, wrongful imprisonment jail demanded pay-to-stay fees, 2016 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT CASE NO. 16-5295 ...

Exclusive! Breaking News: Illinois Prisoner Exonerated, Released after Ten Years

Article • April 14, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Exclusive! Breaking News: Illinois Prisoner Exonerated, Released after Ten Years by Exclusive! Breaking News: Illinois Prisoner Exonerated, Released after Ten Years by Derek Gilna  The lies of Chicago police officers, as well as the concealment of clearly exculpatory evidence, kept Jermaine Walker in Illinois prisons for ten years – but …

Ninth Circuit: Improper ICE Detainer Constitutes Article III Injury

Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Immigration

Ninth Circuit: Improper ICE Detainer Constitutes Article III Injury by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of a false imprisonment suit based upon an improper immigration detainer, as the district court incorrectly held that it lacked Article III standing. In June 2007, Bernardo …

$2.5 Million Award for Wrongfully Convicted Former Michigan Prisoner

Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

$2.5 Million Award for Wrongfully Convicted Former Michigan Prisoner by An exonerated Michigan man will receive $2.5 million for his almost 26 years of wrongful incarceration. He was released from prison after it was discovered that Detroit police had tainted the victim’s identification and withheld exculpatory evidence. Walter Swift was …

Davis v. State of Ohio, OH, Complaint, Wrongful Incarceration, 2016

Brief • March 25, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Forfeiture

OF OHIO Q 2016 t1AR 25 PM 3: 31 2 16 - 0 02 5 l 'WI ... COMPLAINT FOR COMEPNSATION FOR WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT NOW COMES Plaintiff Frank C. Davis ("Plaintiff), by and through undersigned counsel ...

Creighton v. The City of New York, NY, Order, False Arrest, 2016

Brief • March 17, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Criminal Prosecution, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Mental Health, Police, False Arrest

Creighton v. The City of New York, NY, Order, False Arrest, 2016 Case 1:12-cv-07454-PGG-DCF Document 107 Filed 03/17/16 Page 1 of 5 -I I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CSDNY : 'lJMENT s: CTRONICALLY FILED , >C #: ----i--r--- rE FILED: ---, 3/17 / f w …

Email re verdicts in wrongful conviction, NPAP, 2010

Publication • March 9, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Email re verdicts in wrongful conviction, NPAP, 2010 Re: [npap] verdicts in wrongful conviction 1 of 2 Subject: Re: [npap] verdicts in wrongful conviction From: "Barry Litt" <BLitt@littlaw.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:43:10 -0800 To: jsolson@scofflaw.com CC: Barry Litt <BLitt@littlaw.com>, npap@nationallawyersguild.org This is what I have. I am not …

Tortfeasor May Not Shift Punitive Damages Claim to Insurer under Illinois Law

Article • March 7, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest

Tortfeasor May Not Shift Punitive Damages Claim to Insurer under Illinois Law by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held an insurer did not breach its duty to protect a group of detectives from punitive damages in a civil rights action. The court further questioned whether Illinois law would allow …

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 ...

U.S. Court of Claims Awards Federal Prisoner $172,465.75 for Wrongful Conviction

Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

for wrongful imprisonment centered on his receiving credit on his sentence on the subsequent charges for time served on the wrongful firearm conviction. Both parties moved for summary judgment. According ...

Exonerations in 2015, The National Registry of Exonerations, 2016

Publication • February 24, 2016

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Exonerations in 2015, The National Registry of Exonerations, 2016 EXONERATIONS IN 2015 The National Registry of Exonerations February 3, 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • A RECORD NUMBER OF EXONERATIONS 2015 set a record for exonerations in the United States—149 that we know of so far, in 29 states, the District of …

Are False Imprisonment Recoveries Taxable, Robert Wood, 2008

Publication • February 9, 2016

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

for wrongful imprisonment have occurred for generations.4 Before embarking on a tour of the pertinent federal income tax law, the paucity of tax authority on these issues, and the reasons I believe ...

Illinois: Exonerated Sex Offender Sues for Wrongful Conviction

Article • February 3, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Illinois: Exonerated Sex Offender Sues for Wrongful Conviction by Derek Gilna An Illinois man who was wrongfully convicted of a sex offense, and released from prison after his supposed victim was discredited, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Chicago, the Chicago police department and other defendants as …

Former Washington Prisoner Exonerated, Receives Compensation, Arrested Again

Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016

Filed under: Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Former Washington Prisoner Exonerated, Receives Compensation, Arrested Again by A wrongfully convicted former Washington prisoner was awarded $546,383 in compensation under a new state law for spending 10 years in prison on robbery and burglary charges for crimes he did not commit. Brandon Redtailhawk Olebar was arrested following a February …

Innocence Project Frees Thirty One People in 2013

Article • January 12, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

Innocence Project Frees Thirty One People in 2013 by Thirty one people were exonerated by the Innocence Network in 2013. Three of them were women. All total, these prisoners served 451 years of illegal incarceration. Bennie Starks spent 20 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of raping a 69-year-old …

New Pennsylvania Legislation Sucker Punches Inmate Speech

Article • January 7, 2016

Filed under: Attorney Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, First Amendment

New Pennsylvania Legislation Sucker Punches Inmate Speech by Linn Washington Jr. Law Shreds Rights by: Linn Washington Jr. The serious injustice endured by Pennsylvania prison inmate Lorenzo ‘Cat’ Johnson, detailed yesterday in Part I of this series [1], is the subject of a website and numerous other postings on the Internet. …

Knuth v. Arp et al, CO, Complaint, wrongful imprisonment appeal parole due process, 2016

Brief • January 6, 2016

Filed under: Appeals, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment, Due Process

Knuth v. Arp et al, CO, Complaint, wrongful imprisonment appeal parole due process, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00025-LTB Document 1 Filed 01/06/16 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 31 Case 1:16-cv-00025-LTB Document 1 ...