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$13 Million Awarded to Exonerated Massachusetts Prisoner 
for Wrongful Conviction
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
$13 Million Awarded to Exonerated Massachusetts Prisoner for Wrongful Conviction by David M. Reutter In November 2024, a Massachusetts jury awarded $13 million to former state prisoner Michael Sullivan, 64, as compensation for his wrongful conviction for a 1986 armed robbery and murder. Sullivan’s case involved false laboratory test results, …
Wayward Prosecutors Go Unpunished as Prison Time for Victims Piles Up
Article • November 7, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Criminal Prosecution, Prosecutors, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Prosecutorial Immunity
Wayward Prosecutors Go Unpunished as Prison Time for Victims Piles Up by by Brooke Williams & Shawn Musgrave Massachusetts prosecutors have violated defendants’ rights to a fair trial regularly and without punishment, even as wrongfully convicted victims of tainted prosecutions have spent years in prison before being freed, decades of …
Massachusetts Man's Estate Paid Millions for Wrongful Conviction
Article • August 8, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Massachusetts Man's Estate Paid Millions for Wrongful Conviction by The town of Ayer, Massachusetts, and five insurance companies have agreed to pay the estate of a man who spent 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit a total of $3.4 million. A sixth insurance company, Western …
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 ...
Appeals Court Reverses $14 Million Award for Wrongfully Convicted Prisoner
Article • November 18, 2015
Filed under: Evidentiary Ruling, Jury Instructions, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Appeals Court Reverses $14 Million Award for Wrongfully Convicted Prisoner by Appeals Court Reverses $14 Million Award for Wrongfully Convicted Prisoner On January 31, 2013, the United States Courts of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed and remanded for retrial a case that concluded with a $14,000,000 damages award for …
Massachusetts Prisoner Denied Credit for Time Completed on Vacated Conviction
Article • November 17, 2015
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, Overdetention
Massachusetts Prisoner Denied Credit for Time Completed on Vacated Conviction by Massachusetts Prisoner Denied Credit for Time Completed on Vacated Conviction The Massachusetts Supreme Court has held that a prisoner serving time on an unrelated sentence was not entitled to credit for the completed prison sentence of a vacated conviction. …
First Circuit Vacates Massachusetts Prisoner’s $325,956.36 Damages, Attorney Fee Award
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment
First Circuit Vacates Massachusetts Prisoner’s $325,956.36 Damages, Attorney Fee Award by Matthew Clarke First Circuit Vacates Massachusetts Prisoner’s $325,956.36 Damages, Attorney Fee Award by Mark Wilson On September 24, 2014, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that Massachusetts prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity for segregating a pretrial …
Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Malicious Prosecution and Evidence Concealment Case against Boston Police Department
Article • May 15, 2012
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Disciplinary Hearings, Malicious Prosecution, Disclosure of Records, Discovery, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability, Failure to Train/Supervise
Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Malicious Prosecution and Evidence Concealment Case against Boston Police Department by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna In a well-reasoned opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has permitted a Section 1983 action against the Boston Police Department (BPD) to continue. James …
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Clarifies Erroneous Conviction Claims
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Misconduct, Malpractice (Attorneys), Damages, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Clarifies Erroneous Conviction Claims by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 23, 2010, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a pair of opinions that clarify the requirements for suing the state for compensation following an erroneous conviction. Specifically, the Court clarified the requirement that the …
$100,000 Settlement in Illegal Imprisonment Caused by Massachusetts’ Failure to Implement Court Order
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
$100,000 Settlement in Illegal Imprisonment Caused by Massachusetts’ Failure to Implement Court Order by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A former Massachusetts prisoner has received $100,000 to settle a claim of wrongful and illegal confinement. PLN previously reported on this incident, which stems from the failure of the Massachusetts …
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 …
Clarification:
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
Clarification: by The July 2007 issue of Prison Legal News reported Sarsfield v. City of Marlborough, $13,655,940 Award for False Massachusetts Rape Conviction and Gregory v. City of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Settles with Wrongly Imprisoned Man for $3.9 Million. Barry Scheck was lead counsel for both plaintiffs, but while he …
Limone v. USA, MA, Order, Damages for Wrongful Convictions by FBI, 2007
Brief • July 26, 2007
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, FBI
Limone v. USA, MA, Order, Damages for Wrongful Convictions by FBI, 2007 Case 1:02-cv-10890-NG Document 565 Filed 07/26/2007 Page 1 of 228 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS PETER J. LIMONE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. ) ) ) ) Civ. Action No. …