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Tennessee Drug Court Judge Imprisons Participants for Smoking Cigarettes

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment

Tennessee Drug Court Judge Imprisons Participants for Smoking Cigarettes by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, Hamilton County, Tennessee Judge Tom Greenholtz sent several drug court participants to jail for a night after their drug tests came back positive – for nicotine. “We routinely test for nicotine as …

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors

Article • August 5, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, DNA Testing/Samples, Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …

$13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant

Article • September 9, 2015

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Wrongful Imprisonment

$13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant by $13,000 Jury Award to Tennessee Prisoner Held on Invalid Escape Warrant A Tennessee federal jury awarded $13,000 to a former prisoner alleging he was unconstitutionally imprisoned and denied medical treatment while held in Tennessee prisons. Samuel C. Key …

Prosecutorial Misconduct: Taking the Justice Out of Criminal Justice

Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014

Filed under: Government Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Attorney Misconduct, Attorneys General, Prosecutors, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Prosecutorial Immunity, Criminal Procedure

Prosecutorial Misconduct: Taking the Justice Out of Criminal Justice by Christopher Zoukis Prosecutorial Misconduct: Taking the Justice Out of Criminal Justice by Christopher Zoukis The prosecutor has more control over life, liberty, and reputation than any other person in America. His discretion is tremendous.... While the prosecutor at his best …

Jury Awards $13,000 in Tennessee CCA False Imprisonment Suit

Article • March 15, 2012

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Sentencing, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment

Jury Awards $13,000 in Tennessee CCA False Imprisonment Suit by A Tennessee federal court awarded $13,000 to Samuel Key for civil rights violations resulting from his false imprisonment. The case began in 1987, when Key was convicted and sentenced to prison in Georgia. During that time, a phony escape charge …

Jail Liable for Distress Caused by Hostage Training

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, Municipal Liability, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation

Jail Liable for Distress Caused by Hostage Training by The defendants created a training exercise intended to prepare jailers for a hostage situation, and did entirely too good a job of it, according to the plaintiff jailers. They enlisted two probationary jailers to play inmates. They were allowed into the …

Mediation Costs Not Taxable in §1983 Suit

Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003

Filed under: Summary Judgment, Costs, Mediation, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity

Mediation Costs Not Taxable in §1983 Suit by Mediation Costs Not Taxable in §1983 Suit The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that state officials named as defendants in a prisoner's civil rights suit could not be taxed costs for mediation. The decision reverses the U.S. District Court for …