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Nebraska Supreme Court Clarifies Procedure for Crediting 
Jail Time to Multiple Contemporaneously-Imposed Sentences
Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025
Filed under: Good Time, Credits, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences
Nebraska Supreme Court Clarifies Procedure for Crediting Jail Time to Multiple Contemporaneously-Imposed Sentences by Matthew Clarke In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Nebraska clarified the procedure to be used when crediting time spent in pretrial incarceration against multiple contemporaneously-imposed sentences pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1.106, …
Nebraska Supreme Court Announces ‘Working Days’ for Purposes of ‘Temporary Domicile’ SORA Reporting Requirement Means Weekdays, Excluding Legal Holidays, and Reverses Conviction for Failure to Registe...
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Wrongful Conviction
Nebraska Supreme Court Announces ‘Working Days’ for Purposes of ‘Temporary Domicile’ SORA Reporting Requirement Means Weekdays, Excluding Legal Holidays, and Reverses Conviction for Failure to Register by Sagi Schwartzberg by Sagi Schwartzberg The Supreme Court of Nebraska interpreted the definition of “working days” in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-4001.01(6) of the …
Nebraska Supreme Court Announces Probation Search Unlawful When Conducted After Original Term Expired and Before Hearing on Extending Term
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
Filed under: Parole/Probation Searches, Condition of Probation, Warrantless Searches
Nebraska Supreme Court Announces Probation Search Unlawful When Conducted After Original Term Expired and Before Hearing on Extending Term by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke The Supreme Court of Nebraska held that a term of probation cannot be extended beyond its expiration date based on the mere fact that an …
Walker v. Folts, NE, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2023
Brief • December 1, 2023
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Toilets, Plumbing
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Office of Inspector General Nebraska-Use of Force Incident at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution-May 2023
Publication • May 2, 2023
Filed under: Excessive Force
Office of Inspector General Nebraska-Use of Force Incident at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution-May 2023 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NEBRASKA CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM Use of Force Incident at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATIVE REPORT MAY 2, 2023 Doug Koebernick, Inspector General Zach Pluhacek, Assistant Inspector General Contents Executive …
News in Brief
Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: It was announced by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 20, 2023, that a police officer in Madison was arrested, accused of sexual misconduct. AL.com and WHNT in northern Alabama reported that the officer, Kevin Walter, 35, was arrested on Feb. …
News in Brief
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Court documents revealed the week of Oct. 3, 2022, show that a former Brookside police chief, Mike Jones, was indicted by a grand jury for speeding and impersonating an officer. AL.com reported that Jones had resigned from his post as the town’s Chief of Police …
Nebraska Company Providing Digital Wiretaps of Messaging Platforms to Law Enforcement Agencies
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Filed under: Social Networking Sites
Nebraska Company Providing Digital Wiretaps of Messaging Platforms to Law Enforcement Agencies by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso PenLink, a Nebraska company, is filling the void in the U.S. of private companies that help law enforcement agencies—mostly federal, but some local as well—accomplish the digital equivalent of wiretapping communications …
HRDC v. Frakes (NDOC), NE, Settlement, Censorship, 2022
Brief • June 10, 2022
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Frakes (NDOC), NE, Settlement, Censorship, 2022 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (hereafter "Settlement and Release") is entered into between Plaintiff Human Rights Defense Center (Plaintiff) and Defendant Scott Frakes, in his individual capacity and his official capacity as Director of the Nebraska Department of …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Frakes, NE, Complaint, Censorship, 2022
Filing • February 25, 2022
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Human Rights Defense Center v. Frakes, NE, Complaint, Censorship, 2022 4:22-cv-03028 Doc # 1 Filed: 02/25/22 Page 1 of 26 - Page ID # 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Case No. ___-cv-_____ Plaintiff, COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL …
Eighth Circuit Reiterates Statute of Conviction Determines Eligibility for Sentence Reduction Under First Step Act, Not Actual Conduct
Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022
Filed under: First Step Act
Eighth Circuit Reiterates Statute of Conviction Determines Eligibility for Sentence Reduction Under First Step Act, Not Actual Conduct by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reiterated that it is the statute of conviction that determines First Step Act relief under the retroactive …
Moser v. Frakes, NE, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021
Brief • October 1, 2021
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
Moser v. Frakes, NE, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (hereafter “Settlement and Release”) is entered into between Telena Moser, in her capacity as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terry L. Berry, Jr., deceased (“Plaintiff”), and JoAnn Helton, Todd …
Nebraska Supreme Court Reverses Denial of Pretrial Motion for Absolute Discharge on Speedy Trial Grounds
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
Filed under: Speedy Trial, Dismissal
Nebraska Supreme Court Reverses Denial of Pretrial Motion for Absolute Discharge on Speedy Trial Grounds by Matthew Clarke The Supreme Court of Nebraska reversed a lower court’s denial of a criminal defendant’s motion for absolute discharge based on statutory speedy trial grounds. A complaint was filed against Douglas P. Jennings …
News in Brief
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: A week after he was shot chasing a suspect, an off-duty police officer from Alberquerque, New Mexico, was arrested on February 21, 2021, for aggravated DWI. According to a report by local TV station KRQE, Officer Fouad Cherair, 29, was found by police in the …
News in Brief
Article • March 15, 2021 • from CLN April, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A federal jury awarded a man who suffered severe head and face injuries in an encounter with a San Diego detective $1.5 million in November 2020. San Diego’s City Council, meanwhile, is expected to “approve a $2.5 million settlement, the money awarded by the jury …
News in Brief
Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: Marissa Cruz and Paea Tukuafu filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of San Jose police in August 2020, claiming they were “battered and bruised” by cops and subject to unreasonable search and entry. The two were celebrating ahead of Cruz’s 22nd birthday at …
Nebraska Supreme Court Announces Remand for New Sentencing Hearing Appropriate Remedy for Enhanced Vehicular Homicide Sentence Without Evidence of Prior Convictions
Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020
Filed under: Reckless Endangerment/Risk of Injury
Nebraska Supreme Court Announces Remand for New Sentencing Hearing Appropriate Remedy for Enhanced Vehicular Homicide Sentence Without Evidence of Prior Convictions by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Nebraska announced that the appropriate remedy after vacatur of an enhanced sentence for vehicular homicide that was imposed in …
Nebraska Supreme Court: Multiple Theft Charges for Stealing Items Belonging to Several People at Same Time and Place Violates Double Jeopardy
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
Filed under: Double jeopardy, Bribery/Extortion/Theft
Nebraska Supreme Court: Multiple Theft Charges for Stealing Items Belonging to Several People at Same Time and Place Violates Double Jeopardy by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case of first impression, the Nebraska Supreme Court held on March 13, 2020, that theft from multiple owners “at the same …
NE DOC Inmate Telephone Regulations- revised 2018
Kickback publication • August 14, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access
NE DOC Inmate Telephone Regulations- revised 2018 POLICY INMATE TELEPHONE REGULATIONS NEBRNSKA Good Life. Great Mission DEPT OF CONRECTIONAL SERVICES EFFECTIVE REVISED: REVISED: REVISED: REVISED: REVISED: REVIEWED: REVIEWED: REVISED: REVISED: REVISED: REVISED: REVISION DATE NUMBER PAGE December 31,20'18 20s.03 1ot12 STATEMENT OF AVAILABILITY *This Policy is to be made available …
TSCI (Nebraska) - list 2018-2019
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship
TSCI (Nebraska) - list 2018-2019 TSCI (Nebraska) list of banned and approved books - 2018-2019 12 Beasts Volume 2 12 Lead EKG for Nurses (book) 30 + 40 adult magazine #22 30+ Milfs presents Lollypops #23 40+ (#94) 40+ (#96) 40+ (#97) 10+ (#99) 50+ (#24) 50+ (#25) 50+ (#26) …
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