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News In Brief
Article • February 1, 2026 • from CLN March, 2026
News In Brief by Arkansas: The Saline Courier reported a swift fall from grace for Bryant Police Department (BPD) Sgt. Brett Carpenter, after he was observed off-duty driving his pickup the wrong way on a service road off I-30 on January 13, 2026. Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) deputies stopped …
NEWS IN BRIEF
Article • January 1, 2026 • from CLN February, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: WABM in Birmingham reported that former Eleventh Judicial Circuit Presiding Judge Gilbert P. Self, 64, was sentenced to 51-­1/2 years in state prison on December 17, 2025, following his conviction the previous month on public corruption charges. As CLN reported, a jury found him guilty …
NEWS IN BRIEF
Article • December 15, 2025 • from CLN January, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: In a rare victory for ethics enforcement in the Cotton State, a Lauderdale County jury returned a guilty verdict on November 7, 2025, against a former state judge accused of public corruption. According to the Alabama Political Reporter, Gilbert Porterfield Self, Sr., former presiding judge …
News in Brief
Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
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News in Brief by Alabama: On March 31, 2025, in State of Alabama v. Mac Marquette, Morgan County Circuit Judge Charles Elliott denied former Decatur Police Department officer Marquette’s motion for self-defense immunity in the fatal shooting of Steve Perkins. According to the Associate Press, the denial depended legally on …
NEWS IN BRIEF
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: On February 19, 2025, a grand jury called for the immediate abolition of the Hanceville Police Department for its “rampant culture of corruption” that turned it into a criminal enterprise. The New York Post reported that an investigation followed the death of dispatcher Christopher Willingham, …
News In Brief
Article • December 1, 2024 • from CLN December, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News In Brief by Alabama: A former Tuscumbia police officer was sentenced to 20 years in prison on August 24, 2024, after pleading guilty to manslaughter in connection with a fatal pedestrian accident. The incident occurred in October 2022 when James “Jay” Keith Steward’s vehicle struck and killed 60-year-old Terry …
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Officer Violated Fourth Amendment by Exceeding Scope of Community Caretaking Function During Traffic Stop
Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024
Filed under: Traffic Stops, Terry Stops
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Officer Violated Fourth Amendment by Exceeding Scope of Community Caretaking Function During Traffic Stop by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that a police officer exceeded the proper bounds of the community caretaking function exception to the Fourth Amendment during the course …
Wisconsin District Attorneys’ Police Brady Lists Often Secret, Incomplete, or Nonexistent
Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024
Filed under: Police Misconduct, State Lists/Databases
Wisconsin District Attorneys’ Police Brady Lists Often Secret, Incomplete, or Nonexistent by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Wisconsin Watch disclosed that its investigation into Wisconsin District Attorneys’ police Brady lists found that many had no Brady list while others had lists that appeared to be incomplete or refused to disclose …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024
Filing • August 2, 2024
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation
Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff, Case No. v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN; DENITA R. BALL, Sheriff, individually and in her official capacity; and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-10, Staff, …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024
Brief • August 2, 2024
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation
Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff, Case No. v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN; DENITA R. BALL, Sheriff, individually and in her official capacity; and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-10, Staff, …
Estate of Dean Hoffmann v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024
Brief • February 6, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Dean Hoffmann v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ______________________________________________________________________________ MEGAN HOFFMANN KOLB, as Personal Administrator for the Estate of DEAN HENRY HOFFMANN, Deceased, Plaintiff, Case No. v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; …
Jones v. Marwitz, WI, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024
Brief • January 16, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force
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Braithwaite v. Wisconsin Dept of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2024
Brief • January 11, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
Braithwaite v. Wisconsin Dept of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2024 STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 17 W. Main Strnet P.O. Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707-7857 www.doj.state.wi.us Josh Kaul Attorney General Gesina S. Carson Assistant Attorney General carsongs@doj.state. wi. us 608/266-1672 . FA,"'C 608/294-2907 January 9, 2024 VIA …
Seventh Circuit: Whether Right to Counsel ‘Attaches’ Is Not Dependent on Defendant’s Appearance at Probable Cause Hearing
Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Court Appearances, Probable/Proximate Cause, After Request for Counsel
Seventh Circuit: Whether Right to Counsel ‘Attaches’ Is Not Dependent on Defendant’s Appearance at Probable Cause Hearing by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W Accurso The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that Wisconsin courts denied a defendant his Sixth Amendment right to counsel by failing to appoint …
Jones v. Krueger, WI, Complaint, Failure to Protect. 2023
Brief • August 30, 2023
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
Jones v. Krueger, WI, Complaint, Failure to Protect. 2023 Case 2:23-cv-01153-SCD Filed 08/30/23 Page 1 of 7 Document 1 Case 2:23-cv-01153-SCD Filed 08/30/23 Page 2 of 7 Document 1 Case 2:23-cv-01153-SCD Filed 08/30/23 Page 3 of 7 Document 1 Case 2:23-cv-01153-SCD Filed 08/30/23 Page 4 of 7 Document 1 Case …
Jones v. Kijek, WI, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2023
Brief • August 21, 2023
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
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Lindell v. Carr, WI, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2023
Brief • July 24, 2023
Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)
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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&rsquo;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. …
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Riding Same Make of Motorcycle as Reported by Police Speeding and Driving Erratically Does Not Constitute Reasonable Suspicion to Initiate Traffic Stop
Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Riding Same Make of Motorcycle as Reported by Police Speeding and Driving Erratically Does Not Constitute Reasonable Suspicion to Initiate Traffic Stop by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W Accurso THe Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that the information upon which an officer relied to conduct an investigatory …
News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2022 • from CLN November, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arkansas: A Mulberry police officer and two sheriff&rsquo;s deputies from Crawford County were suspended after a video surfaced appearing to show them beating a man suspected of making violent threats. Maine Public Radio reported that the three officers were videoed by a bystander as they held …
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