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News in Brief
Article • May 15, 2022 • from CLN June, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Connecticut: On Apr. 15, 2022, a Norwalk police officer of 10 years was arrested of assaulting a family member. WVIT, a news channel serving New Britain, reports that officer Jermaine Nash, 44, was arrested after a call was made to police in the mid-afternoon of the …
DOJ-Investigation of the Mississippi State Penitentiary(Parchman)-CRD, April 2022
Publication • April 20, 2022
Filed under: Prison Conditions
DOJ-Investigation of the Mississippi State Penitentiary(Parchman)-CRD, April 2022 Investigation of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman) United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division APRIL 20, 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. SUMMARY OF THE REPORT ........................................................................................ 2 II. INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS ........................................................................................... 3 III. THE PARCHMAN FACILITY ......................................................................................... 4 IV. DEFICIENT CONDITIONS …
Investigation of the Mississippi State Penitentiary(Parchman), DOJ CRD, 2022
Publication • April 20, 2022
Filed under: Prison Conditions
Investigation of the Mississippi State Penitentiary(Parchman), DOJ CRD, 2022 Investigation of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman) United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division APRIL 20, 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. SUMMARY OF THE REPORT ........................................................................................ 2 II. INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS ........................................................................................... 3 III. THE PARCHMAN FACILITY ......................................................................................... 4 IV. DEFICIENT …
News in Brief
Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On December 21, 2021, two former police officers in West Blocton, Alabama, were arrested and charged with sexual assault. According to WBRC, a news station serving Birmingham, the Tuscaloosa Police Department announced that the former officers, Craig Baird Arnold, 49, and Brian Keith Whatley, 50, …
Mississippi Supreme Court: Failure to Timely File Motion to Suppress Confession Obtained as Result of Police Threats and Promises Constitutes Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021
Filed under: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Speedy Trial Clock - Tolling of
Mississippi Supreme Court: Failure to Timely File Motion to Suppress Confession Obtained as Result of Police Threats and Promises Constitutes Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of Mississippi held that a defendant’s trial counsel was ineffective for failing to timely object to the …
News in Brief
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: Five Southern California cops were placed on leave in June 2021 after a video surfaced showing them attacking suspects, according to reports by the Washington Post. On June 10, 2021, four Glendale police officers went on paid leave while an investigation was opened into their response to …
Mississippi Supreme Court: Drug Buy Between Dealer and User Doesn’t Constitute Conspiracy to Distribute
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
Filed under: Conspiracy, Simple Possession/Personal Use versus Distribution
Mississippi Supreme Court: Drug Buy Between Dealer and User Doesn’t Constitute Conspiracy to Distribute by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Mississippi reversed a defendant’s conviction after finding the State failed to prove he conspired with anyone to distribute methamphetamine. The Court’s en banc ruling was …
SCOTUS Holds LWOP for Juveniles Does Not Require Finding of Incorrigibility
Article • July 15, 2021 • from CLN August, 2021
SCOTUS Holds LWOP for Juveniles Does Not Require Finding of Incorrigibility by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) held on April 22, 2021, that a sentencing court may impose life without parole (“LWOP”) on a juvenile without making a finding of incorrigibility on …
Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Conviction due to Double Jeopardy Violation Because of Mistrial Without Manifest Necessity in Initial Trial
Article • June 15, 2021 • from CLN July, 2021
Filed under: Double jeopardy, Mistrial Motion
Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Conviction due to Double Jeopardy Violation Because of Mistrial Without Manifest Necessity in Initial Trial by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of Mississippi held that a conviction for attempted burglary of a dwelling with the intent to commit larceny was invalid and retrial …
Disability Rights, MS, Cruel and Unsusual Punishment in Mississippi Prisons, 2021
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Disability Rights, MS, Cruel and Unsusual Punishment in Mississippi Prisons, 2021 ~irtf DISABILITY IA-sl~I IR I G IHI TS I MISSISSIPPI Cruel and Unusual Punishment in Mississippi Prisons: A Tale of Abuse, Discrimination & Undue Death Sentences A SPECIAL REPORT FROM DISABILITY RIGHTS MISSISSIPPI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Investigations by Disability Rights …
Debunked Bite-Mark Comparison Evidence: Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed After Spending Over 25 Years on Death Row
Article • May 15, 2021 • from CLN June, 2021
Filed under: junk science, Wrongful Conviction
Debunked Bite-Mark Comparison Evidence: Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed After Spending Over 25 Years on Death Row by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian Eddie Lee Howard, now 67, is a Black man who spent more than a quarter-century fighting not only to prove his innocence, but for his very life. …
Fifth Circuit: Anonymous Tip Didn’t Provide Reasonable Suspicion to Conduct Investigatory Stop
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: Involuntary, Anonymous Tip
Fifth Circuit: Anonymous Tip Didn’t Provide Reasonable Suspicion to Conduct Investigatory Stop by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the FifthCircuit affirmed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi granting Okanlawan Norbert’s suppression motion on the grounds that an …
Massive Corruption of a Baltimore Task Force Exposed
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Massive Corruption of a Baltimore Task Force Exposed by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian We have turned a corner in America when it comes to the public automatically trusting in the nostalgic image of law enforcement. No longer can law enforcement just assume the mantle of the “good guys” who …
Mississippi Supreme Court: Cannot Declare Mistrial on All Counts After Jury’s Acquittal on Some Counts
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Filed under: Criminal Procedure, Fifth Amendment
Mississippi Supreme Court: Cannot Declare Mistrial on All Counts After Jury’s Acquittal on Some Counts by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Supreme Court of Mississippi held that a district court erred when it ordered a mistrial on all three counts of an indictment after the jury had returned an …
Mississippi Supreme Court Vacates Capital Murder Conviction Obtained With Bite Mark Comparison Evidence
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Filed under: junk science, Wrongful Conviction
Mississippi Supreme Court Vacates Capital Murder Conviction Obtained With Bite Mark Comparison Evidence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 27, 2020, the Supreme Court of Mississippi held that a change in the guidelines of the American Board of Forensic Odontology (“ABFO”) prohibiting testimony that bite mark comparison could …
News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: Police here can fly over property but they “cannot use cameras and drones for aerial searches of property without a warrant,” the Alaska Court of Appeals ruled. “The ruling stems from a 2012 case in which Alaska State Troopers received a tip about marijuana being …
News in Brief
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: The death of David Glen Ward of Petaluma was declared a homicide by the Marin County coroner in May 2020, followed by a lawsuit from David’s mother, Ernestine Ward, alleging wrongful death, excessive force and negligent supervision by Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies. Leading up to …
No Consequences for Prosecutors’ Bad Behavior
Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020
Filed under: Prosecutorial Misconduct
No Consequences for Prosecutors’ Bad Behavior by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins It is not unheard of that the quest for justice occasionally ends in a mistrial. That the defendant would then be retried six times for the same crime, however, is less of a misfire than it is a …
Mississippi Supreme Court Abolishes ‘Pre-Arming’ Jury Instruction
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: Jury Instructions
Mississippi Supreme Court Abolishes ‘Pre-Arming’ Jury Instruction by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of Mississippi held on January 9, 2020, that a pre-arming jury instruction was wrongfully given in a shooting death case and further held that no court in the state may ever again issue a …
$250,000 Awarded to Woman Who Spent 96 Days in Jail
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Overdetention
$250,000 Awarded to Woman Who Spent 96 Days in Jail by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A jury in Aberdeen, Mississippi, awarded Jessica Jauch $250,000 after she spent 96 days in jail without seeing a judge. Jauch was arrested on traffic charges in 2012 but was held in the Choctaw …
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