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Deal Presented by Kentucky Prosecutor Evidence of Effort to Smear Breonna Taylor

Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020

Filed under: False Statements or Testimony, False Statements/Perjury, Cooperating Witnesses

Deal Presented by Kentucky Prosecutor Evidence of Effort to Smear Breonna Taylor by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Jamarcus Glover was offered a plea agreement on July 13, 2020, by Commonwealth attorney Tom Wine. Glover is a convicted felon with a history of drug trafficking. The plea would reduce the …

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 …

HRDC v. Henderson County, KY et al, KY, complaint, book censorship, 2020

Filing • September 21, 2020

Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship

HRDC v. Henderson County, KY et al, KY, complaint, book censorship, 2020 Case 4:20-cv-00159-JHM-HBB Document 1 Filed 09/21/20 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY OWENSBORO DIVISION [Filed Electronically] HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff v. Case Number: 4:20-CV-159-JHM HENDERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY Serve: …

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 …

Risk Assessment Tools Perpetuate Inherent Biases and Prejudices

Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020

Filed under: Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling, Bail/Pretrial Release, Objective Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment Tools Perpetuate Inherent Biases and Prejudices by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Critics contend that the new bail reform risk assessment (“RA”) tools are corrupted in use and perpetuate the same racial and monetary biases that brought the practice of bail assignment into question to begin with. Most …

Kentucky Supreme Court: Trial Court’s Ex Parte Discussion With Juror About Offered Bribe Was Structural Error

Article • August 15, 2020 • from CLN September, 2020

Kentucky Supreme Court: Trial Court’s Ex Parte Discussion With Juror About Offered Bribe Was Structural Error by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Kentucky heldthat a trial court’s ex parte discussion with a juror who was offered a bribe was a structural error because it denied Steven …

Unrest After Kentucky Cops Shoot Sleeping Black Woman to Death in Her Bed While Serving No-Knock Warrant

Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020

Filed under: Police--Excessive Force, Racial Profiling, No-Knock Warrants

Unrest After Kentucky Cops Shoot Sleeping Black Woman to Death in Her Bed While Serving No-Knock Warrant by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Calling for “justice for Breonna,” a recent vigil in Louisville and demonstrations across the country have focused on the young unarmed Black woman fatally shot by police …

Sixth Circuit: District Court’s Refusal to Reduce Crack Sentence Under First Step Act Requires Justification

Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020

Filed under: Resentencing, Crack v. Powdered Cocaine

Sixth Circuit: District Court’s Refusal to Reduce Crack Sentence Under First Step Act Requires Justification by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held on May 15, 2020, that the refusal by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to …

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 …

Federal Judge Issues Order Reducing 40-Year Stacked § 924(c) Sentence Based on First Step Act Changes to Compassionate Release

Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020

Filed under: Sentencing Findings, Compassionate Release

Federal Judge Issues Order Reducing 40-Year Stacked § 924(c) Sentence Based on First Step Act Changes to Compassionate Release by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On a cold February 2003 night, my life was shattered. That is when I was arrested and charged with a crack cocaine conspiracy along with …

News in Brief

Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: A sheriff’s deputy who roughed up a 15-year-old quadruple amputee during an arrest at a state-operated group home in September 2019 will not face excessive use of force charges, the Pima County Attorney’s Office announced March 10, 2020. “The teen, in a group home after …

Sixth Circuit: Cardiologist’s Right to Due Process Violated Where District Court Ordered Government to Not Disclose Third Party’s Expert Evaluation of Medical Care Provided by Him

Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020

Filed under: Brady Violations

Sixth Circuit: Cardiologist’s Right to Due Process Violated Where District Court Ordered Government to Not Disclose Third Party’s Expert Evaluation of Medical Care Provided by Him by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that cardiologist Richard E. Paulus’ Fifth Amendment right …

Unsurprisingly Lenient Sentence for Rapist Cop

Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Sentencing, Police

Unsurprisingly Lenient Sentence for Rapist Cop by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso A now-former Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Police officer was sentenced to just five years for five rapes and possession of child pornography. The rapes were reduced to misdemeanors, while the latter was a felony conviction. The first victim came …

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Parole Board’s Revocation Procedures Are Unconstitutional

Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019

Filed under: Parole, Fifth Amendment

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Parole Board’s Revocation Procedures Are Unconstitutional by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Kentucky held that the Parole Board’s (“Board”) current conditional-freedom final revocation hearing procedures for post-incarceration supervisees violate an offender’s due process rights. David Wayne Bailey was released from prison and …

KY DOC Inmate Access to Telephones 2013

Kickback publication • August 7, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

KY DOC Inmate Access to Telephones 2013 501 KAR 6:020 Policy Number KENTUCKY CORRECTIONS Policies and Procedures Total Pages 16.3 Date Filed Effective Date October 12, 2012 Authority/References February 1, 2013 Subject ACA Standard 4-4497 4-4497-1, 4-4275, 2-CO-5D-01 KRS 196.035, 197.020 CPP 15.2 I. 2 INMATE ACCESS TO TELEPHONES DEFINITIONS …

HRDC v. Ballard, KY, Settlement (Damages), Censorship, 2019

Filing • July 15, 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books, Censorship

HRDC v. Ballard, KY, Settlement (Damages), Censorship, 2019 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 62-1 Filed: 07/15/19 Page: 1 of 6 - Page ID#: 323 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, eta!. Case No. 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF DAMAGES CLAIM THIS …

Kentucky police officer decertifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Kentucky police officer decertifications Last Name First Name Kentucky Revocation Report January 2004 to 7-6-17 Date of Reason for Last Agency Employed Detail Revocation Revocation stole approximately 85 firearms McKinney Brian Madisonville Police Department 5/12/2010 Felony Conviction Brown Mark Princeton Police Department 11/1/2006 Felony Conviction Gilkey Smith James Eric Kentucky …

Sixth Circuit Rejects Kentucky Supreme Court’s Ruling That Defendant-Lawyers Are Never Without Counsel and Not Entitled to Faretta Hearing

Article • May 15, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019

Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Trials

Sixth Circuit Rejects Kentucky Supreme Court’s Ruling That Defendant-Lawyers Are Never Without Counsel and Not Entitled to Faretta Hearing by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell An experienced Kentucky trial attorney who found himself on the wrong end of counsel’s table was granted a new trial by the U.S. Court of …

Kentucky Supreme Court Holds State Statute Defining Intellectual Disability as IQ of 70 or Lower Unconstitutional, Death Row Prisoner Entitled to Hearing

Article • March 16, 2019 • from CLN April, 2019

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, Death Penalty/Death Row

Kentucky Supreme Court Holds State Statute Defining Intellectual Disability as IQ of 70 or Lower Unconstitutional, Death Row Prisoner Entitled to Hearing by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  The Supreme Court of Kentucky held that a court erred when it denied a death-sentenced prisoner’s post-conviction motion alleging intellectual disability without …

HRDC v. Ballard, KY, Settlement, Censorship, 2018

Filing • January 28, 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books, Censorship

HRDC v. Ballard, KY, Settlement, Censorship, 2018 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 50-1 Filed: 01/28/19 Page: 1 of 6 - Page ID#: 289 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, eta!. Case No. 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF INJUNCTIVE CLAIMS THIS SETTLEMENT …