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Tenth Circuit Discusses Standards for Armed Career Criminal Classification
Article • July 7, 2019
Filed under: Classification, Attorneys
Tenth Circuit Discusses Standards for Armed Career Criminal Classification by David M. Reutter by David Reutter The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed an Oklahoma federals district court's order vacating a sentencing classification as an armed career criminal. The court also affirmed the classification as a …
Oklahoma police officer decertifications
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Oklahoma police officer decertifications Name - Date to Legal 12/12/2011 ·Anderson, Ray __ ___ 1/5/2012 ·Anderson, Ray · _ 12/12/2011 Arghanbr ight, Ronald D · 12/12/2011. Barthelme, Delmer _ _ _ _ -1/5/2012-Bowden, M ichael _ _ _ _ ___ 12/12/2011 Cacy, Robert _-_ 12/12/2011 Cope, Daris lee -_ _ …
Cops Seize Almost $150,000 from Black Musician for Not Using His Turn Signal
Article • April 12, 2019 • from CLN May, 2019
Filed under: Forfeiture, Traffic stop
Cops Seize Almost $150,000 from Black Musician for Not Using His Turn Signal by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell How much does a ticket for not using your turn signal “a full 100 feet” before making a lane change cost in Oklahoma County? Apparently, all the cash you have in …
Oklahoma Supreme Court Announces Drug Court Dismissal of Charges After Successful Completion of Drug Program Entitles Defendant to Immediate Expungement
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: Alternative Sentencing, Drug Treatment/Rehab
Oklahoma Supreme Court Announces Drug Court Dismissal of Charges After Successful Completion of Drug Program Entitles Defendant to Immediate Expungement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma ruled that when a drug court dismisses charges after a defendant’s successful completion of a …
HRDC v. BOCC Pontotoc Co, OK, Consent Decree, Censorship, 2019
Filing • January 31, 2019
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC v. BOCC Pontotoc Co, OK, Consent Decree, Censorship, 2019 6:18-cv-00149-RAW Document 37 Filed in ED/OK on 01/31/19 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not–for–profit corporation, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 6:18-CV-00149-RAW BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS …
Oklahoma’s Railroading its Citizens into Prison
Article • December 5, 2018 • from CLN December, 2018
Filed under: junk science, Wrongful Conviction, False Arrest
Oklahoma’s Railroading its Citizens into Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Lynch mobs, vigilance committees, and necktie parties. These terms evoke what many stories refer to as frontier justice, where groups of people operated outside the established frameworks of law and order, sheriffs and courts, to wreak revenge on …
10th Circuit: Oklahoma’s Second-Degree Burglary Not an ACCA Qualifying Offense
Article • September 23, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Filed under: Appeals, Sentencing
10th Circuit: Oklahoma’s Second-Degree Burglary Not an ACCA Qualifying Offense by David Reutter by David Reutter The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held convictions for burglary under Oklahoma law do not qualify as violent felonies for sentence enhancement under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). Raymond Hamilton was convicted …
Eight Death Row Prisoners Opt for Untested Nitrogen Gas Over Inhumane Lethal Injection
Article • September 20, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Death Penalty
Eight Death Row Prisoners Opt for Untested Nitrogen Gas Over Inhumane Lethal Injection by Betty Nelander by Betty Nelander A decision by Alabama lawmakers means that death row prisoners in the state could face execution by nitrogen hypoxia instead of barbaric lethal injection. The decision renders moot a lawsuit by …
10th Circuit: Observation of Stack of 15 Credit Cards Does Not Provide Police With Probable Cause to Examine Name on Cards for Evidence of a Crime
Article • June 18, 2018 • from CLN July, 2018
Filed under: Searches
10th Circuit: Observation of Stack of 15 Credit Cards Does Not Provide Police With Probable Cause to Examine Name on Cards for Evidence of a Crime by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision to deny a …
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018
Publication • June 1, 2018
Filed under: Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Census, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Rural Prisons, Bail, Bail Bonds, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Jacob Kang-Brown, Oliver Hinds, Jasmine Heiss, and Olive Lu June 2018 From The Director The turn of the century marked a new direction for the nation’s prisons and jails: after three decades of …
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Fact Sheet, 2018
Publication • June 1, 2018
Filed under: Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Statistics/Trends, Census, Conditions of Confinement, Rural Prisons
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Fact Sheet, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration After decades of continuous and unified growth across all states from the 1970s to the early 2000s, the landscape of U.S. incarceration fragmented into distinct trends. The last decade has been characterized …
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018
Publication • June 1, 2018
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …
HRDC v. BOCC Pontotoc Co, OK, Complaint, Censorship, 2018
Filing • May 9, 2018
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC v. BOCC Pontotoc Co, OK, Complaint, Censorship, 2018 6:18-cv-00149-RAW Document 2 Filed in ED/OK on 05/09/18 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not–for–profit corporation, Plaintiff, v. Case No. ___________ 18-CV-149-RAW (1) BOARD OF …
Tenth Circuit: Oklahoma Sex Offender Restrictions Are Not Punitive
Article • November 30, 2017
Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offender Residence
Tenth Circuit: Oklahoma Sex Offender Restrictions Are Not Punitive by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Tenth Circuit held that Oklahoma's sex offender reporting and residency requirements do not amount to punishment. Juston Shaw was convicted of a 1998 Texas sex offense. He moved to Oklahoma ten years later. At …
"You're Still in Jail": How Electronic Monitoring Is a Shackle on the Movement for Decarceration
Article • October 23, 2017
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
"You're Still in Jail": How Electronic Monitoring Is a Shackle on the Movement for Decarceration by James Kilgore Despite the "law and order" vows of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, states and counties continue to take steps to reduce prison and jail populations. Last month, Cook County, Illinois initiated its own …
Estate of Terral Ellis II v. Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2017
Brief • June 9, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Terral Ellis II v. Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00325-JED-FHM Document 2 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 06/09/17 Page 1 of 19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (4) …
Wilkins v. Aberdeen, OK, Complaint, Court Fees, 2017
Brief • 2017
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Filing Fees, Bail, Bond Fees, Booking Fees, Bail Bonds
Wilkins v. Aberdeen, OK, Complaint, Court Fees, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00606-CVE-JFJ Document 2 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 11/02/17 Page 1 of 103 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) IRA LEE WILKINS, ) ) ) On behalf of themselves and all others ) similarly …
Oklahoma rates May 2017
Kickback publication • May 15, 2017
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Oklahoma rates May 2017 From: Iris Wagner [mailto:iwagner@humanrightsdefensecenter.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 5:48 PM To: Bailey Weis Subject: Telephone call rates Hello –
PLN v. Pottawatomie Co. Public Safety Center Trust, et al., OK, Consent Decree, censorship, 2017
Filing • February 24, 2017
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. Pottawatomie Co. Public Safety Center Trust, et al., OK, Consent Decree, censorship, 2017 Case 5:15-cv-01090-R Document 76-1 Filed 02/24/17 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not–for–profit …
PLN v. Lester, et al., OK, Consent Decree, censorship, 2016
Filing • July 28, 2016
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. Lester, et al., OK, Consent Decree, censorship, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-00198-HE Document 36 Filed 07/28/16 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. CIV-16-0198-HE JOSEPH K. …
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