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News in Brief
Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Tucson has a new ordinance topunish those who fail to stay outside designated crime scene perimeters, the Tucson Star reports. The law aims to halt “cop haters” with cameras, but the potential fallout is a stifling of First Amendment rights. While people should not provoke …
Executive Order 2020-62, MI, COVID-19 Protocols, 2020
Publication • April 26, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Executive Order 2020-62, MI, COVID-19 Protocols, 2020 ¢6i • . Tl/DO '•% ~ '•e _.••' S TAT E O F M IC HIGAN GRETC HEN W H IT M ER OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR GARLIN G ILC H RIST II GOVERN OR L ANSI NG LT. GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER No. …
City of Grand Rapids to Pay Marine $190,000 After He Was Unlawfully Detained as ‘Illegal Foreign National’
Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020
Filed under: Immigration Detention, Unlawful Detention
City of Grand Rapids to Pay Marine $190,000 After He Was Unlawfully Detained as ‘Illegal Foreign National’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to November 14, 2019, news reports from dailykos.com and nytimes.com, the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, will pay $190,000 to former U.S. Marine Jilmar Ramos-Gomez after …
Executive Order 2020-29, MI, COVID-19 Protocols, 2020
Publication • March 29, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Executive Order 2020-29, MI, COVID-19 Protocols, 2020
Michigan v. Smith, MI, Felony Complaint, Prosecutors Public Integrity Crimes, 2020
Brief • March 24, 2020
Filed under: Prosecutors, Money/Property
Michigan v. Smith, MI, Felony Complaint, Prosecutors Public Integrity Crimes, 2020 /"'\ DISTRICT: CIRCUIT: MSP# 010-0000169-19 STATE OF MICHIGAN 418 JUDICIAL DISTRICT 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COMPLAINT District Court ORI: Ml500045J 22380 Starks Drive, Clinton Township, Ml 48036 Circuit Court ORI: Ml500015J 40 N. Main, Mount Clemens, Ml 48043 586-469-9300 586-469-5208 …
Michigan Supreme Court: Defendant Entitled to Self-defense Jury Instruction
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: Jury Instructions
Michigan Supreme Court: Defendant Entitled to Self-defense Jury Instruction by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Michigan held a trial court erred in denying a defendant’s request for a self-defense instruction on the basis that a defendant who claims another person committed the homicide is …
Sixth Circuit: Grant of Habeas on Grounds that State Trial Court Violated Defendant’s Right to Present a Complete Defense
Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020
Filed under: Defenses, Habeas Corpus
Sixth Circuit: Grant of Habeas on Grounds that State Trial Court Violated Defendant’s Right to Present a Complete Defense by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s conditional grant of a petition for writ of habeas corpus on grounds …
Michigan Supreme Court Reverses Criminal Sexual Conduct Convictions in Two Consolidated Cases Due to Improperly Admitted Expert Testimony
Article • November 19, 2019 • from CLN December, 2019
Filed under: Expert Witnesses
Michigan Supreme Court Reverses Criminal Sexual Conduct Convictions in Two Consolidated Cases Due to Improperly Admitted Expert Testimony by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Michigan reversed convictions for criminal sexual conduct in two consolidated cases due to improperly admitted testimony of expert witnesses. Joshua Thorpe was …
Herriges v. County of Macomb, MI, Complaint, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2019
Brief • October 30, 2019
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Herriges v. County of Macomb, MI, Complaint, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-12193-DML-EAS ECF No. 23, PageID.193 Filed 10/30/19 Page 1 of 61 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CAROL HERRIGES, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF DIETER HERRIGES-LOVE, Deceased, Case No.: 19-cv-12193 …
Michigan Will Pay $1.5 Million to Longest Serving Exonerated Prisoner
Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Michigan Will Pay $1.5 Million to Longest Serving Exonerated Prisoner by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Richard Phillips, a Michigan man who was wrongfully incarcerated for 46 years before being exonerated in spring 2018, will receive a settlement of $1.5 million from the state, more than a year after he …
Michigan Supreme Court: Reaching Out Door of Home to Retrieve ID Inadequate to Surrender Fourth Amendment Rights
Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019
Filed under: Searches, Fourth Amendment, rights
Michigan Supreme Court: Reaching Out Door of Home to Retrieve ID Inadequate to Surrender Fourth Amendment Rights by David Reutter by David Reutter The Supreme Court of Michigan held that a defendant did not expose herself to public arrest when she reached out of her doorway to retrieve her identification …
HRDC v Winn, MI DOC censorship suit, complaint 2019
Filing • August 22, 2019
Filed under: Complaints, PLN Litigation, Censorship, First Amendment
HRDC v Winn, MI DOC censorship suit, complaint 2019 Case 2:19-cv-12470-MFL-DRG ECF No. 1 filed 08/22/19 PageID.1 Page 1 of 36 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) O’BELL WINN, in his official …
Record Number of Exonerations Prompts Michigan AG to Create Conviction Integrity Unit
Article • July 17, 2019 • from CLN August, 2019
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Pardons/Clemency
Record Number of Exonerations Prompts Michigan AG to Create Conviction Integrity Unit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Few nightmares can equate with being an innocent person wrongly convicted and incarcerated. Since innocence projects began appearing in the 1990s, dozens of prisoners in Michigan have been exonerated. In 2017 a …
Sixth Circuit Holds Chalking Car Tires for Parking Enforcement Constitutes a Search Under Fourth Amendment
Article • July 16, 2019 • from CLN August, 2019
Filed under: Searches, Fourth Amendment, rights
Sixth Circuit Holds Chalking Car Tires for Parking Enforcement Constitutes a Search Under Fourth Amendment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that chalking the tires of parked vehicles to gather information about whether they have committed a parking violation constitutes …
Police, Prosecutors Use Asset Forfeitures to Lease SUVs, Customize Motorcycles, Install WiFi at Home, and More
Article • June 22, 2019
Filed under: Forfeiture, Police
Police, Prosecutors Use Asset Forfeitures to Lease SUVs, Customize Motorcycles, Install WiFi at Home, and More by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney Craig Stedman spent more than $21,000 of drug forfeiture money to lease a 2016 Toyota Highlander. After Stedman was ordered to release records …
Jury Takes Just 9 Minutes to Find Man Who Blared ‘F--k tha Police’ Toward Cops Not Guilty
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Filed under: Trials, Police
Jury Takes Just 9 Minutes to Find Man Who Blared ‘F--k tha Police’ Toward Cops Not Guilty by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell It took a jury just nine minutes to come back with a verdict of “not guilty” in the trial of a man charged with blaring the 1988 …
Michigan - Restricted Publications 2019
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship
Michigan - Restricted Publications 2019 REVISION DATE: March 2019 Title/Author "O” (The); Rising Sun Press 100 Facts, (The) 100 Male Nudes by Taschen 100 Strokes of the Brush Before bed by Mellisa P. 1001 Computer Hints & Tips, by Reader’s Digest 101 Things Not Everyone Should Know How To Do- …
Michigan police officer decertifications
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Michigan police officer decertifications Revocations MCOLES Invest. Date 9/30/1998 9/30/1998 10/9/1993 Case Name 1998‐456 1998‐459 1998‐47 Gentry, Vernon Renius, Randy Suarez, Robert 1998‐476 1998‐486 1999‐666 1999‐685 1999‐689 2000‐727 2001‐1731 2002‐1948 2002‐1967 2002‐2271 2003‐2295 2003‐2296 2003‐2366 2003‐2405 2003‐2424 2003‐2425 2004‐1 Wilcox, Kevin Sanders, Lester Madejczyk, Kenneth Vinton, Duane Corentt, Jerry Hackel, …
Seales v. City of Detroit, MI, Amended Judgment, Wrongful Arrest, 2019
Brief • April 19, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific, Failure to Train/Supervise, False Arrest, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Fifth Amendment, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Seales v. City of Detroit, MI, Amended Judgment, Wrongful Arrest, 2019 Case 4:12-cv-11679-GAD-DRG ECF No. 201 filed 04/19/19 PageID.3185 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MARVIN SEALES, Case No.: 12-11679 Honorable Gershwin A. Drain v. THOMAS ZBERKOT, Defendant. ___________________________/ AMENDED JUDGMENT This …
Can We Fight Crime With Public Shaming?
Article • March 6, 2019
Filed under: Discrimination, Sentencing, Alternative Sentencing, Immigration
Can We Fight Crime With Public Shaming? by Kathi Valeii Humiliation-based punishments are designed as deterrents, but sentences that embarrass the most vulnerable among us are cruel, and represent the worst of American policies. by Kathi Valeii, DAME Magazine In November, several Bangladeshi immigrants who’d been convicted of food-stamp fraud …
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