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Insurance, Courts Protect Cops from Liability
Article • September 20, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Qualified Immunity, Police, Excessive Force (Police)
Insurance, Courts Protect Cops from Liability by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Lots of lawsuits get filed against law enforcement, but very few result in a payout. Police have an ever-growing shield called “qualified immunity” and decades of court decisions to hide behind. And even when there is a payout, …
Virginia Supreme Court Holds Convictions for Common Law and Statutory Involuntary Manslaughter Violate Double Jeopardy Clause
Article • August 20, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Filed under: Double jeopardy
Virginia Supreme Court Holds Convictions for Common Law and Statutory Involuntary Manslaughter Violate Double Jeopardy Clause by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of Appeals for Virginia held that convictions for both common law and statutory involuntary manslaughter for the same offense violated the Double Jeopardy Clause and …
ACLU Virginia -- Women in the Criminal Justice System - Pathways to Incarceration in Virginia, 2018
Publication • August 1, 2018
Filed under: Private Prisons, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Racial Discrimination, Gay/Lesbian, War on Drugs, Jail Specific, Mental Health
ACLU Virginia -- Women in the Criminal Justice System - Pathways to Incarceration in Virginia, 2018 PHOTO: NARAL PRO-CHOICE OF AMERICA/FLICKR WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: PATHWAYS TO INCARCERATION IN VIRGINIA Acknowledgement First and foremost, we would like to thank the residents of Friends of Guest House in Fairfax, …
SCOTUS: Warrantless Invasion of Curtilage to Conduct Search Unconstitutional
Article • July 20, 2018 • from CLN August, 2018
Filed under: Police Searches, Fourth Amendment, rights
SCOTUS: Warrantless Invasion of Curtilage to Conduct Search Unconstitutional by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In a May 29, 2018 opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) held that the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment does not permit law enforcement to enter the curtilage of a home, …
Virginia Supreme Court Grants Relief Under Revised Actual Innocence Statute
Article • June 18, 2018 • from CLN July, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Virginia Supreme Court Grants Relief Under Revised Actual Innocence Statute by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The change of a single word in Virginia’s actual innocence statute “fundamentally changed the nature” of actual innocence inquiries, the Supreme Court of Virginia announced, finding a petitioner proved his actual innocence under the …
Victory: Virginia Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Police Use of License Plate Reader Technology to Track Drivers, Surveil Citizens
Article • May 15, 2018 • from CLN June, 2018
Filed under: Police State-Surveillance
Victory: Virginia Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Police Use of License Plate Reader Technology to Track Drivers, Surveil Citizens by The Rutherford Institute by The Rutherford Institute RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court has delivered a blow to the police’s use of Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to surveil …
Victory: Virginia Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Police Use of License Plate Reader Technology to Track Drivers, Surveil Citizens
Article • May 9, 2018
Filed under: Databases, Privacy Act, Police, Fourth Amendment, rights, Police State-Surveillance
Victory: Virginia Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Police Use of License Plate Reader Technology to Track Drivers, Surveil Citizens by On The Front Lines by The Rutherford Institute RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court has delivered a blow to the police’s use of Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to …
Neal v. Fairfax County Police Dept., license plate readers, opinion, April 2018
Brief • April 26, 2018
Filed under: Police, Fourth Amendment, rights
Neal v. Fairfax County Police Dept., license plate readers, opinion, April 2018 PRESENT: All the Justices HARRISON NEAL OPINION BY JUSTICE CLEO E. POWELL April 26, 2018 v. Record No. 170247 FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, ET AL. FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY Robert J. Smith, Judge In this …
U.S. v. Wooden, ruling, removal of pedophilic-disorder diagnosis, 2018
Brief • April 10, 2018
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act
U.S. v. Wooden, ruling, removal of pedophilic-disorder diagnosis, 2018 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-7607 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Petitioner - Appellant, v. WALTER WOODEN, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. …
November v. Chesterfield County, VA, Settlement, Taser Burn and Injury, 2018
Brief • March 1, 2018
Filed under: Pain, Stun Guns/Tasers, Mental Health, Police, Excessive Force (Police), Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights
November v. Chesterfield County, VA, Settlement, Taser Burn and Injury, 2018 GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS TillS GENERAL RELEASE AND SETILEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS ("Release") is being made on this _day ofMarch, 2018, by MILES ZACHARY-COLE NOVEMBER (the undersigned), party ofthe first part, and the County of Chesterfield, …
Fifth Circuit Vacates Sex Offender Supervised Release Conditions
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offender Residence
Fifth Circuit Vacates Sex Offender Supervised Release Conditions by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated several sex offender supervised release conditions, finding that the lower court abused its discretion in imposing the conditions. In 1998, Chanda Huor, 16, pleaded guilty …
Fourth Circuit Vacates Brady Claim Denial in Capital Case and Rebukes Prosecutors
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Criminal Prosecution, Prosecutors, Death Penalty
Fourth Circuit Vacates Brady Claim Denial in Capital Case and Rebukes Prosecutors by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia abused its discretion in dismissing Anthony Juniper’s Brady claim without holding …
Virginia Supreme Court Orders Retrial in Civil Commitment Proceeding
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Sex Offender Treatment
Virginia Supreme Court Orders Retrial in Civil Commitment Proceeding by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Virginia Supreme Court has reversed a jury's finding that a convicted sex offender was not a sexually violent predator who must be civilly committed. On Aug. 12, 2014 the Commonwealth of Virginia moved to …
Legal Aid Justice Center - Scott v. Clarke Press Release, Medical Care at Fluvanna Prison, 2017
Publication • 2017
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Infections, Eighth Amendment
Legal Aid Justice Center - Scott v. Clarke Press Release, Medical Care at Fluvanna Prison, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information contact Brenda Castañeda, Esq. Legal Aid Justice Center 434-529-1849 brenda@justice4all.org WOMEN AT FLUVANNA PRISON FILE CONTEMPT MOTION ALLEGING VDOC CONTINUES TO FAIL TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE Charlottesville, Va., …
Virginia kickbacks FY2014
Kickback publication • May 15, 2017
Filed under: Telephones
Virginia kickbacks FY2014 GTL-Global Tel Link Corporation Collections FY2013 Receipt # 039 055 184 291 398 505 764 847 956 1088 1312 1391 1585 Date Amount 7/10/2012 7/13/2012 8/23/2012 9/25/2012 10/23/2012 11/20/2012 12/21/2012 1/16/2013 2/15/2013 3/15/2013 4/25/2013 5/17/2013 6/13/2013 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ …
GAO - Prisoner Labor, 1993
Publication • May 8, 2017
Filed under: Prison Labor, Cost of Prison Systems, Money/Property, Fair Labor Standards Act
GAO - Prisoner Labor, 1993 I ----------i t l11ikd St at.<"s Ge1wral A<·cmrnt in~ Of'f1<'e GAO l{eport to the llonorablc 1Tarry Flcid, lJ.S. Senate PRISONER LABOR Perspectives on Paying the Federal Minimum Wage GAO/G<i D-H:l-H8 .--------·-; GAO United States General Accounting Offtce Washington, D.C. 201548 General Government Division B-253226 May20, …
Norfolk Four v. City of Norfolk, VA, Claims, Wrongful Conviction, 2017
Brief • April 28, 2017
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Informants, Discovery, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Pardons/Clemency, Federal Tort Claims Act, Juveniles, Staff Training, False Arrest, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Norfolk Four v. City of Norfolk, VA, Claims, Wrongful Conviction, 2017
Wright Petitioners - Ex Parte Notice, Meeting with FCC, 2017
Publication • March 10, 2017
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Wright Petitioners - Ex Parte Notice, Meeting with FCC, 2017 Lee G. Petro 202-230-5857 Direct 202-842-8465 Fax Lee.Petro@dbr.com Law Offices March 10, 2017 1500 K Street N. W. Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20005-1209 (202) 842-8800 (202) 842-8465 fax By ECFS Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, …
ACLU: Challenging Government Hacking in Criminal Cases, 2017
Publication • March 1, 2017
Filed under: Computer Searches, FBI
ACLU: Challenging Government Hacking in Criminal Cases, 2017 CHALLENGING GOVERNMENT HACKING IN CRIMINAL CASES March 2017 CHALLENGING GOVERNMENT HACKING IN CRIMINAL CASES American Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 © 2017 ACLU Foundation © 2017 Electronic …
November v. Chesterfield County, VA, Complaint,Taser Burn and Injury, 2017
Brief • February 5, 2017
Filed under: Medical, Pain, Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers, Mental Health, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
November v. Chesterfield County, VA, Complaint,Taser Burn and Injury, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00113-JAG Document 1 Filed 02/05/17 Page 1 of 83 PageID# 1 PARTIALLY FILED UNDER SEAL (CONTAINS REDACTIONS) (SEE ACCOMPANYING MOTION TO SEAL) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division MILES ZACKERY-COLE NOVEMBER and KIM …
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