HRDC v. DHHS, WA, Complaint, Public Records on Family Separation, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-01442-JLR Document 1 Filed 10/01/18 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 10 11 THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER and MICHELLE DILLON, …
Washington Supreme Court Strikes Down Pornography Prohibition as Unconstitutionally Vague by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Supreme Court of Washington held a community custody condition preventing a probationer from possessing or accessing pornography unconstitutionally vague under the First Amendment because the prohibition also extended to works of art, books, …
Washington Supreme Court Clarifies Process by Which Insanity Acquittees May Petition for Release by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Supreme Court of Washington clarified the procedures for an insanity acquittee seeking to obtain conditional release from commitment. The March 8, 2018, opinion held that such detainees may petition the …
HRDC v. DHS, WA, Complaint, Public Records, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-01141-TSZ Document 1 Filed 08/03/18 Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 The Human Rights Defense Center and Michelle Dillon, 10 No. Plaintiffs, 11 COMPLAINT …
Randall v. King County, WA, Complaint, Excessive Use of Force-Motorcyclist, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-01123-JCC Document 1 Filed 07/31/18 Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 9 10 ALEX RANDALL, CASE NO: Plaintiff, vs. COMPLAINT KING COUNTY, …
Washington Supreme Court: Nexus Between Property Searched and Probation Violation Required for Warrantless Search of Probationer’s Property by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Probationers have a limited, but constitutionally protected, privacy interest that does not permit community correction officers (“CCO”) to conduct open-ended property searches. Instead, the warrantless search must …
Seattle to Toss Old Pot Convictions by Seattle’s mayor and city attorney announced plans in February 2018 to request court dismissal of all misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions obtained in city courts before the drug’s legalization in 2012. When the convictions are vacated or dismissed, they will disappear from the records …
Peltier v. Sacks Et Al, WA, Order on Motion for Summary Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-05209-RBL Document 54 Filed 07/16/18 Page 1 of 18 HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 LEONARD PELTIER, …
Nearly 43 percent of Spokane police shootings were Native Americans by R. Bailey by R. Bailey Native Americans in Spokane, Washington, are alarmed at how frequent and inhumane their encounters with the Spokane Police Department ("SPD") have become. Of the seven officer shootings by the SPD in 2017, three were …
Marijuana Selling License Denied Due to Spouse’s Criminal Background by The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“WSLCB”) rejected a woman’s application for a retail marijuana license because her husband is serving a 44-year sentence for homicide. Libby Haines-Marchel, a mother of four, saw Washington State’s 2012 legalization of recreational …
Assessing the Real Risk of Sexually Violent Predators: Doctor Padilla's Dangerous Data, Tamara Rice Lave and Franklin E. Zimring, 2018 ASSESSING THE REAL RISK OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS: DOCTOR PADILLA’S DANGEROUS DATA Tamara Rice Lave* and Franklin E. Zimring** ABSTRACT This Article uses internal memoranda and emails to describe the …
Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #8 2018-2019 State of Washington Department of Corrections This Amendment Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 8 is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending …
Washington High Court Issues New Rule Making Immigration Status Inadmissible by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Washington Supreme Court on November 8, 2017, issued a new rule of evidence, making it “generally inadmissible” in both criminal and civil cases to question a party’s immigration status. According to the Court, …
Honoring Police Includes Acknowledging Systemic Reform Is Needed by by Norm Stamper, Chief of Police of Seattle (Ret.), Seattle, Washington, for ACLU.org During the third week of May, tens of thousands of cops from across the nation will gather in Washington, D.C., for “Police Week” and its national memorial services, …
Arrest of War Protesters in Seattle Leads to Civil Rights Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Three attendees of a 2006 march against the war in Iraq held in Seattle, Washington, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which they claimed their arrests violated their civil rights. On …
Texas Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice--Open Roads and Overflowing Jails--Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration, May 2018 OPEN ROADS AND OVERFLOWING JAILS: Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration by Marc Levin and Michael Haugen May 2018 May 2018 by Marc Levin Michael Haugen Center for Effective Justice …
New Washington State Law Removes ‘Actual Malice’ Roadblock in Police Prosecutions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Two new Washington state laws have removed a statutory impediment to state prosecutors holding police officers accountable for reckless or negligent conduct. The measures eliminate the barrier of having to prove “malice” or …
Prosecutors’ Offices Taking Thousands in Grant Money, Fueling Crackdown on Sex Buyers by Steve Horn By Steve Horn Investigative articles published on March 24 by the Seattle-based alt-weekly The Stranger and the online publication The Intercept reveal that prosecutors’ offices in King County, Washington and nationwide have taken hundreds of …
Washington Supremes: Former Prisoner Can Take Bar by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Tara Simmons overcame the burden of two previous jail sentences, 20 months in prison, a bankruptcy, and a drug addiction to graduate from law school, magna cum laude. She has clearly turned her life around. However, earning …
Lawsuit Over GEO Group "Voluntary" $1 a Day Work Program Survives Motion to Dismiss by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging private prison company GEO Group's "Voluntary Work Program," which pays detained immigrants $1 per day for cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, and …
