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News in Brief by Alabama: Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith faces six misdemeanor counts after a grand jury indicted him on May 30, 2025, for knowingly employing uncertified personnel. WBRC in Birmingham reported that Smith’s second-in-command, Chief Deputy Ralph Williams, was also indicted on one count of providing false or …
HRDC Files Civil Rights Action on Behalf of Wrongly Convicted Florida Man Who Spent 45 Years in Prison by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford   On April 17, 2024, the Human Rights Defense Center (“HRDC”), CLN’s non-profit publisher, and the civil rights law firm of Loevy and Loevy filed suit …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Report Finds Inaccurate Field Drug Tests Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke   A report published in January 2024 by the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey School of Law revealed that false positives in presumptive …
Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
More Facial Recognition Failures by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Facial Recognition Technology (“FRT”) misuses continue to pop up in the media. In August of 2023, police went to the home of Porcha Woodruff and arrested her for carjacking in front of her daughters. The kicker in her story …
Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
Facial Recognition’s Distorted View by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson There is a tendency within the human brain to settle on the first solution even when another, better solution is available. Automated facial recognition (“AFR”) systems can exacerbate the problem simply by the fact that they are designed to …
Brief • November 29, 2023
Filed under: False Arrest
Smith v. County of Nassau, NY, Judgment, False Arrest, 2023 Case 2:10-cv-04874-MKB-AYS Document 184 Filed 11/29/23 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 2571 AO 450 (Rev. 11/11) Judgment in a Civil Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Eastern MICHAEL SMITH Plaintiff v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, TIMOTHY SLEVIN, AND MARTIN …
Brief • November 29, 2023
Filed under: False Arrest
Smith v. County of Nassau, NY, Minute Entry, False Arrest, 2023 From: To: Subject: Date: ecf_bounces@nyed.uscourts.gov nobody@nyed.uscourts.gov Activity in Case 2:10-cv-04874-MKB-AYS Smith v. County of Nassau et al Jury Trial - Completed Wednesday, November 29, 2023 9:36:09 AM This is an automatic e-mail message generated by the CM/ECF system. Please …
Brief • October 6, 2023
Filed under: False Arrest
Pete v. State of Alaska, AK, Complaint, False Arrest, 2023 30 E Goriune Dudukgian, AK Bar No. 0506051 g 3 (907) 308-3395 (telephone) (866) 813-8645 (fax) 2 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Nicholas Feronti, AK Bar No. 2106069 3g 2 £ NORTHERN JUSTICE PROJECT, LLC 406G Street, Suite 207 Anchorage, AK 99501 …
Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023
Wyoming Supreme Court Reverses ‘Contempt of Cop’ Conviction Because Police Were Not Lawfully Performing Their Official Duties by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The Supreme Court of Wyoming ­reversed Myron Martize Woods’ conviction for interference with a peace officer because the arresting officers’ warrantless entry into his home, without any …
Brief • August 10, 2023
Hines v. Johnson, NC, Settlement,Illegal Arrest and Seizure, 2023 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”), made and entered into by and between Aris Hines and Brandi Thomason (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Plaintiffs”) and Terry S. Johnson, Randy Jones, and NGM Insurance Company (hereinafter referred …
Article • August 1, 2023 • from CLN August, 2023
Deceiving Themselves: How Cops’ False Belief in Their Ability to Detect Deception From Nonverbal Cues Leads to Miscarriages of Justice by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian “The mistakes of lie detection are costly to society and people victimized by misjudgments. The stakes are really high.” — Maria Hartwig, John …
Brief • July 5, 2023
Filed under: False Arrest
Matthews v. Green, TX, Reply Brief of Appellant Dare Matthews, False Arrest, 2023 No. 23-10178 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT DARE MATTHEWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DETECTIVE E. GREEN, Individually; STEPHANIE SPRINGER, Individually, Defendants-Appellees. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District …
Brief • January 23, 2023
Filed under: False Arrest
Elgersma v. City of Saint Paul, MN, Order, False Arrest, 2023 CASE 0:21-cv-01792-KMM-DJF Doc. 34 Filed 01/23/23 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA David Elgersma, Case No. 21-cv-1792 (KMM/DJF) Plaintiff, v. ORDER City of Saint Paul, Lynette Cherry, Christopher Hansen, and Heather Weyker, in their …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Police Often Use ‘Cover Charges’ to Mask False Arrests and Police Brutality by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian Across America, “cover charges” are frequently alleged against citizens during encounters with police—especially when it’s a questionable “use of force” situation. Experts have identified a typical pattern involving this abusive tactic. …
Article • May 1, 2022
Dozens of Convictions Related to Corrupt Convicted Former Chicago Cop Vacated by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman According to the Chicago Tribune, Cook County, Illinois, prosecutors vacated 44 convictions related to convicted ex-Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts. In 2013, Watts pleaded guilty to stealing money from an FBI informant posing …
Article • November 11, 2021
Queens DA Tosses 60 Convictions Tied to Lying or Predatory Cops by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman   Thanks to misconduct that has tainted the testimony of three now-fired New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) cops, the resulting convictions of 60 people will be vacated and expunged after a judge …
Article • September 3, 2021
AZ Prosecutor Who Allegedly Targeted BLM Protestors Files $10m Defamation Suit Against Boss Who Dropped Charges Against Them by Saying her superiors made her a "scapegoat" in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO), a prosecutor who went after a group of Phoenix Black Lives Matter (BLM) protestors with gang-related charges …
Article • August 13, 2021
$7,500 Settlement for Arrest Without Probable Cause by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, paid $7,500 to settle a lawsuit alleging police officers illegally seized, assaulted, arrested, and maliciously prosecuted Robert Alderete. His lawsuit also alleged the officers illegally searched his vehicle. Alderete entered …
Article • July 24, 2021
Filed under: False Arrest
Refusing Cop's Request for ID Wasn't Cause for Arrest by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell   A Stafford County, Virginia, ordinance requiring someone to show their ID to a police officer if requested did not allow an arrest if the person refused to show his ID. That was the court's …
Brief • July 12, 2021
Polo v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Order of Dismissal, False Arrest and Excessive Force, 2021 Case 2:20-cv-04857-FMO-MAA Document 36 Filed 07/12/21 Page 1 of 1 Page ID #:229 1 2 3 4 5 JS - 6 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 …
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