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Article • May 15, 2022 • from CLN June, 2022
SCOTUS Announces § 1983 Malicious Prosecution Claim’s ‘Favorable Determination’ Requirement Satisfied by Showing Prosecution Ended Without a Conviction by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The Supreme Court of the United States held that the “favorable determination” requirement for a Fourth Amendment claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for malicious prosecution …
$25,000 Settlement Over Connecticut False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The City of Norwalk, Connecticut, paid $25,000 to settle false arrest and malicious prosecution claims against a Norwalk Police Department (NPD) detective. On October 3, 2013, Robert Ragsdale complained to the NPD that he …
$160,000 Paid by Norwalk, Connecticut, to Settle Police Beating of COPD Patient by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The City of Norwalk, Connecticut, paid $160,000 to settle false arrest and excessive force claims against several Norwalk Police Department (“NPD”) officers. At about 5:40 a.m., on September 8, 2011, William Irwin …
Two Men Unlawfully Searched and Falsely Arrested for Sitting in Vehicle Settle with Middletown, N.Y., Cops by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Patrick Ammirati and James Esposito, who were arrested and prosecuted over a speck that wasn’t even a drug after Middletown, New York, police found them suspiciously sitting in …
Article • July 1, 2018
False Arrest of Florida Attorney by Fort Lauderdale Police Results in $600,000 Verdict by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Samuel Yeboah, who was arrested after he requested to observe a roadside sobriety test being performed on his client, was awarded $600,000 against the City of Fort Lauderdale for false arrest …
Innocence be Damned: Prosecutors Who Disregard Justice in Push to Win at Any Cost by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The prosecutor’s goal “is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done,” the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78 …
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 …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Mass. Disciplines Prosecutors: No More Business as Usual by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Prosecutorial misconduct is considered a cancer by many criminal justice experts, eating away at the credibility, moral authority, and public support for the criminal justice system. However, the recent actions of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers …
Article • February 22, 2018
Overzealous Prosecutors Getting the Boot by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis All across the nation, a major pushback against hardline, tough on crime prosecutors is taking place. In the same election cycle which saw the elevation of "law and order" candidate Donald Trump to the presidency, several high profile prosecutors …
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 …
Article • December 21, 2017
Seventh Circuit Upholds Malicious Prosecution and False Arrest Dismissal by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of false arrest and malicious prosecution claims of two Illinois men. Jai Crutcher was incarcerated on Illinois offenses from 2002 to 2010. He was released …
Article • December 13, 2017
Third Circuit Questions Bail System While Upholding Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Malicious Prosecution by On September 1, 2016, the United States Court of AppeaIs for the Third Circuit affirmed a District Court's order dismissing the lawsuit filed by a man who was jailed for nearly a year on misdemeanor theft …
Article • December 7, 2017
$151,000 Malicious Prosecution Award Upheld by Pennsylvania Appellate Court by Christopher Zoukis by Chris Zoukis A three judge panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas finding that Detective Linda Blowes was liable for the tort of malicious prosecution to the tune …
America's Top Five Deadliest Prosecutors - How Overzealous Personalities Drive The Death Penalty, Fair Punishment Project, 2015 FAIR PUNISHMENT PROJECT AMERICA’S TOP FIVE DEADLIEST PROSECUTORS: How Overzealous Personalities Drive The Death Penalty JUNE 2016 Last year, a journalist asked Dale Cox, then the District Attorney of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, about …
Prosecutorial Oversight, Innocence Project, 2016 Prosecutorial Oversight: A National Dialogue in the Wake of Connick v. Thompson march 2016 The Innocence Project would like to acknowledge and thank the following individuals who contributed to this report and its success: Lawanna Kimbro, Liz Jansky, Emily West, Stephen Saloom, Cookie Ridolfi and …
Miller v. Maddox, TN, Complaint, Police Misconduct and False Statements, 2014 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION ANDREA MILLER, Plaintiff, v. WOODSTON MADDOX, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No: 3:13-1270 Senior Judge Nixon Magistrate Judge Knowles JURY …
Richmond v. Ryle, IL, Jury Trial Demanded, False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution, 2002 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION KENYA RICHMOND, Plaintiff v. OFFICER JAMES RYLE, Star # 11291, OFFICER JEROME FINNIGAN, Star # 5167, OFFICER BRET RICE, Star # 16059, OFFICER CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN, …