Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies

Criminal Law

: Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies

Court: Ark. guard must pay inmate for retaliation

By "eAdvocate"

A rare time when the truth is revealed, judge was kind about perjury issue... 12-17-2009 Arkansas:An Arkansas prison guard accused of moving a prisoner to a mosquito-infested cell in retaliation for a grievance filed by the inmate must pay him $2,500, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Sgt. Patrick L. Stephenson's claim that inmate Walter Haynes hadn't proven that his transfer was retaliation for the grievance that claimed Stephenson cursed and threatened Haynes."The evidence shows that Stephenson engaged in willful, malicious and deceitful conduct," the panel's opinion said.Haynes, 49, spent six days in isolation in the bug-ridden cell before a disciplinary report filed by Stephenson was dismissed and he was returned to his regular cell...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).