Criminal Law

Is solitary confinement cruel and unusual
Great (though long) read from the New Yorker about solitary confinement -- not the kind that lasts a few days, but imprisonment that can last months or years. The story starts out quoting people like Terry Anderson and John McCain...

Two Years in Solitary.for Being Arrested for DUI
I don’t even know where to start with this one…. Man Spends 2 Years in Solitary After DWI Arrest Dona Ana County, NM.  Jan. 25 – A New Mexico man who said he was forced to pull his own tooth while in solitary confinement because he was denied access to a dentist has been awarded $22 [...

THE PRISON OFFICIALS SHOULD GET HARD TIME FOR THIS, BUT THEY WONT: Man Held in Solitary Confinemen
THE PRISON OFFICIALS SHOULD GET HARD TIME FOR THIS, BUT THEY WON’T: Man Held in Solitary Confinement 2 Years After DWI Gets $22M. A man who spent two years in solitary confinement after getting arrested for DWI was awarded $22 million for suffering inhumane treatment in New Mexico’s Dona Ana County Jail...

Lil' Wayne Banished to Solitary Confinement
Lil' Wayne has been tossed in Rikers Island's version of solitary confinement after he was found to have a pair of headphones and an MP3 charger in his cell. Weezy will be in punitive segregation, but he was already in a private cell...

Hellhole
That's the title of a lengthy examination of the effects of solitary confinement in the March 30 issue of the New Yorker. It's subtitled, "The United States holds tens of thousand of inmates in long-term solitary confinement...

Notable NYU event on solitary confinement
I am pleased to see here that an important prison issue which I fear gets too little attention, solitary confinement, will be the focus of a panel discussion hosted by New York University?s Wagner?s Students for Criminal Justice Reform on...

Racketeering Class Action Filed on Behalf of Foreclosed New York State Homeowners
Racketeering Class Action Filed on Behalf of Foreclosed New York State Homeowners

Refco
Ex-CEO Gets 16 Years

Bayer CropScience AG
alleging farmers suffered economic losses after Bayer's biotech Liberty Link rice was released into the food supply and countries banned US rice.

Nail Guns
Injury Rate More Than Doubles in Three Years

False Arrest
City of Greer pays $50,000 settlement after imprisoning a woman whose charges had been dismissed years earlier.

Suit Filed On Behalf of 400,000 Michigan Medicaid-Dependents Denied Access to Dental Healthcare
Michigan Medicaid Sued Over Dental Healthcare