Criminal Law

NM: Former prisoner wins $22 million over 'forgotten' solitary confinement
Former inmate wins $22 million over 'forgotten' solitary confinement By Bill Mears, CNN Wed January 25, 2012 (CNN) -- A New Mexico man held in solitary confinement in a county prison for nearly two years without ever being prosecuted has...

Is There a Constitutional Right to DNA Testing
The Supreme Court will decide, having granted review in a case I blogged about here. I think there will be two competing themes. First, how does the Court get around Heck v. Humphrey? Under Heck v...

PA: Petition on behalf of Russell Maroon Shoatz to be released from solitary confinement after 21 years!
Petitioning PA DOC Secretary, John Wetzel; SCI Greene Superintendent, Louis Folino Why This Is Important Petition to End the Solitary Confinement Torture of Russell Maroon Shoats Russell Maroon Shoatz (#AF-3855), a 68-year-old prisoner held at the State Correctional Institution (SCI)...

A Time to Speak Up: Prisoner Freed After a Decade in Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania
?A Time to Speak Up?: Prisoner Freed After a Decade in Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania by Sal Rodriguez Solitary Watch Pennsylvania inmate Derrick Stanley has been released from prison after over 22 years of incarceration, more than half of which...

Virginia plans changes in prisoner isolation process. Harold W. Clarke, director of the Department of Corrections-There is no such thing as solitary confinement nowhere in the country, he said. That went out the window a long time ago."
"Still, Harold W. Clarke, director of the Department of Corrections, said ?segregation? is not ?solitary confinement? ? a practice that was once associated with inmates being stuck in a dark hole...

TN: CCA Faces Scrutiny After Man Dies in Jail
Friends and comrades: Yet another prisoner has died in the solitary confinement unit in the Metropolitan Nashville Detention Facility (MNDF). Terry Battle, a Black prisoner, died in June '08, and his case was only disclosed over the Thanks-taking holiday, in...

Michigan
Settles Female Prisoner Sexual Abuse Lawsuit for $100 Million

Prisoner Abuse
Somerset County pays undisclosed settlement for failing to provide adequate securities for inmate assaults.

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.
allegedly failed to give policyholders discounted rates to which they were entitled.

FDA Issues Update on Safety Review Orlistat
Orlistat FDA Issues Update on Safety Review

Overtime, CA
California, you may be entitled to overtime wages

Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services
Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services