Search Results for: California prison

A California state prison inmate who led a radical Islamist group and three others were indicted Wednesday on charges that they were plotting terror attacks on several sites in Los Angeles. The indictment...

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have been ordered to conduct "threat assessments" of prison inmates in order to determine whether they could commit extremist violence when released, according to a letter obtained by AP. Randy D. Parsons,...

The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that a company of the California Army National Guard was placed on restricted duty over allegations that members of the unit abused prisoners in Iraq, possibly with a stun gun....

Leading Monday's states brief, the California Supreme Court ruled today that a boss's sexual affairs with subordinates may result in the sexual harassment of other employees in violation of the state's Fair Employment and Housing Act [PDF...

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that interrogations of juvenile prisoners must be electronically recorded. In reversing a 2003 Court of Appeals decision the court stated that recording the interrogations by videotape...

Carrying out his May threat to take over the California prison health care system , US District Judge Thelton Henderson said Thursday he will appoint an independent overseer for the medical facilities. The appointment is expected to take...

Plata et al. v. Schwarzenegger et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Judge Thelton E. Henderson, May 10, 2005 [citing bad health care received by inmates in California prisons and giving California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...

A federal judge Tuesday threatened to take over the California prison health care system , citing "terrible" medical care that prisoners receive. Judge Thelton E. Henderson cited complaints about bad doctors, wretched facilities, and irresponsible management of HIV...

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear Brown v . Sanders (docket 04-980), in which it will rule on the application of the "harmless error" doctrine to death penalty cases. The case concerns California's death penalty law, Cal....

A federal lawsuit has been filed against the Associated Press by several Navy SEALs and the wife of a US special forces member claiming that the wire service published photos of...