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PRESS RELEASE: Two Men Framed by L.A. County Sheriff’s Department File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuits
Jofama Coleman and Abel Soto each spent two decades in jail before being exonerated earlier in 2024. “These people robbed me of years I should have had with my dad,” Coleman’s daughter, also a plaintiff, says. LOS ANGELES – In May 2003, teenager Jose Robles was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on the
Kirstin Blaise Lobato Awarded $34 Million in Wrongful Conviction Suit Against Police
After a week of emotional testimony, jury sides with Kirstin Blaise Lobato, who sued detectives she says framed her for the 2001 murder of a homeless man. LAS VEGAS – Kirstin Blaise Lobato was only 18 years old when she was wrongfully arrested for the much-publicized murder of Duran Bailey, who was found beaten, stabbed,
PRESS RELEASE: MySpace-Era Website Photobucket Sued for Selling User’s Biometric Data
More than 100 million people are impacted by company’s plan to sell their photos for generative AI and facial recognition, without customers’ consent or compensation, new class action lawsuit contends. DENVER – When Photobucket launched in 2003—as an online photo storage service for users of MySpace—biometric facial recognition and artificial intelligence were the stuff of
PRESS RELEASE: Man Framed for the 1989 Murder of His Own Grandmother Files Federal Lawsuit Against Waukegan P.D.
Robert Melock, framed and wrongly branded a monster by police, spent more than 30 years in prison before being exonerated. WAUKEGAN, Il. – It was described as one of the most brutal crimes Lake County had ever seen: Robert Melock, 22, was charged with raping and murdering his own 72-year-old grandmother, Augustine Melock, who had
PRESS RELEASE: Framed by Reynaldo Guevara, Oscar Soto Files Federal Lawsuit Against City of Chicago
For Immediate Release: December 6, 2024 Soto is one of nearly 50 people exonerated since notorious cop’s crimes came to light. “Every one of these cases deserves our outrage,” his attorney says. CHICAGO – Today, attorneys for Oscar Soto, 52, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on his behalf against the City of Chicago and
PRESS RELEASE: Exonerated After 31 Years in Prison, Tony Hopps Files Federal Lawsuit Against the City of Tampa
Tampa detectives framed Hopps in 1990 with a deliberately tainted photo identification, lawsuit charges. TAMPA – Today, attorneys for Tony Hopps, 59, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on his behalf against the City of Tampa and three former detectives of the Tampa Police Department. The suit asks a jury to award damages and relief
MEDIA ADVISORY: On Dec. 2, Trial Gets Underway in Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Metro Police Department
Kirstin Blaise Lobato spent 16 years in prison before having her conviction vacated in 2017; now she is suing the LVMPD. LAS VEGAS – On Monday, December 2, a federal jury will begin to hear evidence in a lawsuit filed by Kirstin Blaise Lobato, 42, who is suing the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD)
PRESS RELEASE: Court Allows The Intercept’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act Claim Against OpenAI to Go Forward
NEW YORK CITY — In a first-of-its kind decision, a federal judge has ruled in favor of Loevy + Loevy client The Intercept, by allowing a claim to move forward against OpenAI for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In a lawsuit filed in February, The Intercept alleged that OpenAI intentionally removed copyright management information
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Woman Wrongfully Convicted of “Shaken-Baby” Death is Declared Innocent by the Court
Former child-care worker Jennifer Del Prete spent nine years in prison, after being wrongfully convicted of shaking a 4-month-old girl she was caring for in a Romeoville daycare. The child died 10 months later, and Ms. Del Prete was convicted of first-degree murder in 2005 and sentenced to 20 years in prison, leaving behind her
Exonerated After 47 Years, Kerry Max Cook Files Federal Lawsuit in Texas
Framed for rape and murder, Cook spent 20 years on death row. Now, one of the most famous wrongful-conviction victims in American history seeks justice and closure in federal court. TYLER, Texas — The harrowing story of Kerry Max Cook’s wrongful conviction and imprisonment has been told in an award-winning off-Broadway play, a cable-TV movie, his
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