$147,000 Paid for 3-1/2 Hour Overdetention and Strip Search of Mistaken Arrestee

Loaded on April 15, 2002 by John E Dannenberg published in Prison Legal News April, 2002, page 25

Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Wrongful Imprisonment, Municipal Liability. Location: Arkansas.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict of $100,000 against the Little Rock, Arkansas police when, after a judge ordered the release of a mistakenly arrested woman, they failed to promptly do so.

Willie Mae Young was arrested by Little Rock police officer James Brown on a ...

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