Jennifer Peltz

October 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

After a suburban district attorney barred her prosecutors from keeping handguns, even at home, her office said the goal was safety. But the now-changed restriction has touched off debate about whether prosecutors should possess firearms.

By Michael Balsamo and Jennifer Peltz

5 minute read

October 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

After a suburban district attorney barred her prosecutors from keeping handguns, even at home, her office said the goal was safety. But the now-changed restriction has touched off debate about whether prosecutors should possess firearms.

By Michael Balsamo and Jennifer Peltz

4 minute read

May 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The leaders of soccer federations corrupted the sport for nearly a quarter century by taking $150 million in bribes and payoffs, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday as they laid out a sweeping case involving 14 people and marquee events as the World Cup.

By Tom Hays and Jennifer Peltz

4 minute read

May 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The leaders of soccer federations corrupted the sport for nearly a quarter century by taking $150 million in bribes and payoffs, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday as they laid out a sweeping case involving 14 people and marquee events as the World Cup.

By Tom Hays and Jennifer Peltz

4 minute read

February 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Twenty-eight years after Nicholas Guido was gunned down outside his mother's home because he had been mistaken for a mobster with the same name, the city has reached a $5 million settlement with his family in part of the fallout from one of the most stunning police corruption cases in New York history.

By Jennifer Peltz

4 minute read

February 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Twenty-eight years after Nicholas Guido was gunned down outside his mother's home because he had been mistaken for a mobster with the same name, the city has reached a $5 million settlement with his family in part of the fallout from one of the most stunning police corruption cases in New York history.

By Jennifer Peltz

4 minute read

January 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

For centuries, grand juries have held some of the criminal justice system's best-kept secrets. But their private process has come under extraordinary public scrutiny after recent decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of unarmed men, causing a closely-watched court battle and a batch of proposed reforms in New York state.

By Jennifer Peltz and Andrew Keshner

5 minute read

January 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

For centuries, grand juries have held some of the criminal justice system's best-kept secrets. But their private process has come under extraordinary public scrutiny after recent decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of unarmed men, causing a closely-watched court battle and a batch of proposed reforms in New York state.

By Jennifer Peltz and Andrew Keshner

5 minute read

December 08, 2014 | Daily Report Online

After a police officer wasn't indicted in a fatal chokehold caught on video, some officials are reviving calls to entrust such cases to special prosecutors, rather than local district attorneys.

By Jennifer Peltz

5 minute read

November 13, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Evidence from up to 70,000 rape cases nationwide will get long-awaited DNA testing, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced Wednesday as he pledged as much as $35 million to help eliminate a backlog that has long troubled authorities, victims and lawmakers.

By Jennifer Peltz

3 minute read