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Jennifer Peltz

Jennifer Peltz

September 10, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Marijuana Case vs. Bernie Goetz Dismissed

A low-level marijuana case against 1980s subway shooter Bernie Goetz has been dismissed after a judge concluded the clock ran out for trying it.

By Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz

3 minute read

August 13, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Online Platforms Back Facebook in Challenge to Warrants

Facebook's fight against prosecutors over nearly 400 search warrants for users' postings and other data is drawing support from social media companies and civil libertarians.

By Jennifer Peltz

3 minute read

May 14, 2014 | New York Law Journal

NYC Marijuana Arrests Drop Moderately Under New Mayor

Minor marijuana arrests in New York City have plunged in recent years amid questions about police tactics. But new statistics show the arrests dropped more modestly in the first three months of a new mayoral administration that has pledged to reduce them.

By Jennifer Peltz

4 minute read

April 24, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Cleared of Murder, NY Man Starts Fresh 24 Years Later

The day Jonathan Fleming was cleared of the murder that put him behind bars for almost 25 years, he strode out of a courthouse to congratulations from passers-by, a steak dinner with his family and the start of a new life.

By Jennifer Peltz

5 minute read

April 14, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Legal Minds Eye Quality Control for Convictions

Hospitals have staff conferences to examine why patients died. Airline pilots have a system for voluntarily submitting information on safety concerns.

By Jennifer Peltz

5 minute read

April 01, 2014 | New York Law Journal

MetLife to Pay $60 Million in State Licensing Probe

Insurer MetLife will pay $60 million to resolve claims that two subsidiaries solicited business without state licenses and lied to regulators about the extent of their New York operations.

By Jennifer Peltz

3 minute read

March 20, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Tourists Add Night Court to the Itinerary

Jenny Baumann's itinerary for her first trip to New York City: Rockefeller Center. The Empire State Building. Central Park. Night court.

By Jennifer Peltz

5 minute read

March 18, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Two Men Found Guilty in Plot to Kill Women and Girls

By Jennifer Peltz

4 minute read

November 25, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Convict Seeks Freedom in 1990 NYC Tourist Killing

NEW YORK — Almost a quarter-century after a notorious tourist slaying that fueled a sense of a city out of control, one of the convicted killers made a new bid for exoneration Monday, with the help of a man cleared in the case.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

3 minute read

January 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NYC punk pioneer's death puts aide's past in focus

NEW YORK AP - Natavia Lowery had a troubling history when she went to work for a celebrity real estate broker with punk-rock roots, prosecutors say.Lowery had been arrested on charges of stealing a roommate's identity and fired for embezzling from a church while working there, according to prosecutors.But agent Linda Stein apparently didn't know any of it.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

4 minute read