Ken Strutin

July 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Homo sapien culture is the product of a million years in the trenches. In its wake have arisen animal rights and environmental laws protecting nonhuman species and the natural world. And despite their aspirations the intent behind these laws has yet to be fully realized.

By Ken Strutin

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July 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Homo sapien culture is the product of a million years in the trenches. In its wake have arisen animal rights and environmental laws protecting nonhuman species and the natural world. And despite their aspirations the intent behind these laws has yet to be fully realized.

By Ken Strutin

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May 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Justice is nourished by open channels of information. But every posthumous appeal is a reminder of the procedures and prejudices that have obstructed the flow. Recently, the New York Court of Appeals refocused the eyepiece of post-conviction review.

By Ken Strutin

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May 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Justice is nourished by open channels of information. But every posthumous appeal is a reminder of the procedures and prejudices that have obstructed the flow. Recently, the New York Court of Appeals refocused the eyepiece of post-conviction review.

By Ken Strutin

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March 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin of the New York State Defenders Association writes: Inhumane prison conditions make incarceration cruel (excessive) and unusual (torturesome). Thus, the missing element from incarcerative sentencing laws is how the sentence is carried out.

By Ken Strutin

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March 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin of the New York State Defenders Association writes: Inhumane prison conditions make incarceration cruel (excessive) and unusual (torturesome). Thus, the missing element from incarcerative sentencing laws is how the sentence is carried out.

By Ken Strutin

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January 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: While retribution is ever-present, new research, new thinking and new technologies demand revisiting punishments and the punished. So it is that the sentencing begun in the courthouse must never end.

By Ken Strutin

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January 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: While retribution is ever-present, new research, new thinking and new technologies demand revisiting punishments and the punished. So it is that the sentencing begun in the courthouse must never end.

By Ken Strutin

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November 25, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, the director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: A wrongful conviction can be concealed by a plea, a trial and especially the unforgiving barriers to post-conviction review. The U.S. Supreme Court's tentativeness in recognizing actual innocence illustrates the slow pace of progress. But the landscape has begun to change. The newest information channels in pursuit of justice are free standing actual innocence and reinvestigation.

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September 23, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, the director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: Technological, physical and psychological barriers burden the incarcerated in significant ways: (1) legal illiteracy and inferior research media; (2) impaired learning and thinking due to stress of confinement; and (3) cognitive disadvantage engendered by the gap between print and electronic research.

By Ken Strutin

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