Ken Strutin

July 08, 2004 | Law.com

Courts have embraced electronic filing. Online research has become second nature. The Internet, brand new to most attorneys when the first URL appeared in a published New York court opinion in 1998, now seems indispensable. But what are the pitfalls of citing Web sites in legal documents? Looking at how Web sites have been used in court opinions can answer some fundamental questions about how lawyers should use the Internet.

By Ken Strutin

7 minute read

November 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, discusses how rapidly evolving technologies may be prosecuted and litigated under rapidly obsolescent penal laws, and how omnipresence would be the safest defense in such cases.

By Ken Strutin

11 minute read

March 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Ken Strutin

9 minute read

May 18, 2011 | Daily Report Online

By Ken Strutin

8 minute read

December 21, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes that like planes waiting for runway clearance, there are felony and misdemeanor cases competing for the next spot in the courtroom.

By Ken Strutin

12 minute read

March 18, 2010 | Daily Business Review

The perils of online communication by judges and lawyers have emerged in several scenarios that highlight what happens when social networking sites and ethical boundaries meet.

By Ken Strutin

9 minute read

March 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, argues that when someone can be prosecuted years later based on new forensic testing, the convicted should have the same timeless opportunity to unmask a false conviction. Time is the last barrier that should separate the wrongfully convicted from justice.

By Ken Strutin

15 minute read

May 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: This term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two opinions involving K-9 detection. One concentrated on the reliability of drug sniffing evidence based on pedigree, and the other focused on the sanctity of the home in the face of a supersensory advantage. Both decisions are raising critical concerns over the future of the Fourth Amendment.

By Ken Strutin

17 minute read

July 23, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: The Bill of Rights is instinct with privacy, the Civil War Amendments with personhood. But the layers of our lives - the "persons, houses, papers, and effects" - are being peeled away by technology. The U.S. Supreme Court's affirmation of DNA "test upon arrest" is among the latest developments in a mindset that can make being alive a crime.

By Ken Strutin

15 minute read

January 29, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes that the recognition of NFPA 921 as the gold standard of practice continues to grow, but some courts view it as non-exclusive, going to the weight, not the admissibility, of the fire investigator's evidence.

By Ken Strutin

14 minute read