Lewis Rosenberg

Lewis Rosenberg

February 23, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Prosecutors Should Be Held to a Higher Disclosure Standard for Plea Agreements

One remedy to help curb abuses would be to require mandated disclosure of evidence by a DA be timed before a plea offer may be made, an attorney writes.

By Lewis Rosenberg

2 minute read

January 24, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The 'Questionable' Investigation Into SCOTUS Ruling Leak Is a Demonstration of 'Malpractice'

The report by the marshal for the United States Supreme Court disclosed the investigation—with questioning of about 100 employees—failed to answer the question 'who done it?'. Pointedly none of the justices nor their spouses were reported as having been questioned.

By Lewis Rosenberg

2 minute read

April 12, 2019 | New York Law Journal

NYCLA's Vesey Street Headquarters Is Reminder of Kinder, Gentler Time

Gladly the building is landmarked so its edifice will remain unscathed, so at least we may point at what used to be, at a kinder, gentler time.

By Lewis Rosenberg

1 minute read

January 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Bail Reform Needed to Help Low-Income Defendants

The mainly upstate district attorneys who oppose bail reform base their objections on a "push back" on achieving a "disposition on the alleged crime." This latter point admits that incarceration pressures the indigent to plead guilty.

By Lewis Rosenberg

2 minute read

October 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Questioning Vance's Fitness as DA

I don't ever recall either Morgenthau or Hogan getting such attention for a "mess" like the one Vance is embroiled in. Perhaps his predecessors understood the Manhattan DA, like Caesar's wife, must behave at all times above reproach.

By Lewis Rosenberg

3 minute read

January 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Legislature Can Save Indigent Defense Bill

Last year, in a rare moment of statesmanship, the legislature unanimously passed a bill for the state to take over funding in the 52 other counties of all criminal defense furnished indigent defendants.

By Lewis Rosenberg

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