February 23, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Prosecutors Should Be Held to a Higher Disclosure Standard for Plea AgreementsOne 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
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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
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April 12, 2019 | New York Law Journal
NYCLA's Vesey Street Headquarters Is Reminder of Kinder, Gentler TimeGladly 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
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January 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Bail Reform Needed to Help Low-Income DefendantsThe 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
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October 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Questioning Vance's Fitness as DAI 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
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January 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Legislature Can Save Indigent Defense BillLast 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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