By The Associated Press | July 10, 2023
Initial information indicated the investigator with the Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office was not on duty at the time and a motive for the shooting was not yet known, Sgt. Michele Pihera, a county police spokeswoman, said.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Deanna Paul | July 7, 2023
More than a dozen states have introduced or passed legislative reforms or adopted restrictions in recent years to protect young defendants from extreme punishment. Still, two in five people sentenced to life without parole were under 25 at the time of their conviction. This article reinforces the importance of this area of the law and discusses the way science is outpacing existing juvenile sentencing jurisprudence.
By Lisa Willis | July 6, 2023
The far-reaching litigation included international victims, and lawyers in at least two states.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Roger Bennet Adler | July 5, 2023
A defense attorney offers for Congress' consideration draft legislation that would offer a "clean slate" for people convicted at the federal level.
By Brian Lee | July 5, 2023
John Flynn, the Erie County DA since January 2017, and whose office prosecuted a racist mass shooter in Buffalo, said he pushed against that perception during his year as president of the National District Attorneys Association, a role he's vacating this week.
By Colleen Murphy | July 5, 2023
"The right to an attorney should be a universal right for those who are navigating our criminal justice system," Gov. Phil Murphy said. "For too long, we have witnessed many residents suffer from the steep prices of a public defender, many times causing them to go into debt just to cover their legal fees, and disproportionately affecting people of color."
By Michael A. Mora | July 5, 2023
"It's incredibly disturbing to see an attorney involved in these types of issues," said Michelle R. Suskauer, a partner at Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein. "But mental health hits everyone, whether you're an attorney or a doctor. It's blind to professions."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | July 3, 2023
Judge Rose Marie DeFino-Nastasi replaces former Supervising Judge Lucretia Clemons, who led the criminal trial division since April 2021.
By Dan Roe | July 3, 2023
Green's lawyers argue the Florida Commission on Offender Review improperly stacked cumulative offenses when determining Green's presumptive release date of 2054.
By Lisa Willis | July 3, 2023
The Florida Supreme Court found the tension between lawyer and client put the defendant in a position of having to represent himself during part of a death-penalty case.
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