By Avalon Zoppo | July 11, 2023
The controversial statements were made in Nebraska and Washington, D.C., but the case was brought in California, where the investigation was launched.
By Mason Lawlor | July 11, 2023
Trial counsel should have "contemporaneously" objected to improper statements and accepted offer for curative instruction by judge, court finds.
By Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak | July 11, 2023
Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar admitted to sexually assaulting athletes when he worked at Michigan State University and at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics.
By ALM Staff | July 11, 2023
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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."
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