By Katheryn Tucker | November 27, 2017
“It's becoming more OK to talk about it,” a Georgia prosecutor said, adding that predators have long isolated their targets with silence by threatening denial, shame and harm. “If we as a society can become—not comfortable—but willing to discuss these difficult topics, then that is the first step in getting them to stop.”
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ken Strutin | November 27, 2017
In his Technology Today: Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Computational technology exists that can reveal to the criminal justice system the disabling conditions of a population under chronic psychological assault.
By Kristen Rasmussen | November 27, 2017
Thaddeus Bereday, the former general counsel at Tampa-based insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc., was sentenced on Nov. 22 to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty in June to one count of making a false statement in connection with a scheme to defraud the Florida Medicaid program.
By Colby Hamilton | November 27, 2017
The bar is calling for a substantial overhaul to the state's discovery-related laws, as well as changes to power of attorney procedures and other priorities for state and federal legislators.
By Andrew Denney | November 22, 2017
In its case against the man accused of the Oct. 31 truck attack in Lower Manhattan that left eight people dead, prosecutors are drawing strong links between the defendant and the so-called Islamic State and bringing charges against him that are more often seen in cases involving domestic criminal enterprises.
By Josefa Velasquez | November 22, 2017
The state's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has been reviewing parole appeals handled that were handled by an Albany resident who was convicted for fraudulently posing as a lawyer. Antonia Barrone, who is not a licensed attorney, was sentenced to one-and-a-half to three years in state prison on criminal charges earlier this month.
By P.J. Dannunzio | November 22, 2017
A Philadelphia jury has handed down an $11 million verdict to a girl who was sent by an adoption agency to live with a couple that subjected her to physical and sexual abuse in their foster home.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | November 22, 2017
A New Haven Internal Affairs report found that a police officer used excessive force when tasering Rodney Williams Jr. Now, Williams has sued the officer seeking punitive and compensatory damages.
By Greg Land | November 22, 2017
With a March trial date approaching, accused killer Claud "Tex" McIver's legal team has narrowed to criminal defense specialist Bruce Harvey.
By Andrew Denney | November 21, 2017
Sayfullo Saipov, who allegedly mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on a popular Lower Manhattan bike path on Halloween as part of an apparent terrorist attack, which killed eight people and injured 12, has been formally indicted on charges of murder in aid of racketeering.
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