By Jason Grant | August 5, 2022
The debate between Legal Aid and Mayor Eric Adams' office, which is echoed by a range of officials, advocacy groups, lawyers and criminal-justice experts, is not only a war of words. It is a war over data—which data to use, how data should be interpreted, and what it may or may not show.
By Jane Wester | August 5, 2022
Defense counsel, led by Barry Berke, were responding to prosecutors' argument that there was "nothing nefarious about the government's interactions with [real estate developer Gerald] Migdol or his lawyers."
By Jason Grant | August 4, 2022
"Here, defendant's admissions would be detrimental in any potential retrial if his conviction were reversed," said a five-justice panel of the First Department court in an opinion written by Justice Bahaati Pitt.
By Jane Wester | August 3, 2022
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York has described as the first cryptocurrency insider trading tipping scheme.
By Ellen Bardash | August 3, 2022
The lawyer was sentenced to a prison term of one to three years after pleading guilty in New York Supreme Court to a felony scheme to defraud in the first degree and practicing law while suspended, a misdemeanor.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Saul Kassin | August 2, 2022
The system is broken and desperately in need of reform, writes Saul Kassin of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. At the bare minimum, police should be required to videotape suspect interrogations in their entirety.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barry Kamins | August 1, 2022
A unanimous Court of Appeals has underscored the principle that, under certain circumstances, a court's discretion can be limited by a defendant's constitutional right to present a defense.
By Jane Wester | July 29, 2022
Giving fresh consideration to convictions obtained through guilty pleas is growing more common as a best practice for conviction review units nationally.
By Andrew Denney | July 29, 2022
A judge said in a recent ruling that New York state courts have been hit with a "flood" of constitutional challenges filed on behalf of defendants facing illegal gun possession charges.
By Jane Wester | July 28, 2022
Cash4Cases relied on a business model that involved buying the rights to the prospective recoveries from lawsuits, including personal injury and medical malpractice suits, prosecutors said.
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