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March 30, 1999 |

2nd Circuit Denounces Perjury in Civil Suits

Affirming a Bronx man's perjury conviction for lying in a civil proceeding, a 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel last week went out of its way to denounce such lies and declare, as if joining the Clinton impeachment debate, that such prosecutions are "unremarkable." The ruling in United States v. Feliz mainly rejected specific due process claims that were raised. But the panel also used strong terms to denounce all perjury and noted that perjury charges in a civil context not unheard of.
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October 18, 2000 |

New York Domestic Violence Court Looks Beyond Surface

Following the lead set by Kings County and the Bronx, Suffolk County, New York, has opened its own Domestic Violence Court to increase accountability and address underlying emotional problems of offenders in such volatile cases. The court hears cases involving misdemeanor violent acts between people related by blood, marriage, and those who have children in common or have an intimate relationship.
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May 20, 2013 |

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August 13, 2010 |

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May 21, 2010 |

Jury to Decide if U.S. Government Induced Men to Attempt Bombings of Synagogue, Community Center

A jury will decide whether four men accused of plotting to blow up a New York synagogue and a Jewish community center were induced into participating in a government-manufactured scheme to entrap the defendants, a federal judge has ruled. While defendant James Cromitie maintains that a government informant stoked his hatred for Jews and offered him and the other defendants huge sums of money to target synagogues and military aircraft, the government insists it had intervened in a pre-existing plot concocted by Cromitie.
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December 12, 2011 |

Bloomberg Builds Legacy With Appointments of 'Highly Qualified' Civil, Family Court Judges

The candidates Mayor Michael Bloomberg selects in the next several weeks to fill vacancies on the Criminal and Family courts and for interim Civil Court positions will join 58 new judges the mayor has appointed since taking office in January 2002. With more than two years left in his third and final term, he is likely to match or surpass the 67 named by Rudolph Giuliani during his two terms.
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