JURIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

New York nonprofit The Legal Aid Society (LAS) Thursday reported that data from the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) shows the successes of New York’s 2019 bail reform law. ” However, for all violent felonies and some nonviolent felonies, like sex offenses, judges can still set monetary bail.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Prosecutors’ focus on punishment has been both “ineffective” and “counterproductive,” a webinar sponsored by the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution (IIP) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York was told this week. “The truth is it’s all a public health crisis. .”

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The Crime Report

MAY 27, 2021

Few district attorneys in recent history have had a first term as consequential as Larry Krasner’s. To put those numbers in context, Philadelphia had one-fifth the population of New York City, but three times as many residents living under supervision. Racial disparities significantly narrowed.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 11, 2022

Starr County, Texas district attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez, has dismissed the murder charge levied against Lizelle Herrera for having a “self-induced abortion,” saying that it was clear that she did not commit a criminal act under state law, reports the New York Times.

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The Crime Report

JULY 20, 2021

The team, based in Homan Square on the West Side, will work under Jason Brown, commander of the police department’s gang investigations and narcotics division, and Elena Gottreich, a former assistant Cook County state’s attorney who, as a prosecutor, focused on gun crimes. city, including New York City.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 19, 2022

Defense attorneys would have protested if they knew what was going on, but county and court officials kept the arrangement quiet among themselves. A recent New York ruling shows just how far immunity has metastasized. They complained to an immigration and employment attorney about long hours and poor living conditions.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

See, e.g., Adam Liptak in the New York Times here ; Whole Woman’s Health v. There was no briefing — e.g., by the Governor, a clemency applicant (see here ), the Attorney General, or the State Public Defender — nor was there an opportunity for public comment. Jackson (2021) 141 S.Ct. 2494, 2500 (dis.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

The remaining 97 percent have been decided by plea bargain: an arrangement made between a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and the defendant under which an individual enters a guilty or no contest plea in exchange for a reduction in the level of a charge, a reduced number of charges, or the recommendation of a lighter sentence.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 7, 2022

Among the city’s five district attorneys, this rate ranged from a high of 23 percent in Manhattan to just 1 percent in the Bronx, where just a single hate crime arrest out of a total of 92 resulted in a hate crime conviction since District Attorney Darcel Clark took control of the office in 2016.

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The Crime Report

MAY 14, 2021

Unlike the majority of criminal defendants who are mostly poor people of color, Chauvin was represented by over a dozen highly trained attorneys that carried a bill well over a million dollars. The attorney, Robert Michael Thomas, wrote me back and said that he would try to help me. Jury trial? That was almost 23 years ago.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Allco is an owner, operator, and developer of solar energy projects throughout the country, including in Georgia and New York. The Second Circuit found that Allco had not sufficiently pled an excessive burden stemming from the transmission fees its New York facility had to pay to qualify for the RPS program. Klee , Nos.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Castile’s death spurred Ramsey County, MN Attorney John Choi to announce that he was ending the prosecution of cases resulting from non-public safety traffic stops. The New York Times noted that $600 million in federal funding incentives help fuel the proliferation of traffic stops. The Crime Report, Dec.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Felony drug distribution carried a maximum sentence of 30 years and a fine up to $500,000 when I practiced as a prosecutor in DC. The statute allows state and local prosecutors to pass to federal prosecutors cases where someone convicted of a felony is in possession of an illegal gun. [link] Photo courtesy Wear Orange website.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2021

Florida was next with 896, then New York with 454. Each state deems human trafficking a felony crime, but the degree of criminality and the levels of punishment vary from state to state. For instance, in Texas, human trafficking is a second-degree felony.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 30, 2021

Troy Singleton, one of the bill’s primary sponsors, cited the “staggering amount of data on the national level that shows securing housing is one of the key barriers to reducing recidivism,” according to the New York Times. See the New York profile for more details. New Jersey.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 24, 2022

Trump who resigned after District Attorney Alvin Bragg abruptly dropped tghe case, says the office could have convicted Trump of “numerous felony violations” and that Bragg’s decision was “contrary to the public interest” and a “grave failure of justice,” reports the New York Times.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2021

The justice reform movement, particularly measures to eliminate cash bail, has put the safety of the New York City transit system at risk, argues Nicole Gelinas , a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. felonies fell by 15 percent?helped violent felonies per million rides, it was still 3.1

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2024

.” As written, these six counts contain all the essential elements of the crimes but fail to allege sufficient detail regarding the nature of their commission, i.e., the underlying felony solicited. The post Georgia judge drops several charges pending against Trump in election interference case appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2022

Newly elected District Attorney for Manhattan, Alvin L. DA Bragg, who is the first Black District Attorney of Manhattan, won a tightly contested Democratic primary in July of 2021. The post New Manhattan DA announces plans to stop prosecuting minor offenses and limit pretrial detention appeared first on JURIST - News.

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The Crime Report

MAY 24, 2023

It instructed jurors that they would sit through witness testimony and review evidence by a prosecutor, and then “discuss with each other the evidence and the legal instructions” before voting on whether or not there is probable cause to indict each felony suspect. And there should be some accountability here,” he said.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Almost one year ago, then-Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced that his office would no longer prosecute individuals for prostitution and unlicensed massage. In New York, unlicensed massage is a class E felony, punishable by up to four years in prison, whereas prostitution is a class B misdemeanor.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

Warren, the elected state attorney of Hillsborough County and the top prosecutor in Tampa, accusing him of incompetence and neglect of duty for vowing not to prosecute those who seek or provide abortions, reports the New York Times. Ron DeSantis of Florida has suspended Andrew H.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 8, 2021

In April, 47 members of the National Association of Attorneys General sent the CEOs of Twitter, Shopify, and eBay a letter requesting they take immediate action on bad actors spreading COVID-19 misinformation and using the sites to sell fake vaccine cards. Last week, the New York State Senate passed legislation S.4516B

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 20, 2023

I have been critical of the indictment, which is reportedly based on a highly dubious use of a New York misdemeanor charge to revise a long dormant federal election law charge. But the New York case would be easily dismissed outside of a jurisdiction like New York, where Bragg can count on highly motivated judges and jurors.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 13, 2023

The civil lawsuit accuses Cohen of violating his attorney-client relationship by testifying as a key witness before a Manhattan grand jury, revealing “confidences” and “spreading falsehoods” which resulted in Trump being charged on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. As James D.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 7, 2023

Given Bragg’s failure to even state the key offense allowing him to bring these 34 felonies, Merchan should have scheduled a hearing on the threshold legal questions in two weeks — not schedule all motions to be heard in December. It is not simply that the district attorney ran on a pledge to indict this defendant.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

The court also temporarily enjoined two felony riot statutes because they went “far beyond” the State’s “appropriate interest” in criminalizing participation in a riot with acts of force or violence. New York Court Dismissed Challenge to Local Zoning Law that Restricted Development of Solar Facilities. Montgomery County , No.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Trump reposted a supporter’s “fantasy” of executing a citizen’s arrest of Judge Arthur Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James. ” The right still exists for any felonies (or certain misdemeanors committed in the presence of the citizen). I have also criticized this New York law.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.)

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 18, 2024

District Attorney Fani Willis had described Wade as “ a Southern gentleman. In New York, the legislature changed the statute of limitations to allow Trump to be sued while New York Attorney General Letitia James effectively ran on a pledge of selectively prosecuting him. Fulton County, Ga. Me, not so much.”

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The Crime Report

JUNE 24, 2022

A Supreme Court decision Thursday upending a century-old New York State gun licensing restriction has been called a major blow to state gun control interventions across the country. The Court released its opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. New York Gov. It’s reprehensible.

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JURIST

APRIL 13, 2024

Attorney Carla Freedman for the Northern District of New York stated, “ The federal felony conviction [Dai] sustains today underscores that those who break the law by making violent threats will be found and prosecuted, even if they attempt to hide by posting anonymously.” In a press release , U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

The case is being prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office for DC and the DOJ National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. The defendants allegedly coordinated, planned to, and traveled to the Capitol on January 6 and brought weapons. Seditious conspiracy can result in a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 10, 2024

.” It then accuses Biden and his counsel as outright lying to the court: “In his motion, in multiple places, the defendant falsely states that DOJ ‘inexplicably demanded Mr. Biden plead guilty to felonies with jail time.’ ” The rest of the filing is equally devastating. Motion at 13.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Hausman , a former immigrants’ rights attorney and a current postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, asserts leaving this blanket principle unexamined creates unintended and harmful consequences. disrupts families and turns immigration services into a vehicle for crime control.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Loki factor was evident in the press conference this week when Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked about the rising lawlessness seen in major cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles: “Does the president still think that crime is up because of the pandemic?”

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Yet at the press conference and Q & A following the arraignment District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the world that the 34 felony charges brought against defendant Trump were nothing more than the Manhattan office engaging in its everyday prosecution of “bread and butter” white-collar crimes.

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