JURIST
APRIL 4, 2024
New York’s Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to repeal a largely unused law from 1907 that made adultery a criminal offense. The bill, which passed the State Assembly earlier this year, now goes to New York Governor Kathy Hochul. If signed, the adultery statute will be immediately repealed.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 5, 2021
One of the threats faced by New York Gov. That is common in sexual harassment cases and hostile workplaces where you can get around statute of limitations when at least one case is recent or ongoing. The New York Penal Law focuses on “forcible touching” cases. Forcible touching is a class A misdemeanor.
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The Crime Report
MAY 16, 2022
In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. In the last 17 months, 20 people have died in New York’s notorious jail facility on Rikers Island, the majority of whom were pre-trial detainees.
JonathanTurley
MAY 13, 2021
The punishment is a misdemeanor charge and fines of $500 to $2,000. Notably, according to the New York Post, there were also two monkeys living with Cuevas in the house but that is not itself unlawful. The Lacey Act and other federal wildlife statutes could be charged for such conduct.
The Crime Report
JUNE 30, 2021
Hawaii enacted a law last week that removes the statute of limitations for sex trafficking and distinguishes sex buyers from people selling sex. According to a state prosecutor, sex trafficking victims are often recruited from the state’s rural areas and transported to major cities like Boston and New York City.
The Crime Report
JULY 22, 2021
In some examples cited in the paper, a Virginia defendant in Virginia charged with transporting marijuana pleaded guilty to trafficking a different type of drug altogether; a New York defendant charged with animal cruelty pleaded guilty to trespassing even though no trespassing was involved.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 3, 2021
The late New York Gov. However, his son, Andrew Cuomo, the current New York governor, moved today from presumed sinner but presumed assaulter. Under federal law, the statute of limitations is three years. Once again, the viability of such actions will depend on the statute of limitations.
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