NYC Drug Prosecutor Bucks Trend of Releasing List of Cops with Credibility Issues by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Through the Freedom of Information Law, communications, memos, and correspondence were obtained that reveal the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s (“OSNP”) database has information flagging police officers with potential credibility …
New York’s SARA Requirements Force Sex-Offenders into Homelessness Then Hold Them in Prison Due to Their Homelessness by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Allison Frankel of the Center for Appellate Litigation wrote an article in the Yale Law Journal discussing New York’s archaic sex-offender housing requirement laws and their inherent …
Jones v. Stanford, NY, Complaint, Social Media Ban, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01332 Document 1 Filed 03/12/20 Page 1 of 22 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK VERNON JONES, DOUGLAS HYSON, VLADIMIR KRULL, THOMAS MITCHELL, COMPTON MOHABIR, and CORYDON UMBER, CIVIL ACTION Case No.: 1:20-cv-1332 COMPLAINT …
More Crooked Cops in New York City Make the Naughty List by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In October of 2019, the Bronx District Attorney released a heavily redacted list of 75 cops whose testimony the District Attorney’s office feared would undermine cases. Because many of those cops were proven …
DNA Contamination Threatened Conviction of Innocent Man by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The NYC Medical Examiner’s office (“ME”) reviewed the DNA analysis procedure in a burglary case that was the only evidence used to charge Darrell Harris with the crime. They found that the DNA sample could have been …
New York Court of Appeals Reverses Conviction Where Trial Court Negotiated Cooperation Agreement with Codefendant by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Court of Appeals of New York reversed a defendant’s conviction for robbery because the trial court entered into a plea agreement with a codefendant that required the codefendant …
New York Court of Appeals: Police Officers May be Cross-Examined About Acts of Dishonesty Like Any Other Witness by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeals of New York ruled that police officers may be questioned about prior acts of dishonesty, subject to the trial court’s discretion, just …
New York Criminal Record-Sealing Program Revisited by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Criminal Legal News first reported on a 2017 law passed by the New York State Legislature that allows citizens to have certain criminal records sealed in its January 2019 issue (p.38-39). Former prisoners could have up to two …
New York Court of Appeals Overturns Murder Conviction, Finds Prosecutor Withheld Critical Video Evidence in Violation of Brady Obligations by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The New York Court of Appeals overturned a murder conviction on postconviction review, finding that the State’s failure to provide surveillance video of the crime …
Santa Didn’t Create Naughty Cops List, But It’s Worth Checking Twice by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) has members who made the “naughty list” of the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. The heavily redacted list — obtained October 7, 2019 by the New York …
Worth Rises: Paying for Jail - How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities, 2019 PAYING FOR JAIL How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities DE C EMBE R 2 01 9 C O- PUBL IS H E D BY: WO RTH RISES Worth Rises is a …
NYPD Creating Petty Crimes to Lock People Up by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell What would you do if you found an “abandoned” bag containing valuables and cash? Would you pick it up? Back in 2006, at least 220 people did just that and found themselves arrested on charges of …
New York City Cops Can Always Tell by Just the Smell by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As far as marijuana is concerned, the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) has little need for a canine corps. The city’s two-legged, blue-clad human-type cops seem to have the best olfactory sense …
New York Civil Liberties Union: Trapped Inside - The Past, Present, and Future of Solitary Confinement in New York, 2019 TRAPPED INSIDE: The Past, Present, and Future of Solitary Confinement in New York OCTOBER 2019 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report was authored by Data and Research Strategist Michelle Shames and Senior …
New York State Police, Trooper James L. Distasi Unsustained Complaint, 2019 Involved Member(s): Trooper James L Distasi Case Type: Critical Incident Case Number: DCN2018-0346 Finding: Closed by Investigation Complainant: Captain Lawrence A Muller PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BUREAU PERSONNEL COMPLAINT TRACKING D(:N: 20190346 CTV: F5656 REGION: South LEVEL: 4 TYPE: Cl Subiect(s): …
New York State Police, Trooper Kyle S. Wulf Disciplinary Records, 2019 Involved Member(s): Trooper Kyle S Wulf Case Type: Personnel Complaint Case Number: DCN2019-0099 Finding: Founded Complainant: Sgt. Dean Andrikut 4 w RK ATE State Police KEITH M. CORLETT Superintendent ANDREW M. CUOMO Governor LETTER OF CENSURE September 12, 2019 …
New York State Police, Troopers Robert Costa, Freddy Lopez, John P. Dirusso, and Michael A. Bayer Letters of Censure, 2019 Involved Member(s): Trooper Robert Costa Trooper Freddy Lopez Trooper John P Dirusso Trooper Michael A Bayer Case Type: Personnel Complaint Case Number: DCN2019-0054 Finding: Founded Complainant: Captain Paul M Dequarto …
Second Circuit Holds NY Sodomy Not ‘Prior Sex Conviction’ for Purposes of Federal Statute Mandating Life Sentence for Repeat Sex Offenders by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a prior conviction for sodomy under New York law is not a …
NYU Study Shows ‘Predictive Policing Systems’ Promote Bad Data, Bad Policing by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A New York University study shows that “predictive policing” does nothing to prevent crime but actually increases bad policing in cities already struggling with corrupt police forces. This means that in at least …
Change to New York Misdemeanor Definition May Benefit Non-Citizens by Michael Berk by Michael Berk New York’s new amendment to its penal code reduces the maximum sentence for Class A misdemeanor offenses to 364 days. The previous maximum punishment was one year in jail. The One Day to Protect New …
