‘Broken Windows’ Policing Results in Police Lying About Unlawful Stops by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke “Broken windows” policing has not been linked to a reduction in serious crime, but it has been linked to an increase in police lying. “Broken windows” policing is based on the belief that aggressive …
New York Times Investigation Spotlights NYPD Practice of ‘Testilying’ by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An extensive New York Times investigation of the New York Police Department has uncovered that “at least 25 instances were found where judges or prosecutors reportedly determined that a cop’s testimony was likely untrue or …
NY DOCCS Rates as of May 2018 5/15/2018 NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Wyoming Correctional Facility Group Donates Money The Wyoming Correctional Facility Diversity Management Committee recently donated the proceeds from a fundraising effort to two local charities. To read more, click here. Arun Gandhi Opens Season for …
$150,000 Jury Award Against NYPD for Excessive Force, False Arrest by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A 45-year-old man who was arrested for public urination was awarded $150,000 after a jury found that officers of the New York Police Department used excessive force during his unlawful arrest. On …
The Osborne Association Report, May, 2018, The High Costs of Low Risk - The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The High Costs of Low Risk: The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The Osborne Association May 2018 Executive Summary Executive Summary During the past four decades, we have experienced …
New York Times Investigation Spotlights NYPD Practice of ‘Testilying’ by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An extensive New York Times investigation of the New York Police Department has uncovered that “at least 25 instances were found where judges or prosecutors reportedly determined that a cop’s testimony was likely untrue or …
NYU Students Form Dollar Bail Brigade to Help Free New Yorkers Held on $1 Bail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Judges in New York City courtrooms have an unusual option when it comes to the pre-trial release of a defendant charged with a minor crime: $1 bail. Hundreds of …
Asset Forfeitures Fund New York DA’s Office Bonuses by An investigation by Newsday has uncovered records showing bonus payments to Suffolk County, New York district attorney employees that totaled $3.25 million since 2012. The source of those funds? Assets seized in criminal cases. Deputy chief homicide prosecutor Robert Biancavilla received …
N.Y.’s Top Court Clarifies Freedom of Information Exemption for Disclosure of Confidential Sources of Information by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York Court of Appeals made an important clarification to an exemption to the state’s Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”), which restricts access to records compiled for law …
“Get Out of Jail” Free Cards for Cops’ Family, Friends Cut by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (“PBA”), New York City’s largest police union, cut the number of “get out of jail free” cards given to officers for their friends and family. In years past, cops were …
New York Court of Appeals: Defendant Denied Right to Speedy Trial After 6-Year Delay by Richard Resch by Richard Resch On May 24, 2008, Reginald Wiggins and codefendant Jamal Armstead were involved in an altercation in which a 15-year-old bystander was shot and killed. They were arrested and charged with …
$170,000 to Man After Detective "Went Too Far" by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Truck driver Frank McClellan, 36, was awarded $150,000 in compensatory damages and another $20,000 in punitive exemplary damages against a Rensselaer, New York police detective for numerous Fourth Amendment violations. The detective plans to appeal the …
$25,000 Settles Rensselaer, New York Police Assault Case by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Kristopher Remington, 28, received a settlement by the city of Rensselaer, New York of $25,000 after suing it for police brutality. On January 31, 2004, Remington was involved in an altercation outside of a bar, and …
Brooklyn Teen Claims Two NYPD Detectives Raped Her, Demands Justice by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An 18-year old woman who calls herself Anna Chambers has created a firestorm after she claimed that two Hew York Police Deparment (NYPD) Brooklyn South detectives raped her on September 15, 2017, after a …
67 Counts for Cop Who Had Sex With Underage Girl by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Raul Olmeda, a three-and-a-half year veteran of the NYPD, has been arrested and charged with paying an underage girl for sex and recording the incidents. According to the New York Daily News, the 40-year-old …
Solitary Troubles, Cardozo School of Law, 2018 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law · Yeshiva University Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Legal Studies February 20, 2018 Faculty Research Paper No. 536 Solitary Troubles Forthcoming 93 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 927 Alexander A. Reinert Professor of Law Cardozo Law School 55 …
New York Court of Appeals: Bail Bondsmen May Not Keep Premium If Defendant Not Released by New York Court of Appeals ruled that bail bondsmen may not retain the premium paid on a criminal defendant’s behalf when bail is denied and the defendant is not released from custody. In 2011, …
$2 Million to Disabled Syracuse Man Tased by Cops by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The city of Syracuse, New York agreed to settle a lawsuit and pay $2 million to Brad Hulett, a disabled man Tased by city cops after he refused to sit down on a bus. Video …
Second Circuit Vacates 60-Month Sentence in Model Guidelines Sentencing Decision by This is a model guidelines sentencing decision filled with nuggets of pure gold in which the district judge (Katherine Forrest of the S.D.N.Y.) was sharply rebuked for imposing an above-guidelines sentence in an illegal reentry case that was three …
Report - the Most Problematic Local Correction Facilities of NY State THE WORST OFFENDERS REPORT: THE MOST PROBLEMATIC LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES OF NEW YORK STATE February 2018 Thomas A. Beilein Chairman Thomas J. Loughren Commissioner Allen Riley Commissioner 80 South Swan Street, 12th Floor, Albany, New York 12210 │ 518-485-2346 …
