Investigation and Review of the Fedeal Bureau of Prison's Custody, Care, and Supervision of Jeffrey Epstein at the MCC in NY, June 2023 (1) L IM ITE D O F F IC IA L U SE - P RO P RI ETA RY I NF O RMA TI O N …
Smoke Screen-Experiences With the Incarcerated Grievance Program in New York State Prisons, Oct. 2023 INDEPENDENT PRISON OVERSIGHT SINCE 1844 September 2023 October 2023 Findings from a Systemwide Survey of the Incarcerated Grievance Program September 2023 Findings from aExperiences Systemwide “Smoke Screen”: Survey the Incarcerated with the of Incarcerated Grievance Program …
State of New York Offices of the Inspector General-Investigation of the NYSDCCS Contraband Drug Testing Program-Nov. 2023 State of New York Offices of the Inspector General Investigation of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Contraband Drug Testing Program November 2023 Lucy Lang Inspector General EXECUTIVE SUMMARY …
Legal Aid Society v. NY State Dept of Corrections and Community Supervision, NY, Order, Denial of FOIL Request, 2023 INDEX NO. 900570-22 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 58 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/18/2023 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ALBANY In the Matter of the LEGAL AID SOCIETY, A nonprofit corporation, Index …
New York Court of Appeals Announces When an Alternate Juror Is ‘Discharged’ and no Longer ‘Available for Service’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeals of New York ruled that under state law an alternate juror discharged from service cannot subsequently be seated to deliberate the case. …
News in Brief by Arkansas: The DOJ announced on Jan. 24, 2023, that two former police officers in Crawford County were charged with excessive use of force after beating a man at a gas station. The New York Times reported that the two former officers, Zackary King and Levi White, …
A Quarter-Century of Injustice Ends: Norberto Peets Exonerated in the Bronx by After enduring 26 years of wrongful incarceration, Norberto Peets has finally been exonerated, shedding light on the profound failures within the criminal justice system. Peets’ case stands as a stark reminder of the injustices that can occur when …
Santiago v. Fischer, NY, Order, Post Release Supervision, 2023 Case 1:12-cv-02137-KAM-ST Document 224 Filed 04/16/23 Page 1 of 60 PageID #: 3305 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------X JESUS SANTIAGO Plaintiff, -against- 12-CV-2137(KAM)(SLT) BRIAN FISCHER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF …
New York State’s Veterans Treatment Courts by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The U.S. has been involved in Middle Eastern wars since 1990’s Operation Desert Storm until the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan under President Biden in 2020. Consequently, there are around 19 million veterans in the country today, many of …
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: It was announced by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 20, 2023, that a police officer in Madison was arrested, accused of sexual misconduct. AL.com and WHNT in northern Alabama reported that the officer, Kevin Walter, 35, was arrested on Feb. …
Burns v. Hu, NY, Decision and Order, Defamation, 2023 INDEX NO. 512267/2021 FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 03/14/2023 12:41 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 69 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/14/2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS -----------------------------------------------------------------X ISRAEL BURNS (a/k/a ACE B RNS), Index Plaintiff, o. 512267/202 l - …
New York Police Department Joins Crowdsourced Surveillance Ring Neighbors App by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The New York Police Department (“NYPD”) has announced its decision to join Ring Neighbors, a neighborhood watch system leveraging doorbell video sharing and collaboration. The announcement heralds a dramatic expansion into the digital …
News in Brief by Alabama: The DOJ Civil Rights Division announced on Oct. 21, 2022, that a former sheriff’s deputy in Dallas County was charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in the middle of the day on Jan. 30, 2020. The Miami Herald reported that the then-active deputy, …
Johnson v. The City of New York, NY, Report and Recommendation, Retaliation, 2023 Case 1:16-cv-06426-KAM-VMS Document 255 Filed 02/08/23 Page 1 of 133 PageID #: 8867 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------ x MICHAEL JOHNSON, : : Plaintiff, : : -against: : THE CITY OF NEW …
NYC: The First DNA Gun Crimes Unit in America by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead In the beginning of July 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the City’s Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham announced at a press conference that NYC is opening the nation’s very first DNA …
Second Circuit Announces District Courts Must Provide Habeas Petitioners with Notice and Opportunity To Be Heard Before Dismissing Petition Sua Sponte Based on Stone’s Limitation on Fourth Amendment Claims by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that district courts must provide …
New York Court of Appeals Reverses Murder Conviction Where Trial Court’s Evidentiary Rulings Deprived Defendant of ‘Opportunity to Present Complete Defense’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeals of New York reversed Deshawn Deverow’s murder conviction after concluding the trial court’s evidentiary rulings deprived him of “a …
For $10 Billion, New Yorkers Get a Police Package Deal That Includes Corrupt Career Officers and Almost 1,000 Criminal Cases Tossed by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In August of 2022, a Bronx district attorney dismissed 133 cases linked to disgraced former NYPD Narcotics Detective Joseph Franco. Franco, a 20-year-veteran …
News in Brief by Arizona: A police officer in Scottsdale was arrested on Nov. 4, 2022, after allegedly causing a car crash while intoxicated. AZFamily reported that officer Michael Lanouar, a police detective, was taken into custody on suspicion that he had been driving a city-leased car while under the …
Hundreds of Convictions Dismissed in NYC Due to Crooked Cops by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Public defenders and advocacy groups in New York City sent letters of concern to the city’s five district attorneys in 2021 about police testimony and investigations dating back several decades. The letters …
