The National Registry of Exonerations has put out its annual report detailing a record number of convictions overturned in 2014. In New York, 14 men and — January 27, 2015
Read MoreThe City Bar's panel on wrongful convictions in Brooklyn is now available for viewing. The Panel was introduced by Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma and included — November 17, 2014
Read MoreBrooklyn in the late 1980s and early 1990s was ground zero for an explosion of homicides without precedent before or since. The violence was accompanied — October 23, 2014
Read MoreDefendants accused of possession of child pornography are frequently also accused of being pedophiles or of engaging in hands-on abuse of children. — October 7, 2014
Read MoreIn case there wasn't enough reason not to use file-sharing (for pretty much anything), here is one more: police around the country have a relatively new — September 23, 2014
Read MoreEveryone arrested in Brooklyn is brought to Central Booking, the maze-like warren of cold cement beneath the courthouse at 120 Schermerhorn Street — September 16, 2014
Read MoreDoes putting an illegal image in a shared folder on LimeWire or 360Share constitute "distribution" of child pornography if there is no proof anyone — September 4, 2014
Read MoreThe U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has written to the mayor and other city officials advising them that an investigation has — August 5, 2014
Read MoreIn a case recently decided in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Scott Kopstein went to trial after engaging with an undercover officer on the internet — July 30, 2014
Read MoreAt last, some good news for the thousands of people in federal prison for drug crimes who are ready to get on with their lives. The United States — July 18, 2014
Read MoreOne month after Albany County passed its anti-cyberbullying law, an anonymous teenager obligingly posted "Cohoes Flame" -- a Facebook page of photos of — July 3, 2014
Read MoreWe have written before about how sex offender registration rules routinely lead to defendants being unfairly assessed as moderate- to high-risk offenders. — June 11, 2014
Read MoreThe Honorable Harold Baer, who passed away earlier this week, was one of the legendary judges deciding cases in federal court in Manhattan. A stalwart for — May 30, 2014
Read MoreIn general, federal authorities interview people after their arrests without recording. We advise our clients to invoke their Miranda rights and refuse to — May 22, 2014
Read MoreAntonio Yarbough, just three months out of prison for a triple homicide he did not commit, paid his respects to the murder victims on Mother's Day. As — May 12, 2014
Read MoreStudies show that first-time child pornography offenders are among the least likely convicts to recidivate. Nonetheless, since 2008, New — May 7, 2014
Read MoreThe death of Al Feldstein is a major cultural event. His sensibility, if not his work itself, helped inspire me to become a journalist and then a lawyer. — May 1, 2014
Read MoreA new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals, asserts that 4.1% — April 29, 2014
Read MoreFederal law provides that people who are convicted of possession or distribution child pornography must pay restitution to the victims depicted in the — April 23, 2014
Read More"Amy," the victim of child pornography who sought restitution in the Paroline case decided by the Supreme Court today made a statement through her lawyers — April 23, 2014
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