For about two weeks last year, the FBI took over a website called the Play Pen that hosted and made available huge amounts of child pornography. It — September 20, 2016
Read MoreA judge in Syracuse earlier this summer ruled that a defendant charged with a federal sex crime should be acquitted because even though the defendant went — September 6, 2016
Read MoreDoes the jury's opinion matter at sentencing? Almost never. But last week, a Sixth Circuit panel said that a trial judge did not go too far by polling the — July 13, 2016
Read MoreFinding a possibility that the sentencing judge had a "clearly erroneous understanding of the facts," the Second Circuit Court of Appeals last week sent — June 20, 2016
Read MoreLast month, the Supreme Court ruled against a defendant's appeal of his child pornography sentence in the Eastern District of New York, upholding a — May 21, 2016
Read MoreSeven years ago next Tuesday, NYPD police officers shot and killed Mauricio Jaquez in his Bronx apartment. They claimed he was holding a knife. Last week, — April 9, 2016
Read MoreOn April 12, 2009, New York City police officers shot and killed Mauricio Jaquez, an emotionally disturbed man, in his apartment in the Bronx. On Monday, — April 3, 2016
Read MoreNew York passed the Sex Offender Registration Act to be retroactive to people who still were on probation or parole as of January 21, 1996. In the months — February 21, 2016
Read MoreVideo, transcripts and other information about principal attorney Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma's testimony at the U.S. Sentencing Commission's public hearing — November 30, 2015
Read MoreSaid Abdullah was just about to finish probation in 1996 when the New York Legislature passed the Sex Offender Registration Act. He was forced to register — November 20, 2015
Read MoreThe United States Sentencing Commission writes the Sentencing Guidelines which are the starting point for all federal sentences. The Guidelines define the — November 3, 2015
Read MoreOn June 18, 1992, five New York City detectives forced Sharrif Wilson, 15, to "confess" to a crime he did not commit, leading to his wrongful conviction — September 14, 2015
Read MoreAs a law firm advocating for people accused or convicted of sex offenses, we focus on how sex offender registration sweeps in too many people and labels — September 9, 2015
Read MoreIn a rare reversal of a guilty plea, the Third Department recently vacated a child abuse conviction because the wrong crime was charged in the felony — August 20, 2015
Read MoreIt should seem obvious, but some federal courts (a lot, actually) have missed the fact that intentional sexual touching of an inmate by a guard for the — August 11, 2015
Read MoreIn a decision that "should be written with tears," Judge Jack Weinstein has scheduled a remarkable hearing for August 3 to explore how to handle a — July 15, 2015
Read MoreA fascinating recent episode of Freakonomics Radio covers in depth the economics of sex offenses, sex offender registries, and the special restrictions — June 19, 2015
Read MoreWhy do innocent people confess? Principal attorney Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma will join Prof. Saul Kassin and Ron Russo, Esq. for a lecture and discussion at — June 4, 2015
Read MoreAs the New York Times reported yesterday, criminal lawyers are increasingly offering short biographical videos at sentencing to help judges understand — May 25, 2015
Read MoreNew York state's highest court recently reversed a defendant's level three sex offender designation because, even though he did not complete treatment in — May 7, 2015
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