Under the regulations implementing New York's Sex Offender registration act, a person who "has a history of drug or alcohol abuse" is considered at higher — February 14, 2018
Read MoreA year ago, Gov. Mario Cuomo granted clemency to our client Felipe Rodriguez, commuting his life sentence to the 27 years he had already served for a 1987 — January 2, 2018
Read MoreWhen officials at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility found out our client, Yekatrina Pusepa, was in an illicit relationship with a prison guard they did — October 17, 2017
Read MoreFormer Congressman Anthony Weiner was just sentenced to 21 months in prison for sexting with a 15-year-old. At sentencing, his lawyer asked that he be — September 27, 2017
Read MoreTwo huge illicit markets operating on the Dark Web, AlphaBay and Hansa, were shut down today after being infiltrated by the government for the past — July 20, 2017
Read MoreThe conviction of Ross Ulbricht, the mastermind behind the Silk Road marketplace on the Dark Web, has given the Second Circuit a chance to explore how — June 19, 2017
Read MoreIn a decision that could have a wide-ranging effect on people convicted of child pornography offenses, the Second Circuit last month struck down a — May 18, 2017
Read MoreUnited States Attorney General Jefferson Sessions put out a tragic new policy today that, if it is followed, will ruin countless lives through the — May 12, 2017
Read MoreOur client Felipe Rodriguez is about to go home after almost 27 years in prison. Felipe needs clothes, food, a job, and a place to live. We are working — January 6, 2017
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that attorney Adam Elewa has joined the Law Office of Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma as an associate. Mr. Elewa is a graduate of — January 6, 2017
Read MoreIn the best spirit of the holiday season, Governor Cuomo announced today that he granted executive clemency to Felipe Rodriguez based on a petition filed — December 30, 2016
Read MoreFor 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
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