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Penile Plethysmography and How Did It Get This Far?

In a remarkable show of sanity and spine, the federal court of appeals that covers New York (the Second Circuit) has rejected the legality of “penile plethysmography”, a little bit of pseudo science...

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Teachers Thrown Under the Bus- How New York City is Destroying its Greatest...

Our poor New York City teachers- they get hit from every angle.  Tough students, tougher parents, unsupportive administrations, a hostile press, factionalism within factionalism in their schools… I...

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A 1.3 Million Dollar Verdict for our Client

This past Monday we received a 1.3 million dollar verdict for our client, “C.B.”, who spent nearly three years in an upstate prison for wrongful conviction for a crime did not commit.  The verdict was...

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The First Department Gets it Right This Time

ACDs ARE NOT A BAR TO FALSE ARREST CLAIMS In a welcome turnabout, the First Department, the Manhattan appellate court, ruled last week that accepting an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal...

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SPEEDING UP THE SYSTEM

The New York Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, has just issued a long overdue opinion on 30.30, statutory speedy trial rights.  The decision dramatically curtails the prosecutions ability to...

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Chain Gangs for the Innocent

On Saturday, The Daily News covered our lawsuit being filed today, on behalf of people essentially coerced into working for the City for free as a condition of an “ACD”, or Adjournment in Contemplation...

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Fair Pay for Honest Work- The Legal Rationale for Our Community Service...

So our minimum wage suit for the innocent forced to perform community service has gotten some play on Fox news, with rather predictable results (“greedy employment lawyers taking advantage, etc etc”)....

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New York’s High Court Gets Real

New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, has issued a series of decisions recently that indicate a real understanding of the way the law works on the ground, for the people most directly...

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Wrongful Convictions and the Hidden Costs of a Police State

Yesterday the New York City Council held hearings with the six district attorneys from New York City (one for each borough, plus the Special Narcotics Prosecutor).  The hearings related to budgetary...

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The Importance of Being an Inside Outsider

A recent alleged scandal has broken involving charges that Judge Barry Kamins, the chief administrator of the New York City Criminal Court and chief of planning and policy for the state courts, was...

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“Ignorance of the Law is no Excuse”… Except for Law Enforcement

It’s a well-known maxim and words to live by.  As a citizen, not knowing that you can’t carry around your Dad’s Percocet prescription isn’t a defense. The law is the law, and your ignorance of it comes...

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Ferguson Newsflash

FERGUSON NEWSFLASH White liberals tend to recoil from images of rioting like those we’re seeing from Ferguson.  Too messy and violent, out of line with their understanding of civil disobedience.  But...

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