The Times is reporting here on a study showing that: By age 23, almost a third of Americans have been arrested for a crime, according to a new study that researchers say is a measure of growing exposure to the criminal justice system in everyday

Today’s New York Times contains an op-ed by an ex-prosecutor/current law professor saying that jury nullification (the practice of voting not guilty when the jury disagrees with the criminal charge even when guilt had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt) is a “constitutional doctrine.” If

There will be no plea bargaining in the case against the defendant accused in the killing of Brooklyn police officer Peter Figoski. According to the Daily News: Brooklyn prosecutors said Tuesday they won’t cut any deals with the suspects in the slaying of hero cop

The Daily News is reporting here that Mayor Bloomberg blasted the Brooklyn judge who freed accused cop killer Lamont Pride without bail last month — saying one quick phone call could have prevented a tragedy. When Pride was picked up for crack possession near Coney

Just when you thought it was over, the DSK case keeps getting stranger and stranger. According to the Daily News: Hotel surveillance footage surfaced Thursday that is likely to fuel suspicion French philanderer Dominique Strauss-Kahn was set up on a bogus sex-assault charge. The video shows the

If you have been wrongly convicted, do not give up hope. In addition to an appeal to a higher court, you can also in New York file what is known as a “440″ motion asking the trial court to review the conviction. Here is one

The Times reported today that the case of Terrill Swift in Chicago illustrates the resistance mounted by a minority of prosecutors around the country in the face of exculpatory DNA evidence. Mr. Swift was convicted of rape and murder in 1994 and recently DNA evidence showed

The decision by New Jersey’s Supreme Court last week to overhaul the state’s rules for how judges and jurors treat evidence from police lineups could help transform the way officers conduct a central technique of police work, criminal justice experts say. In its ruling, the court strongly

After months of public handwringing, prosecutors in the Manhattan DA’s office yesterday dropped their case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn — not because justice required it, not because they learned no crime had been committed, not because they uncovered evidence that the complainant, Nafissatou Diallo, had lied

Unsurprisingly, the “maid” in the DSK rape case filed suit today in the Bronx.   Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later