New York Considers Stronger Sex Crime Prosecutions After Weinstein
New York lawmakers want to change the legal standard that Harvey Weinstein used to get his rape conviction overturned, proposing a bill...
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Mar 221 min read
New York May Repeal Law That Made Cheating on Spouse Illegal
Adultery may soon be legal in New York thanks to a bill in the legislature, which would repeal the 1902 law that made cheating on a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 21, 20231 min read
New York City Council Votes To Ban Most Solitary Confinement
New York City could soon ban most solitary confinement in city jails, NPR reports. A new measure, passed on a 39 to 7 vote -- with enough...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 12, 20231 min read
NYC Council: NYPD Should Be Required to Report Low-Level Stops
An ordinance bill that would require the NYPD to report “low-level” police encounters cleared a major hurdle Monday when City Council...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20232 min read
A Mother’s Search For Her Son In 1995 Led To A Mass Grave And Changed Laws
One evening in the fall of 1995, 21-year-old LaMont Dottin didn't come home. He was a freshman at Queens College and was living with...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20232 min read
New York Judge Vacates Two Wrongful Murder Convictions
A New York judge vacated two wrongful convictions Monday after reinvestigations found the murder trials were based on incorrect...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20231 min read
NY Appeals Court Rules That Cyclist Share The Same Rights As Drivers, When Stopped by Police
The state Court of Appeals decision, issued last week, came in the gun possession case against a Queens man, Lance Rodriguez, reported by...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Santos Aide Pleads Guilty On Federal Fraud Charge
Samuel Miele, an aide to Rep. George Santos, entered a guilty plea deal Tuesday on a federal charge of fraud, the Washington Post...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 9, 20231 min read
Yusef Salaam, of Exonerated 'Central Park Five,' Wins Harlem Council Race
Yusef Salaam, 49, one of five Black and Latino teenagers convicted in the 1989 rape of a jogger in Central Park and exonerated decades...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 25, 20231 min read
DOJ Files $300 Million Civil Forfeiture Against Superyacht
The United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the Southern District of New York against the motor yacht Amadea – a 348-foot...
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