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27 Jun 2012, 11:16 am by Michael Lowe
Other Men Have Died From Heat Exposure in Texas Jails and Prisons: It’s a Big Problem Here The news media have begun investigating what is going on here in Texas, and the New York Times is reporting that not long after Mr. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 8:11 am by Steve Hall
The Guardian report is, "Texas executions threatened as stocks of death penalty drug run low," by Ed Pilkington writing in New York. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 8:36 am by Ashby Jones
“For decades,” she said, “the State of New York has been on notice that the public defense system is in crisis and fails to meet basic constitutional responsibilities. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 2:50 am
"The new push to help prisoners reintegrate into society has been driven in part by financial concerns: states cannot afford to keep building more prisons. [read post]
15 Jan 2007, 11:03 am
In Texas, 30% of Texas 150,000+ prison inmates have been clients of the state's public mental health system. [read post]
21 Jul 2017, 3:51 am by SHG
They open with the story of Kalief Browder, which is somewhat ironic as New York, unlike other places, uses only the return to court criteria, and risk to the community isn’t a lawful factor for consideration. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 2:44 pm by AZ
New York Becomes Most Recent State to Raise the Age In April 2017, New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed in a law that raises the state’s age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 2:44 pm by AZ
New York Becomes Most Recent State to Raise the Age In April 2017, New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed in a law that raises the state’s age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 4:41 pm
The New York Times reports that drug courts have been a successful experiment. [read post]
30 Dec 2019, 11:20 am by Dani Selby
In early 2019, New York passed a criminal justice reform package that made key reforms to the bail system and discovery process — the process by which evidence is disclosed prior to trial. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 6:14 am by Jim Sedor
Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, long one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers, goes on trial first on charges he used his office to collect millions of dollars in kickbacks and bribes. [read post]
30 May 2012, 8:41 am by Rekha Arulanantham
       As the New York Times Editorial Board noted, this is not a perfect solution. [read post]
17 Jul 2019, 8:55 am by Michael Rushford
   "El Chapo" Gets Life:  Notorious drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in New York today as reported by Nicole Hong and Acacia Coronado of the Wall Street Journal. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 7:24 am by Jeff Welty
Finally, in New York, a “rogue alcoholic court reporter” has allegedly “wreaked havoc” on the court system by typing “I hate my job” over and over in lieu of actually transcribing the proceedings before him. [read post]
29 Aug 2013, 7:12 am by Allison Tussey
Frederick Tropeano, 47, Holmdel, New Jersey, was sentenced to 12 years with a five year, ten-month period of parole ineligibility, in a New Jersey state prison after he admitted he laundered millions of dollars through an extensive mortgage refinance fraud scheme bilking more than 40 homeowners in New Jersey and New York out of more than $7.5 million, The defendant was sentenced by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Ronald L. [read post]
14 Nov 2016, 2:00 pm by John Floyd
Prison admissions in counties with fewer than 100,000 people have risen even as crime has fallen, according to a New York Times analysis, which offers a newly detailed look at the geography of American incarceration. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 10:35 am
But as many other states moved to roll back the mandatory minimum sentences in recent years, New York kept its laws on the books, leaving prosecutors with the sole discretion of whether offenders could be sent to treatment.This is great news for New York, particularly the move to expand drug treatment programs and widen the reach of drug courts. [read post]