Blog Posts in 2012
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Posted on May 17, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
May 17, 2012 According to a published report by the United States Department of Justice, ten percent of those incarcerated in state prisons suffer some form of sex abuse - and the numbers were even ...
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Posted on May 10, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
May 10, 2012 In a stepped-up enforcement effort known as "Operation Cold Sober," the Queens Highway Patrol and Borough Task Force will be aggressively targeting late night bar and club goers ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 26, 2012 In a decision handed down on April 24, 2012, the Appellate Division, 2nd Department, ordered that a Brooklyn rabbi who had been convicted of numerous sex crimes was entitled to a new ...
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Posted on Apr 24, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 24, 2012 In round two of Operation Hang Up, New York law enforcement will be aggressively looking for motorists using handheld devices or cell phones while driving - which, following a law ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 20, 2012 A man who was wrongfully convicted for the alleged rape and murder of a classmate, but who was later released in 2006, has started a foundation to take a closer look at cases which may ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 18, 2012 A proposed Bill would ban condoms in prosecutions of individuals criminally charged with prostitution and is being sponsored by Brooklyn Democrat, Senator Velmanette Montgomery. In a ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 13, 2012 A 23 year old man who accused an assistant basketball coach of sexual molestation has now admitted that his story was all lies. Zachary Tomaselli told CNN in an interview that he ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 12, 2012 In a decision entered March 29, 2012, the NY Appellate Division, 3rd Dept. vacated a man's sentence after he had pled guilty to driving while intoxicated because the County Court ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 11, 2012 Following a New York Court of Appeals decision last year, which allowed a former inmate who was wrongfully convicted to seek pecuniary compensation, the New York State Attorney General ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 11, 2012 Abd al-Rahin al-Nashiri, who is alleged to have been an al-Qaeda mastermind, is due to face a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay. According to media reports in The Telegraph , the U.S. ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 9, 2012 According to a recent NY Daily News article, http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-04-03/news/31282994_1_marijuana-arrests-pot-study , New York City police officers in the Bronx arrested ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 9, 2012 In an opinion and memorandum filed on April 3, 2012, one issue considered by the court was, "Can bail pending decision on appeal be granted by a trial court, even though the statute ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 7, 2012 New York State Assemblyman David Weprin lent continued support for the passage of Alice's Law by taking to the steps of City Hall last weekend. The proposed law is in memory of a 71 ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 6, 2012 New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced yesterday the start of "Operation Game Over," which, with the cooperation of major gaming companies, will disallow ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 3, 2012 In what has been named "Operation Cross Check," United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement a/k/a "ICE," announced yesterday that they had arrested and detained ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 2, 2012 Today the United States Supreme Court decided a case heard late last year, in which the petitioner, Albert Florence, alleging Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment violations, argued that ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
April 1, 2012 As reported by NY1 yesterday, the Manhattan District Attorney's office is widening the scope of crimes that can be charged as Hate Crimes. By categorizing certain crimes as Hate ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 29, 2012 According to news reports, not one and not two; but that's right - THREE law enforcement agencies in upstate New York, used all of their resources together to raid a 76 year old ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 28, 2012 In a decision handed down yesterday by the NY Court of Appeals, People v. Jackson , the Court reasoned that a person is in a public place when located on a highway even if he or she is ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 27, 2012 In 2011, the Financial Crime Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") reported a high number of suspicious activity reports ("SAR's"); although allegations of check kiting ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 26, 2012 Last week, the Appellate Division, First Department ruled that a Bronx Family Court judge abused her discretion when she declared a mistrial in a fifteen year old boy's case - and ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 24, 2012 On Thursday, the New York State Court of Appeals held that if the court Orders bail be set to ensure a defendants return to court, state court judges must give defendants at least two ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 22, 2012 By now many people have heard of a new smartphone application called Alcohoot which claims to be able to provide an individual with their intoxication level before they decide whether ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 21, 2012 This past weekend, an OWS protester who had been arrested and subsequently taken to Manhattan Criminal Court for arraignment, was forced to wait longer than usual to be arraigned ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2012 By Michael Redenburg
March 21, 2012 After 73 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested this past weekend, supporters and activists are calling for a May 1, 2012 "strike." The "strike" they're ...
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