2021 Criminal Law Misdemeanor 
JURIST
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Thursday moved to vacate 188 misdemeanor convictions tied to eight New York City Police Department officers. ” The names of the officers under investigation were provided to the DA’s Office in 2021 by public defenders and advocacy groups. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr.
The Crime Report
JULY 13, 2021
In comparison, subway crime had dramatically declined in the three decades prior to the pandemic, largely because of high ridership and “consistent” civil and criminal law enforcement. “In NYPD routinely confiscated handguns and knives from people committing misdemeanors on the subways. Bratton’s success?felonies
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The Crime Report
AUGUST 20, 2021
Most importantly, we need to decide as a society whether we value shortcuts or justice in our criminal legal system, because we’ve proven we can’t have both. Additional reading: Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining , The Crime Report, July 23, 2021. Somil Trivedi is Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project.
JURIST
AUGUST 12, 2022
in Robertson’s car on the morning of January 6, 2021. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Now, Robertson and Fracker must serve 87 months in prison, complete 36 months supervised release and pay restitution of $2,000. The men were sentenced in the District of Columbia.
The Crime Report
APRIL 11, 2022
police chief) and his academic colleagues found that a majority of police officers surveyed “perceived control” over their decision to arrest for misdemeanors (69 percent) or confiscate drug paraphernalia like syringes (56 percent). A recent study published by Brandon del Pozo (the former Burlington, Vt. Polling in Portland, Ore.,
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Rittenhouse is facing six charges that range from first-degree homicide to a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. At this stage, the prosecution may celebrate even a misdemeanor conviction. It is either the product of systemic errors or systemic racism. Prosecution’s bumpy start, and finish.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
New York nonprofit The Legal Aid Society (LAS) Thursday reported that data from the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) shows the successes of New York’s 2019 bail reform law. For those released on their own recognizance, re-arrest rates decreased from 18 percent to 16 percent by 2021.
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