The Crime Report

APRIL 1, 2022

In an experiment aimed at reducing chronic criminal behavior, the district attorney responsible for one of the country’s most violent neighborhoods has agreed to forego prosecutions for some non-violent offenses and place offenders under the responsibility of community organizations.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

One of the threats faced by New York Gov. The New York Penal Law focuses on “forcible touching” cases. Forcible touching is a class A misdemeanor. That is the difference between the New York Attorney General report and a criminal case. Here is the provision : 130.52

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

According to the New York Times , one of the six criminal counts Rittenhouse faces is possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18. Black says he did not say anything to dissuade him from bringing it, according to the New York Times. . The case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2022

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. In the last 17 months, 20 people have died in New York’s notorious jail facility on Rikers Island, the majority of whom were pre-trial detainees.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Actor Jonathan Majors is set to go on trial Wednesday to face charges of misdemeanor assault and harassment for allegedly assaulting his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, during a car ride to his home, Jonah E. Bromwich reports for the New York Times. Manhattan district attorney Alvin L.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

A 2020 paper from the New York-based Center for Court Innovation surveying California drug courts finding participation decreased statewide by 67 percent between 2014 and 2018. Only those who are accused of low-level, non-violent misdemeanors are eligible. Or users can reach out to those in law enforcement for a referral.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law requires that individuals “shall as soon as reasonably possible notify the prosecuting attorney, law enforcement, medical assistance, or other public officials.” Some states have moved to penalize those who do not call police.

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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. The post New York bail reform law effective, not linked to rise in crime, data shows appeared first on JURIST - News.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Almost one year ago, then-Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced that his office would no longer prosecute individuals for prostitution and unlicensed massage. In New York, unlicensed massage is a class E felony, punishable by up to four years in prison, whereas prostitution is a class B misdemeanor.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2021

The justice reform movement, particularly measures to eliminate cash bail, has put the safety of the New York City transit system at risk, argues Nicole Gelinas , a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. helped propel him into his appointment as New York police commissioner. Bratton’s success?felonies

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 10, 2024

The government proposed no changes to Paragraph 1 of the Plea Agreement, which required the defendant to plead guilty to two misdemeanors. As shown in Exhibit 3, the government proposed changes to Paragraphs 14, 15 and 17 of the Diversion Agreement, and Paragraph 5(b) of the Plea Agreement. Motion at 13.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.)

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Above The Law

MARCH 12, 2025

In 2011, he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery of a former girlfriend and was recorded making death threats against her. Former Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth G. Oyer told the New York Times she was pressured by the Trump administration to recommend the restoration of Gibson’s gun rights.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The troubles of more well-known figures like George Gascón in Los Angeles, Chesa Boudin in San Francisco, or Alvin Bragg in New York have made headlines. Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton is among a small group of district attorneys working to dial back decades of tough-on-crime approaches.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In a surprise move that critics charge has political overtones, former New York Gov. 17 to face charges on a misdemeanor sex crime relating to an allegation that he “forcibly” touched a staff member. The charge, a Class A misdemeanor, carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail, reports The City.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Loki factor was evident in the press conference this week when Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked about the rising lawlessness seen in major cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles: “Does the president still think that crime is up because of the pandemic?”

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 3, 2021

The late New York Gov. However, his son, Andrew Cuomo, the current New York governor, moved today from presumed sinner but presumed assaulter. Some of these allegations would constitute misdemeanor assault given allegations of Cuomo the breasts and butts of staffers.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

He was a deputy commissioner at the New York Police Department (NYPD) in the early 1990s, when violent crime rates began to plummet. More recently, as president of John Jay College at the City University of New York from 2004 to 2016, he helped to spread the focused-deterrence model across the country. Later, at the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 11, 2025

Below is my column in the New York Post on the statement by Acting Justice Juan Merchan in the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump. ” If so, that is a chilling indictment of the entire New York court system. Outside of New York this freak attraction will likely be viewed as less thrilling than chilling.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Many criminal defense attorneys and torts attorneys give special thanks for a holiday that can involve copious amounts of alcohol, strained family relations, over-the-hill amateur football players, “Black Friday” sale stampedes , and novice cooks. faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 25, 2024

Among the ten postings by former president Donald Trump being raised by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in his contempt sanction is the use of a quotation from one of my columns. In a hearing on the gag order Tuesday morning, Judge Juan Merchan reserved any final decision. ” Trump posted the title while attaching a link.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

While progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner handily won his bid for re-election in Philadelphia, voters in the conservative suburbs of Long Island elected tough-on-crime candidates who opposed New York State’s new bail reform law. The New York primaries were an early indication of voters’ go-slow mood towards reform.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 22, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expanding scandal surrounding the Hunter Biden investigation. ” The responsibility for this theater of the absurd is Attorney General Merrick Garland who has again shown a lack of strength and leadership at a key moment for his department. Dan Goldman of New York).

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Trump reposted a supporter’s “fantasy” of executing a citizen’s arrest of Judge Arthur Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James. ” The right still exists for any felonies (or certain misdemeanors committed in the presence of the citizen). I have also criticized this New York law.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The New York Democrat was in front of the door without staffers and allegedly confused by the signs on it… So, he pulled a clearly marked fire alarm because he thought that that is how you open a door. this would more likely constitute a criminal misdemeanor. It could be a crime. Various Republicans want to see Rep.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 20, 2023

I have been critical of the indictment, which is reportedly based on a highly dubious use of a New York misdemeanor charge to revise a long dormant federal election law charge. But the New York case would be easily dismissed outside of a jurisdiction like New York, where Bragg can count on highly motivated judges and jurors.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 6, 2025

His order suggests that, if there is any interruption or delay in his sentencing, he might follow the advice of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and suspend sentencing for four years, a terrible option that we previously discussed. One could call that passively aggressive, but it seems quite actively aggressive.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 28, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the closing arguments scheduled for today in the trial of former President Donald Trump. There is still debate among legal experts as to the specific crime that District Attorney Alvin Bragg is alleging. However, that was the failure of Cohen, who was later disbarred as an attorney.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 27, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be launching his own school of abstract legal work in the Trump indictment. For many of us, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has created a new school of abstract law where there is no need for objective meaning. The key is to avoid any objective meaning.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 7, 2023

The New York Times column is ideal for those willing to “suspend disbelief” to watch this Ed Woods quality horror production. If there is an Ed Wood school of prosecution, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg could prove to be its most apt pupil. That, apparently, is left to the suspension of disbelief.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2020

We recently discussed how figures like New York Times columnist Tom Friedman calling on people to move to Georgia to rig the vote in favor of a Democratic takeover of the Senate. 2) A person convicted of the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the second degree shall be punished as for a misdemeanor. (b)

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. A second activist who filmed the action was convicted of felony conspiracy to commit criminal mischief and conspiracy trespass, a misdemeanor. City of New York v. 17-2445 (7th Cir.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2024

Here is the column: In 1976, Saul Steinburg’s hilarious “View of the World from 9th Avenue” was published on the cover of the New Yorker. The map showed Manhattan occupying most of the known world with wilderness on the other side of the Hudson River between New York and San Francisco. In Gonzalez v.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2025

However, the most lasting judgment will be against the New York court system itself in allowing this travesty of justice to occur. Here is the column: With the sentencing of Donald Trump Friday, the final verdict on the New York criminal trial of the president-elect is in. The conviction should be overturned on appeal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND OTHER FILINGS. Supreme Court to Consider Whether to Grant Certiorari in Oakland and San Francisco Climate Cases; Fossil Companies Removed New York City and Maryland County Cases. City of New York v. City of New York v. May 18, 2021). Chevron Corp. , 18-2188 (2d Cir.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Yet at the press conference and Q & A following the arraignment District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the world that the 34 felony charges brought against defendant Trump were nothing more than the Manhattan office engaging in its everyday prosecution of “bread and butter” white-collar crimes.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 3, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the response of Secretary of State Antony Blinken to allegations that he was the original source for the Russian disinformation claim behind the Hunter Biden laptop. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and a professor at George Washington University Law School.

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