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New York law sealing criminal records for certain offenses takes effect

JURIST

A New York law sealing certain criminal records took effect on Saturday, one year after New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed it into law. Under the law, c riminal records for convictions of certain vehicle and traffic laws are sealed after three years from the conviction.

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NYC Transit Safety Endangered by Reforms, Reduced Enforcement: Paper

The Crime Report

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. felonies fell by 15 percent?helped violent felonies per million rides, it was still 3.1

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New York Woman Wearing Python Hits Car, Crashes Through Firehouse, and Damages Firetrucks

JonathanTurley

A New York woman, Sarah Espinosa, 22, has been arrested for a rather odd offense after crashing her car while under the influence. Reckless endangerment in the first degree is a class D felony. Notably, this is a misdemeanor as opposed to the second endangerment provision that can be a felony. Reckless driving.

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New York Jury Finds Time Square Killer “Not Responsible” for Killing or Injuring 23 People

JonathanTurley

Four states—Kansas, Utah, Idaho, and Montana—have eliminated the defense entirely and only an estimated one percent of all felony cases involve an insanity plea. It is fairly rare to win a case on the grounds of an insanity defense. Roughly a quarter are successful. However, the jury was only out for six hours before returning the verdict.

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Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

In some examples cited in the paper, a Virginia defendant in Virginia charged with transporting marijuana pleaded guilty to trafficking a different type of drug altogether; a New York defendant charged with animal cruelty pleaded guilty to trespassing even though no trespassing was involved.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

From about the 1600s, they had a gigantic Criminal Code where everything was a felony and every felony was punishable by death. However, after the industrial revolution [and the rise of] the English working classes, there just weren’t enough police to keep whacking people over the head with the criminal law.

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Could the Road to an AKS Violation Be Paved with Good Intentions? Pfizer Asks SCOTUS

FDA Law Blog

Pfizer challenged the OIG’s interpretation as contrary to law in a lawsuit brought in the Southern District of New York (SDNY). To Pfizer, HHS’s interpretation is “out of step” with the Supreme Court’s “longstanding efforts to ensure that criminal laws do not sweep more broadly than Congress intended.”.