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New York law enforcement authorities report that 12 people were arrested for their alleged involvement in a drug ring operating in Staten Island. They were taken into custody following the execution of search warrants on July 20. A 70-year-old woman was reportedly...
Criminal defendants in New York and around the country are guaranteed a number of very important rights by the U.S. Constitution. The Fifth Amendment gives suspects the right to remain silent and the Fourth Amendment limits the search and seizure power of the...
New York residents may be following a story involving a Florida congresswoman who has been indicted for her role in a fraud scheme. The woman allegedly solicited $800,000 between 2012 and early 2016 for a charity called One Door for Education Foundation that claimed...
Courts and prosecutors' offices in New York face a constant flow of criminal defendants. Because judges want to process cases as quickly as possible and avoid burdensome backlogs and long waits for trial dates, they generally approve of plea deals. Prosecutors desire...
Three men were taken into custody on June 28 on charges that they misled and defrauded investors of $12 million. The funds were supposedly going to be used to finance movie projects that included the likes of Willie Nelson and Harry Connick Jr. According to...
Assistant District Attorneys in New York City spend their days prosecuting thousands of individuals every year. Most will spend a few years of anonymity at the beginning of their law careers gaining experience and looking for their big opportunity to make a...
In 1989, Florida's Miami-Dade County set up the first drug court in the United States. There are now around 3,000 operating across the U.S. -- 141 in New York alone -- that deal with an estimated 120,000 people annually. Various types of drug courts have...
The inspiration for our blog post today comes from an article from the website Motherboard. It details the thorny issue of drug dealing and using ride-sharing services, such as Uber. Uber is valued at $62 billion and is operating in over 200 U.S. cities. There are...
Drug classifications allow the criminal justice system to simply and easily punish people who have been accused of a drug crime by labeling certain drugs and substances based on their perceived "severity." How easily a drug may be abused and how much harm it does to...
Even though the perception of drug crimes and the "War on Drugs" is changing around the United States, it takes time for that change to really manifest itself. Drug crimes are still taken very seriously by the criminal justice system, and that often means that people...
