Leah Nowotarski, chair of criminal justice section of the New York State Defenders Association. Courtesy photo. The Criminal Justice Section has been instrumental in advocating changes in criminal law ...

According to the Rensselaer County District Attorney, gun violence and firearm homicides were up 250 percent in 2020 compared to the years from 2015 to 2019. She believes the criminal justice reform ...

Criminal defendants are presumed innocent. This, in theory, is the bedrock of our criminal justice system. But for the last half-century, New York prosecutors have turned that principle on its head by ...

If somebody were to sue you tomorrow in Texas civil court, you'd have the legal right to find out all about that person, from their financial situation to their personal email exchanges. And you'd ...

Albany — As a part of her State of the State agenda and outlined in the FY2026 Executive Budget proposal, New York Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing to "streamline" the Discovery process. She says ...

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New York state's move to reform criminal discovery earlier this year was applauded by many as a step toward equalizing access to evidence. But now the question becomes, will criminal defense attorneys ...

As negotiations over changes to the state’s evidence-sharing laws hold up the passage of the state’s budget in Albany, a recent criminal case in Queens appears to highlight the core of the debate over ...