Every decent human being in America who saw the expression on Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin's face as he caused the death of George Floyd — June 1, 2020
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We are delighted to announce that Benjamin Notterman has joined the Law Office of Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma as an associate attorney. Mr. Notterman comes to — May 19, 2020
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New York City is home to it's own archipelago of three federal jails, three borough jails, eight functioning jails on Rikers Island, two locked prison — March 31, 2020
Read MoreI often say that our clients come to us on the worst day of their lives, the day they are arrested, or learned that a loved one was arrested and may be — March 18, 2020
Read MoreNot that anyone would want to ride the subways right now, but the New York City Bar Association has come out in strong opposition to a proposal that would — March 17, 2020
Read MoreHave a look at David Leonhardt's recent NY Times newsletter, which posits that executive clemency is a critical component of our current criminal justice — February 24, 2020
Read MoreThirteen years ago Nina Morrison, a staff attorney at the Innocence Project - the organization, founded by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, that spawned — January 27, 2020
Read More"Motion Granted." With those words, the Hon. Joseph Zayas of Queens Supreme Court vacated the murder conviction and dismissed the indictment against — December 30, 2019
Read MoreGuest column by William Dobbs, Esq. from The Dobbs Wire. Is the sex offense registry growing or shrinking? Hard to tell because the long-time keeper of — October 13, 2019
Read MoreTwelve federal appeals courts have said that the FBI acted in good faith when they used a Virginia warrant to search thousands of computers around the — September 13, 2019
Read MoreIn the latest perversion of the laws against child pornography, Maryland's highest court late last month upheld the conviction of a teenage girl for — September 9, 2019
Read MoreDefense attorneys were turned away from the high rise federal jail in lower Manhattan known as the Metropolitan Correction Center on Saturday morning. The — August 12, 2019
Read MoreThe clouds parted just in time for Antonio Yarbough to enjoy a piece of cheesecake on a Manhattan rooftop last Thursday. He was celebrating five years — June 23, 2019
Read MoreJudge Raymond Dearie of the Eastern District of New York ruled yesterday that ZMOLAW client Adamou Djibo is entitled to a new trial because the government — April 9, 2019
Read MoreImagine you are met on the tarmac getting off a plane at JFK Terminal Two by armed customs officers. They tell you to come with them. They drive you to a — March 28, 2019
Read MorePolice in New York have been fighting to block the release of raw, unedited body-worn camera footage by claiming that the footage is a “personnel record” — March 13, 2019
Read MoreTop New York State officials claimed that they cannot be sued for the sex abuse, cover-up, and retaliation against Yekatrina Pusepa, a female inmate at — February 24, 2019
Read MoreSenate Bill S2440, the New York Child Victims Act, was signed into law by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday. The new law, which has been a goal of victims'.
Read MoreOn Monday, the New York Legislature passed a series of reforms that will significantly impact civil lawsuits and criminal prosecutions for sexual abuse of — January 29, 2019
Read MoreThe U.S. Sentencing Commission kicked off the new year with a comprehensive report analyzing data from federal sex crime cases. The report, which runs 81 — January 3, 2019
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