ZMO Law Blog

For about two weeks last year, the FBI took over a website called the Play Pen that hosted and made available huge amounts of child pornography. It — September 20, 2016

A judge in Syracuse earlier this summer ruled that a defendant charged with a federal sex crime should be acquitted because even though the defendant went — September 6, 2016

Does the jury's opinion matter at sentencing? Almost never. But last week, a Sixth Circuit panel said that a trial judge did not go too far by polling the — July 13, 2016

Finding a possibility that the sentencing judge had a "clearly erroneous understanding of the facts," the Second Circuit Court of Appeals last week sent — June 20, 2016

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled against a defendant's appeal of his child pornography sentence in the Eastern District of New York, upholding a — May 21, 2016

Seven years ago next Tuesday, NYPD police officers shot and killed Mauricio Jaquez in his Bronx apartment. They claimed he was holding a knife. Last week, — April 9, 2016

On April 12, 2009, New York City police officers shot and killed Mauricio Jaquez, an emotionally disturbed man, in his apartment in the Bronx. On Monday, — April 3, 2016

Video, transcripts and other information about principal attorney Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma's testimony at the U.S. Sentencing Commission's public hearing — November 30, 2015

Said Abdullah was just about to finish probation in 1996 when the New York Legislature passed the Sex Offender Registration Act. He was forced to register — November 20, 2015

The United States Sentencing Commission writes the Sentencing Guidelines which are the starting point for all federal sentences. The Guidelines define the — November 3, 2015

On June 18, 1992, five New York City detectives forced Sharrif Wilson, 15, to "confess" to a crime he did not commit, leading to his wrongful conviction — September 14, 2015

As a law firm advocating for people accused or convicted of sex offenses, we focus on how sex offender registration sweeps in too many people and labels — September 9, 2015

In a rare reversal of a guilty plea, the Third Department recently vacated a child abuse conviction because the wrong crime was charged in the felony — August 20, 2015

It should seem obvious, but some federal courts (a lot, actually) have missed the fact that intentional sexual touching of an inmate by a guard for the — August 11, 2015

In a decision that "should be written with tears," Judge Jack Weinstein has scheduled a remarkable hearing for August 3 to explore how to handle a — July 15, 2015

A fascinating recent episode of Freakonomics Radio covers in depth the economics of sex offenses, sex offender registries, and the special restrictions — June 19, 2015

Why do innocent people confess? Principal attorney Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma will join Prof. Saul Kassin and Ron Russo, Esq. for a lecture and discussion at — June 4, 2015

As the New York Times reported yesterday, criminal lawyers are increasingly offering short biographical videos at sentencing to help judges understand — May 25, 2015