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The Indypendent: The Poor Man’s Lawyer: Inequality in the Courtroom
As the judge read out the sentence, Jose Santiago and the public defense attorney he’d just met that day listened in an almost empty courtroom.…
The Marshall Project: ‘The Garb of Innocence’
When jury selection began this week in the trial of James Holmes — the man accused of killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater…
Mark Loudon-Brown to lead webinar on DNA expert cross examination
Bronx Defenders Criminal Defense Attorney and Forensic Practice Supervisor Mark Loudon-Brown will be leading a National Association for Public Defense (NAPD) webinar on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at…
Keeping families together: Spotlight on BxD’s “Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies” project
Recognizing the pain and trauma of family separation, The Bronx Defenders advocates tirelessly in Bronx Family Court to ensure that our clients are given fair…
BronxNet: Today’s Verdict
“We know that young white men, for example, smoke marijuana at rates at least on par or at higher rates than young black or Latino…
WBAI’s On the Count: Immigration and Detention Post-Obama Executive Order
The Bronx Defenders Immigration Attorney Conor Gleason joined Abraham Paolos of Families for Freedom to discuss the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) and the…
HuffPost Live: Report Highlights Marijuana Enforcement’s Costs
Bronx Defenders Fundamental Fairness Project Director Scott Levy appeared on HuffPost Live, hosted by Josh Zepps, earlier today together with Alberto Willmore, a New York teacher…
Vice: Special Prostitution Courts and the Myth of ‘Rescuing’ Sex Workers
“Once they get you, they are always going to get you,” Love* told me this November at a greasy spoon in the Bronx. “The sad…
Washington Post: ‘Serial’ missed its chance to show how unfair the criminal justice system really is
Serial, the popular podcast that ends this week, is about a real-life teenage murder mystery. Reporter Sarah Koenig explores lingering doubts about the case of…
The Bronx Defenders releases its report “The Hidden Tax: Economic Costs of Marijuana Enforcement in the Bronx and New York City”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2014 Contact: Scott Levy, The Bronx Defenders, 718-838-7833, ScottL@bronxdefenders.org The Hidden Tax: Economic Costs of Marijuana Enforcement in the Bronx…