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South Bronx Podcast Series: Levele Pointer, “I felt totally violated”
Levele Pointer, South Bronx resident, member of the Bronx Defenders Organizing Project and a NYHRE peer educator, shares his stories of getting stopped and frisked…
The Center for Holistic Defense Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance Project
The Center for Holistic Defense at The Bronx Defenders The 2013 Holistic Defense for Public Defender Offices Technical Assistance Project Request for Proposals The Center…
New York Times: In South Bronx, Legal Aid and Shoulders to Lean On
A sprawling, sunny room beckons invitingly with black couches and bright accent pillows for relaxing, bookshelves with novels to borrow for an hour or a…
New York Law Journal: ‘Justice Campus’ Opens in the Bronx
The Bronx Defenders yesterday opened its new ‘Justice Campus’ at 360 E. 161st St., with Executive Director Robin Steinberg and Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.…
Reuters: Bronx man cannot be retried after mistrial
A Bronx man cannot be retried for selling drugs after his first case ended in a mistrial because the judge failed to consider less severe…
Kate Rubin in Huffington Post’s The Blog on “Bloomberg’s Rockefeller Legacy’
February 21, 2013 Mayor Bloomberg came out swinging at his final State of the City address last Thursday, recapping his achievements and defending his policy…
The Guardian: America’s bail system: one law for the rich, another for poor
If you’ve ever been arrested for a misdemeanor offense, like jumping a turnstile, smoking a joint, or protesting a cause in a way the authorities…
New York Law Journal: Lippman Lauds Bronx Group’s Nonprofit Approach to Bail Defenders
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman (See Profile) last week praised as a way “to take the profit motive out of bond making” the program of a…
Justine Olderman spoke at the 8th Annual Harry Frank Guggenehim Symposium on Crime in America
On February 4, 2013, Justine Olderman spoke at the 8th Annual Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America at John Jay College of Criminal…
Residents of East Harlem – Manhattan’s Most Stopped-and-Frisked Neighborhood
Residents Protest NYPD Practice, Call for City Council Passage of Community Safety Act Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, advocates and New Yorkers call for end to…