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The Nation: How an Unusual Team Helps Extricate Bronx Residents From NYC’s Criminal-Justice System
How an Unusual Team Helps Extricate Bronx Residents From NYC’s Criminal-Justice System The Bronx Defenders do more than go to court. It was 1999, and…
WNYC: Stop and Seize: When the NYPD Takes Your Cash
Last February, Harold Stanley was on his block one evening, in the Morrissania section of the Bronx. He decided to drive to McDonalds, and when…
NY Daily News: When cops just take your cash and car
An arcane 134-year-old process few New Yorkers have even heard of means the NYPD can take the possessions — cars, cash, computers — of anyone…
NY1: Weighing Bronx DA Candidate’s Role in Controversial Rikers Case
Thursday night, NY1 reported that Darcel Clark, the leading candidate for Bronx District Attorney, played a previously undisclosed role in the case of Kalief Browder,…
New York Law Journal: Legal Providers Critical of Foster Care Pact with State
Legal service providers on Wednesday denounced the terms of a proposed settlement of a class action suit in which the state has agreed to hire…
New York Times: State’s Chief Judge, Citing ‘Injustice,’ Lays Out Plans to Alter Bail System
Public defenders applauded Judge Lippman’s plans. Robin Steinberg, executive director of the Bronx Defenders, said the automatic reviews of bail decisions would hold arraignment judges…
The Atlantic: How Treatment Courts Can Reduce Crime
Court-mandated substance-abuse treatment programs can keep people out of prison and save tax-payer dollars, so why aren’t they being utilized? When I first met my…
Gothamist: How Will De Blasio’s Bail Reform Actually Work?
After news of Kalief Browder’s suicide, many advocates called on Mayor de Blasio to fix New York’s draconian and unfair bail system. On July 8th,…
New York Times: The Bail Trap
Every year, thousands of innocent people are sent to jail only because they can’t afford to post bail, putting them at risk of losing their…
Huffington Post: How The Obama Administration Is Helping Big Bank Felons
So much for that tough talk about holding Wall Street accountable for its crimes. With the blessing of the White House and the Justice Department,…