Friday, June 28, 2013

Watching the Detectives: Will Probe of Cop's Cases Extend to Prosecutors?




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Watching the Detectives: Will Probe of Cop's Cases Extend to Prosecutors?



Hynes, the current top prosecutor in Brooklyn ... "In our experience with cases of wrongful convictions, over many years and in all five boroughs, there are elements of misconduct by the police and elements of misconduct by prosecutors," said Steven ...






Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Twenty Years On, Second Thoughts About Chasid’s Killer




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Twenty Years On, Second Thoughts About Chasid’s Killer



Collins, who served 15 years of a 33-year-to-life sentence, was freed in 2010 after a federal judge ... observation that could have lasted no more than a few seconds; transcripts of the 911 calls regarding the crime do not, however, include ...






Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Watching the Detectives: Will Probe of Cop's Cases Extend to Prosecutors?




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Watching the Detectives: Will Probe of Cop's Cases Extend to Prosecutors?



Charles J. Hynes, the current top prosecutor in Brooklyn, has ordered a formal review of 50 cases that Scarcella investigated, an enormous undertaking that was prompted by Scarcella's alleged role in wrongly convicting a Brooklyn man of murder more than 20 ...






Monday, June 24, 2013

Powerful New York Prosecutors Under Scrutiny As Many Convictions of Likely Dirty Cop Are Probed




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Powerful New York Prosecutors Under Scrutiny As Many Convictions of Likely Dirty Cop Are Probed



Two are now New York State judges. Several others are accomplished lawyers at some of the city’s more respected firms ... Laurie Levenson, a former assistant U.S. Attorney who now teaches criminal law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, said that ...






Saturday, June 22, 2013

Retired NYPD detective investigated for misconduct




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Retired NYPD detective investigated for misconduct



Laurie Levenson, a former assistant U.S. Attorney who now teaches criminal law at Loyola Law School ... a former New York police officer and prosecutor in Queens and Brooklyn who now teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told ...






Friday, June 21, 2013

Watching the Detectives: Will Probe of Cop’s Cases Extend to Prosecutors?




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Watching the Detectives: Will Probe of Cop’s Cases Extend to Prosecutors?



Two are now New York State judges. Several others are accomplished lawyers at some of the city’s more respected firms. Four have risen to be senior officials in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, one of the largest municipal law enforcement ...






Thursday, June 20, 2013

Apple trial defense: A guilty verdict would send chills across Internet industry




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Apple trial defense: A guilty verdict would send chills across Internet industry



NEW YORK — Apple lawyers on Thursday closed their arguments in a federal antitrust trial with fierce warnings that a guilty verdict would sends chills across the Internet industry. After three weeks defending Apple against Justice Department charges that ...






Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Tables Turned at Wrongful Conviction Hearing




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Tables Turned at Wrongful Conviction Hearing



"Petitioner calls [Det.] Reynaldo Guevara," said Jennifer Bonjean, Armando Serrano's lawyer. Serrano and his co-defendant, Jose Montanez, eyed Guevara intently as he took the stand at an ongoing hearing to determine whether the prisoners should win new trials.






Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Objection Overruled: Top prosecutor must testify in wrongful conviction case




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Objection Overruled: Top prosecutor must testify in wrongful conviction case



Lawyers for the city have rejected the claims that Hynes has been condoning misconduct ... he claims that prosecutors "were permitted and/or encouraged to refrain from making any record of false or inconsistent out-of-court statements of prospective ...






Monday, June 17, 2013

Brooklyn DA Will Have to Testify in Wrongful Conviction Case That Alleges Widespread Prosecutorial Misconduct




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Brooklyn DA Will Have to Testify in Wrongful Conviction Case That Alleges Widespread Prosecutorial Misconduct



For more than two years, Jabbar Collins and his lawyer have pursued a multi-million dollar wrongful conviction lawsuit against New York City. They have unearthed what they claim is damning evidence of misconduct by prosecutors in the office of ...






Saturday, June 15, 2013

‘Brooklyn DA’ documentary on CBS shows prosecutors on cases, but drama is behind the camera




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‘Brooklyn DA’ documentary on CBS shows prosecutors on cases, but drama is behind the camera



“If District Attorney Hynes spent less time worrying about reality TV and more about delivering justice to victims, his office’s reputation wouldn’t be tarnished by a pattern of wrongful convictions and allegations of prosecutorial misconduct,” he sai






Friday, June 14, 2013

Wrongful conviction lawsuit alleges top New York prosecutor ‘rewarded misconduct’




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Wrongful conviction lawsuit alleges top New York prosecutor ‘rewarded misconduct’



For more than two years, Jabbar Collins and his lawyer have pursued a multi-million dollar wrongful conviction lawsuit against New York City ... On Wednesday, that judge, Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Levy, ruled that Hynes would not be ...









For Hynes, District Attorney Since 1990, Publicity and Campaign Rivals



He was New York City’s fire commissioner from 1980 to 1982 and ... Mr. Lopez supported his re-election and gave his daughter a job in his office. But Mr. Hynes is also running for re-election with the support of the borough’s powerful ...






Thursday, June 13, 2013

Brooklyn DA Hynes to be deposed in Jabbar Collins' $150M wrongful murder conviction suit




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Brooklyn DA Hynes to be deposed in Jabbar Collins' $150M wrongful murder conviction suit



Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has been ordered to give a sworn ... “I’m one of two DAs in New York City that has a special Conviction Integrity Unit and the only one investigating my own cases looking for wrongfully convicted inmates ...






Wednesday, June 12, 2013

BGA Legislative Wrap-Up: A Wrongful Convictions Win




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BGA Legislative Wrap-Up: A Wrongful Convictions Win



This measure, sponsored by Senator Dan Biss (D-9), applies only to Evanston and takes effect immediately. Still, the BGA will continue to press for a legislative solution that will allow residents to more easily vote out and abolish unnecessary township ...






Saturday, June 8, 2013

Lee County man returns from work, finds home missing




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Lee County man returns from work, finds home missing



A Lee County man returned home from work Thursday to find his ... If the two parties can’t resolve their differences, Johnson said, the matter will have to go to civil court. In the meantime, at least one man is without a home.







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The School of Internet Marketing Offers New Course to Teach Business Owners How to Build A Website in a Weekend



The School works to empower business owners with the understanding that a little education can go a long way. It offers a variety of 100% web-based courses for small business owners wanting to learn how to market their business online.






Friday, June 7, 2013

Toronto Meetup Groups Convene at the SES Toronto Conference to Discuss Online Marketing Trends




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Toronto Meetup Groups Convene at the SES Toronto Conference to Discuss Online Marketing Trends



SES Conference & Expo, the leading online and integrated marketing event series, announced today that Toronto-based marketing and entrepreneur groups will join in for this year’s SES Toronto Conference, June 12-14, 2013 at the Toronto ...







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Iceland follows Morrisons into online grocery delivery market



"We will offer our customers the ability to shop with us online, building on the successful initial trials of the service in ... Britain's online food market is growing by about 16% a year and is forecast to almost double in value over the ...






Thursday, June 6, 2013

Senior Queensland police want more money and work time at home and in gym




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Senior Queensland police want more money and work time at home and in gym



The Queensland Police Commissioned Officers Union - which represents inspectors, superintendents, chief superintendents and assistant commissioners - is also seeking private use of police vehicles for members when they are on call, as well as fully funded ...









Be A Financial Planner From Home



Those who sign up get a free initial consultation with a Certified ... Personal Capital provides a turbo-charged indexing investment program and assigns a personal advisor to communicate directly with each client. Clients can also link all ...






Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Campaign Exposing Perils of Prosecutor Misconduct to Hit Manhattan Television and Times Square




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Campaign Exposing Perils of Prosecutor Misconduct to Hit Manhattan Television and Times Square



Blind Justice, the national nonprofit advocate dedicated to conviction integrity, today announced the launch of a Manhattan focused ad campaign bringing to light the damages caused by unchecked prosecutorial misconduct and calling for accountability in an ...






Saturday, June 1, 2013

Work-Life Balance? No Problem, Women Say




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Work-Life Balance? No Problem, Women Say



Ninety-five percent of women believe they can attain everything they want at work and at home. Additionally, 63 percent of women said they have a good work-life balance, though 42 percent of women hope to be able to work from home more often. Those ...







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Keepcalling Celebrates 11 Years of On-growing Online Business



Virtual Numbers, WebFax, Web Call and Web SMS through various ethnic websites. Presently, KeepCalling provides its services to over 150,000 active consumers and businesses, with a focus on customer satisfaction. In 2012, Inc Magazine listed ...







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Internet Marketing Agency Ajax Union To Host June Search Engine Optimization Panel At Morgan Stanley



Online marketing agency Ajax Union, available at http://www.AjaxUnion.com, will host its latest educational business event, an SEO Panel, in the greater New York City area on June 6, 2013. The two-hour panel, featuring Ajax Union’s Vice ...