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 ...