N.Y. failing to act on wrongful convictions: study
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In New York, DNA evidence has exonerated 23 people wrongfully convicted of crimes since 1991, but the state has failed to enact laws that would prevent sending more innocent people to jail.
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A woman in New York City is more likely to be killed by an intimate partner than by a stranger, especially if she is young and foreign-born, a new study has found.
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Fallen newspaper tycoon Conrad Black's conviction on Friday on fraud and obstruction of justice charges was the latest chapter in a five-year-old U.S. crackdown on corporate wrongdoing that started off strong but has suffered some embarrassing setbacks.
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By Anthony Spangler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 5--A backlog in evidence-testing is creating delays throughout the criminal justice system, leaving prosecutors and local law enforcement authorities struggling to bring some cases to trial.
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Hundreds of thousands of poor people  are denied access to public housing in the United States  because they have criminal records, sometimes for crimes as  petty as shoplifting, Human Rights Watch said in a report  released on Monday.
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Here is the coverage in The New York Times and the New York Law Journal about the denial of United for Peace and Justice's Sunday rally in Central Park (United for Peace and Justice v. Bloomberg, 111893/04), and here is what NY Supreme Court1 Justice Silbermann said:      [...] the evidence established that the department's determination was based on entirely content-neutral factors, to wit: that the Great Lawn2 was not an appropriate venue for a demonstration of this magnitude.     [...]  The Parks Department appropriately applied content-neutral regulations while leaving plaintiff with a reasonable alternate site.
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Prosecution lawyers are criticised for failing to inform victims of crime when charges are dropped or changed.
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New York's highest court ruled Tuesday that the state wrongly confined convicted sex offenders in psychiatric facilities after their prison sentences ended.
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Alleged killers and rapists acquitted using a type of forensic evidence deemed unsafe could end up back in court, a police science expert says
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Juries in child sex abuse and theft cases could be told the previous convictions of defendants.
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upholds New York's system of choosing trial judges is likely to renew calls for legislative reform, but even some proponents of change say their chances of success are slim.
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Black soldiers court-martialed 63 years ago in the rioting death of an Italian prisoner of war at Fort Lawton were unfairly denied access to their attorneys and investigative records and should have their convictions overturned, the U.S. Army said Friday.
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In Camden, N.J., the stigma of being seen as a snitch prevents many from talking about even the worst crimes.
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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- A black man who invoked images of lynch mobs in explaining why he killed a white teenager has been convicted of second-degree manslaughter because a jury rejected defense lawyers' arguments that his actions were justified.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 26 -- A judge's decision to keep a stymied jury deliberating for 12 hours just days before Christmas could be grounds to overturn a manslaughter verdict against a black man convicted of shooting a white teenager, criminal defense lawyers said Wednesday.
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Juries in child sex abuse and theft cases could soon be entitled to know if defendants have similar past convictions. Do you agree with the changes?
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NEW YORK -- Americans lost about $49.3 billion in 2006 to criminals who stole their identities, an 11.5 percent decline that may reflect increased vigilance among consumers and businesses, a study released yesterday shows.