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Criminal Justice

Posted inCriminal Justice

Secrecy on Severe Jail Injuries Spurs Rikers Monitor to Sound Alarm

May 29, 2023, 12:32 p.m.May 29, 2023, 12:32 p.m.
Five “serious and disturbing incidents” include case THE CITY surfaced of incarcerated man so badly hurt he went on a ventilator — and is now paralyzed.
Posted inCriminal Justice

‘It Should Be Murder,’ Neely Family Says as Daniel Penny Faces Manslaughter Charges

May 12, 2023, 3:39 p.m.May 12, 2023, 6:47 p.m.
Penny’s arraignment came 12 days after he killed Neely in a crowded subway car in Lower Manhattan.
Posted inCourts

Bronx Judge Changed His Mind Twice Before Finally Freeing a Wrongly Convicted Man Who Served 26 Years

May 9, 2023, 11:49 a.m.May 10, 2023, 10:03 a.m.
Supreme Court Judge Ralph Fabrizio flip-flopped a second time today after inquiries by THE CITY. Prosecutors and defense lawyers had accused him of erratic behavior in other cases.
Posted inCriminal Justice

Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely

May 3, 2023, 6:05 p.m.May 3, 2023, 10:52 p.m.
The subway rider was strangled by a fellow straphanger while seemingly in the throes of a mental health crisis. Police and prosecutors have released little information.
Posted inCriminal Justice

Bishop Lamor Whitehead Accused of Deed Theft at Brooklyn Church He Evicted

May 1, 2023, 7:32 p.m.May 1, 2023, 7:32 p.m.
The lawsuit filed last week, which Whitehead calls ‘frivolous,’ is the latest legal challenge facing the longtime mentee and friend of Mayor Eric Adams.
Posted inCourts

Bronx Judge About To Be Removed From Criminal Cases After Bail Blowback, Sources Say

April 20, 2023, 3:09 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.
Court s refused to comment on the future role of Justice Naita Semaj-Williams, who drew tabloid and law enforcement ire after releasing a man accused of manslaughter without bail.
Posted inCivilian Complaint Review Board

Cops Who Killed Kawaski Trawick Should be Fired, His Parents Say Before Trial

April 12, 2023, 7:09 p.m.April 12, 2023, 7:11 p.m.
Trawick’s parents and ers are calling for the termination of officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis — as has happened to only one officer, based on a probe by the Civilian Complaint Review Board, since 2012.
Posted inNYPD

Brooklyn Boys Who Say Ex-Cop Menaced Them With Gun Speak Out on Hot 97

April 8, 2023, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:04 a.m.
Retired officer Kruythoff Forrester was arrested and sprung within hours after NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey showed up at the precinct. The three boys Forrester chased say they’ve felt like no one in power has believed them.
Posted inCriminal Justice

Most New Yorkers Don’t Get the Trump Treatment at Arraignment

April 4, 2023, 5:59 p.m.April 4, 2023, 6:28 p.m.
The 31,000 people arraigned for felonies in New York each year have very different experiences in court than the former president.
Posted inCriminal Justice

Cartoonish Partisan Circus Greets Trump’s Arrest in Downtown Manhattan

April 4, 2023, 3:22 p.m.April 4, 2023, 3:50 p.m.
While pro- and anti-Trump protesters screamed past each other, there were few signs of actual violence — so far.

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