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Legal Aid Lauds Ruling That Finds NYPD’s Ballistics Method Flawed

Bronx judge rejects junk science used by law enforcement to prosecute cases, reports the New York Daily News.

Op-Ed: Exposing – and Ending – Police Lies

In a Gotham Gazette op-ed, Legal Aid Society attorneys Rigodis Appling & Jason Wu speak to the consequences of a police culture where lies and the violation of rights is a norm.

LAS Files Lawsuit Challenging Systemic Discrimination by the NYS Justice Center

The Legal Aid Society filed a lawsuit on behalf of client Michael McCoy in New York State Supreme Court against the New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs (Justice...

Op-Ed: When Courts Become Superspreaders

Resuming proceedings in the city's court buildings will needlessly put vulnerable New Yorkers in danger.

NYC Public Defenders File Federal Lawsuit to Halt In-Person Non-Emergency Court Matters

OCA’s Proposal Violates the Americans With Disabilities Act, Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and Rehabilitation Act of 1973, reports the New York Law Journal.

LAS Calls On NYPD to Fire Officers Involved in Attack on Client

Legal Aid also demands that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance dismiss all pending charges relating to this case, reports The City.

LAS Presses Albany to Pass Bills Protecting Children in Police Interrogations

Proposed laws aim to protect children because they are not able to assert their rights during police interrogations, reports The City.

LAS Continues to Warn Against Potential “Tsunami” of Evictions in NYC

New cases could force tens of thousands of financially struggling New Yorkers out of their homes, reports NY Daily News.

Opinion: Cops are Using Fear to Fight Reform

Marie Ndiaye, Supervising Attorney of our Decarceration Project, penned an op-ed in City Limits on the fear-mongering and dog-whistling tactics employed by the NYPD to resist reform.

LAS in the News 7.10.20

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