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Reginald Cameron’s Exoneration Underscores Need for Reform
The Challenging Wrongful Conviction Act would ease the process for New Yorkers to bring post-conviction challenges.
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LAS Calls on Governor Hochul to Enact Clean Slate Legislation
The transformative legislation will help millions of New Yorkers living with a criminal conviction start anew, increasing their access to jobs, housing, and critical services.
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LAS: NYS Legislatures Must Defend Discovery Reform
Legal Aid is calling on lawmakers to reject a last-minute proposal to undo New York’s transformative and successful evidence sharing laws that were enacted in 2019.
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LAS: Legislature Must Reject Governor’s Proposed Rollbacks to Bail Reform
The Legal Aid Society is calling on lawmakers to follow the data that shows bail reform's success and to reject sensationalized "tough on crime" rhetoric.
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LAS: Mental Health Court Success Makes the Case for Treatment Not Jail Act
A new feature in the
New York Daily News
highlights the positive transformations that are possible when justice-involved New Yorkers have the option of services and support rather than incarceration.
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Op-Ed: Albany Must Keep Bail Reform in Place
Legal Aid's Arielle Reid has penned a new op-ed in the
New York Daily News
refuting Governor Hochl's calls to further erode 2019's bail reforms in her State of the State address.
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LAS Calls on Lawmakers to Protect Young New Yorkers in the Criminal Legal System
Two pieces of legislation, the #Right2RemainSilent bill and The Youth Justice and Opportunities Act, are opportunities to further justice for young New Yorkers.
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LAS: Incarcerated New Yorkers Performed Dangerous Jobs Throughout Pandemic
New data shows the extent to which incarcerated workers were denied personal protective equipment while making between 10 and 65 cents an hour.
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Op-Ed: End New York’s Prison Slavery System
The Legal Aid Society's Attorney-in-Chief Twyla Carter joined State Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblyman Harvey Epstein in calling on lawmakers to formally abolish slavery without exception in New York.
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LAS Calls on Queens District Attorney to Improve Evidence Sharing
Melinda Katz’s prosecutors do not organize discovery documents in any logical way, requiring defense attorneys to comb through hundreds of documents to discern exactly what they are.
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