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News Archive for "Criminal Justice Reform"

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LAS Condemns Denial of Critical Early Representation for Detained New Yorkers

The NYPD has trampled on due process for individuals arrested during the George Floyd protests, reports THE CITY.

LAS Supports Governor Cuomo’s Call to Repeal Police Secrecy Law 50-A

“Now, more than ever, with police violence raging unchecked in cities across the country, New York must live up to its progressive ideals by ending police secrecy," reads a Statement from The Legal Aid Society.

LAS Calls for Shift Toward Decarceration Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

"The last couple of weeks have obviously pressed forward in a very hypercritical way the need for us to decarcerate our jails and prisons,” Tina Luongo, Attorney-in-Charge of the Criminal Defense Practice, tells The Atlantic.

Op-Ed: Fear Prevailed in the Crusade to Undo New York’s Bail Reforms

Attorneys from The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice penned an op-ed in City Limits decrying the new state budget, which was used by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to force a rollback of bail reform.

LAS, NYCLU Sue to Reform New York’s Broken Parole System

The class-action lawsuit challenges the unconstitutional automatic jailing of people held in New York City jails while waiting for a hearing for alleged parole violations, reports the New York Law Journal.

Op-Ed: Cuomo is Exploiting a Pandemic to Roll Back Bail Reform

Staff Attorneys from The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice sound the alarm over New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's intent to force rollbacks to 2019's bail reform through changes in the state budget, in today's Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

Op-Ed: End The Hate-Filled Tirade Against NY Bail Laws

Anne Oredeko, Supervising Attorney of the Racial Justice Unit at The Legal Aid Society, penned an op-ed in City Limits in defense of the newly enacted bail law and urged Albany lawmakers to protect the reform.

Public Defenders Call Out NYPD on Fearmongering, Lies About Crime Increase

The Legal Aid Society, along with other local defenders, released a joint analysis of data that shows a sharp decline in the number of new criminal cases throughout the city in the first two months of 2020, as compared with the same period last year, according to the New York Post.

LTE: Albany Must Legalize Marijuana Now

Anthony Posada, Supervising Attorney of the Community Justice Unit at The Legal Aid Society, responded to a recent opinion piece in the New York Daily News urging state lawmakers to repeal marijuana legalization.

LAS Calls on NYS Lawmakers to Hold Firm on Bail Reform

The Legal Aid Society also warned of legislating a “dangerousness” provision, a tool that some states employ which requires judges to engage in the wholly unreliable guesswork of predicting future crimes, reports Gothamist.