Monthly Archives: April 2018
‘NCIS’ May Be More Science Fiction Than Science Fact
For the most part, the forensic evidence that many criminal prosecutions rely on is nothing but razzle dazzle, according to scientists from the now-disbanded National Commission for Forensic Science. Dr. Arturo Casadevall, the lead study author, flatly stated that “many of the forensic techniques used today to put people in jail have no scientific… Read More »
Jets’ Wide Receiver Dodges One Bullet, Delays Another One
The troubled wide receiver’s legal problems became a little less pressing after Florida prosecutors dropped most of the new charges against him and agreed to a six-month continuance in another case. In January 2018, officers pulled over a wide receiver for the Jets for travelling 105mph in a 45mph zone. He was very combative… Read More »
Several New Yorkers Caught In Multistate Dragnet
After a two-year investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency officers in Maryland arrested nineteen people who were allegedly part of a drug pipeline running from the Bronx to Baltimore. According to prosecutors, one 42-year-old man sold large quantities of fentanyl and heroin in the Cherry Hill and Brooklyn sections of NYC, south Baltimore, and areas of… Read More »
Aaron Hernandez Defense Attorney Saw Signs of Possible Brain Damage During Murder Trial
source: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/aaron-hernandez-defense-attorney-saw-signs-of-possible-brain-damage-during-murder-trial/ One of the lawyers who helped acquit former NFL player Aaron Hernandez of murder charges said Monday that her late client exhibited symptoms during his trial which might be attributable to the degenerative brain disease CTE. Criminal defense Attorney Linda Kenney Baden made the revelation during a Monday appearance on the Law&Crime… Read More »
Opposition Grows To NYC Regional Jails
People convicted of crimes in New York City may not be going to Rikers Island much longer, and no one is exactly sure where they will be going. But the post-conviction criminal procedure should remain the same. In 2017, a commission recommended closing Rikers Island, which is almost universally seen as a sprawling, isolated,… Read More »
