Suffolk County D.A. Rachael Rollins’s Office is Still Prosecuting Cases She Pledged to Drop Boston’s top prosecutor says big changes are in the works; advocates plan to keep pushing. Emma Whitford
New York Agency Declines to Help Trans Woman Allegedly Harassed by Law Enforcement She is suing the Division of Human Rights for saying it’s not authorized to investigate her complaint. Emma Whitford
Louisiana Judge Threatens To Appoint Every Eligible Lawyer To Death Penalty Case After the state cut funds for capital defense, there’s a growing wait list of people in jail without a lawyer. Emma Whitford
Lawsuit: Manhattan D.A.’s Office Tracks Cops With ‘Credibility’ Problems, But Refuses To Release Its List The office has criticized the NYPD for shielding officers’ misconduct histories, but it won’t share its own information on police dishonesty. George Joseph, Emma Whitford
In New York, Most Parolees Can Now Vote—But Many County Websites Say They Can’t As Thursday's election approaches, confusion reigns. Emma Whitford
Here Are the Criminal Justice Issues Andrew Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon Should Debate From policing to parole, this election could be pivotal for reform. Emma Whitford
More Than A Month After Anti-ICE Protests, Detained NYC Immigrants Still Denied In-Person Hearings Their attorneys say the new video-teleconferencing policy is exacerbating backlogs and prolonging detention. Emma Whitford
ICE Limits Access To Lawyers For NYC Immigrants In Detention, Citing Protests Advocates decry court's shift to using teleconferencing for hearings. Emma Whitford
Queens DA releases final report on massage worker’s death, calling sex work ‘degrading and humiliating’ As anticipated, district attorney finds no misconduct in raid that led to Yang Song’s fatal fall. Melissa Gira Grant, Emma Whitford
New Evidence in the Death of a Queens Massage Worker Surveillance video sheds some light on the police raid that killed Yang Song last year while, advocates say, the raids continue. Emma Whitford, Melissa Gira Grant
NYC Mayor Remains Intent on Restricting Legal Help for Immigrants with Felony Convictions Emma Whitford
NYC Transgender Activist Says She Was Criminalized For Defending Herself Against Abuser Her former partner assaulted her in her home. When the police arrived, she was arrested and he walked free. Emma Whitford
A National Campaign to Crack Down on Massage Businesses May Harm the Women it Wants to Help Melissa Gira Grant, Emma Whitford
Los Angeles Public Defender’s Office Has A New Interim Leader — And She’s Never Represented Indigent Clients Emma Whitford
NYC Agency Uses Brooklyn Gang Raid To Encourage Evictions Of Entire Families From Public Housing Emma Whitford
Family, Former Attorney of Queens Woman Who Fell to Her Death in Vice Sting Say She Was Sexually Assaulted, Pressured to Become an Informant Melissa Gira Grant, Emma Whitford
After Deadly Vice Sting, Advocates Say End to Prostitution Arrests Is Long Overdue Emma Whitford, Melissa Gira Grant
