ACP coordinates the assignment of attorneys to represent individuals who cannot afford to retain an attorney in various Criminal and Family Court matters.
To see how local jails are handling emergencies, The Marshall Project’s teams in Cleveland, St. Louis and Jackson, Mississippi, analyzed months of 911 records. ... See MoreSee Less
New York filed suit in an upstate federal court Monday to defend new state laws passed to protect New Yorkers from federal immigration enforcement. ... See MoreSee Less
It didn’t quite accomplish that aim: Trump’s Department of Justice also filed a suit attacking those same laws that hit the docket a few minutes before the
A New York state court system rule requiring criminal and family judges to visit at least one detention facility every year significantly expands a pre-existing rule. ... See MoreSee Less
A New York state court system rule requiring criminal and family judges to visit at least one detention facility every year significantly expands a pre-existing rule and may change sentencing and deci...
All judges in the state’s criminal and family courts responsible for sentencing people will be required to visit at least one jail, prison or detention facility a year, per new rules the state’s court system announced Monday. ... See MoreSee Less
New York is now the first state in the nation to mandate annual visits by all trial court judges who make sentencing or detention decisions. The visits will
Lawyers for parents accused of abuse and neglect are suing the New York City court system over a proposed policy that had been scheduled to take effect June 22, allowing judges to order on-site, supervised drug tests in the family courts. ... See MoreSee Less