ACP coordinates the assignment of attorneys to represent individuals who cannot afford to retain an attorney in various Criminal and Family Court matters.
ACP coordinates the assignment of attorneys to represent individuals who cannot afford to retain an attorney in various Criminal and Family Court matters.
-Legislative Reform Resource Materials Update
-New Discovery Law Decisions and Standing Order
-Recent Bail Reform News
-Amendments to Parole Regulations to Take Effect Later This Year
News Picks from NYSDA Staff- January 17, 2020
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"'New York's bail reform is just one piece of a nationwide campaign to undo decades of a New Jim Crow that has turned America into the biggest jailer on the planet. Bail reform was inspired by people like Kalief Browder - a kid who was stopped and frisked by Bronx cops, charged on flimsy evidence with stealing a backpack and held on $3,000 bail in Rikers for three years before all charges were dropped.
He never recovered from the trauma and depression; at age 22, he hanged himself.
"The facts are that ending cash bail for low-level and middling crimes works — unclogging jails and giving people awaiting their trial a chance to hold their lives together, with the vast majority showing up for their court appearances."'
Will Bunch: As NY freaks out over bail, can America ever choose justice over vengeance?
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A panic over bail reform in New York State and a backlash against progressive DAs raises questions over whether mass incarceration can be ended.Syracuse’s own, and ACP Resource Attorney Rob Wells is a guest commentator on Court TV today while they discuss the Weinstein case. Go Rob!!
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