Central New York Injury Lawyer on Compensation for Wrongful Convictions
Eighteen years is a long time, especially if you spend them in jail for a crime you did not commit. Just ask Frank Sterling of Rochester, New York. Local news sources report that DNA evidence recently...
View ArticleYates County Jail Suicide May Be Basis Of New York Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A small, inconspicuous article caught my eye in the Geneva Finger Lakes times today. It was titled, “Teen Inmate Found Hanging in Jail Cell” and described how a 17-year old at the Yates County Jail in...
View ArticleBill In Albany Would Allow Lawsuits By Wrongfully Convicted Even If They Gave...
These days, thanks to the “Innocent Project” and advances in DNA testing, more and more victims of wrongful conviction are able to prove their innocence, even after many years behind bars. This gets...
View ArticleNY Wrongful Conviction Settlement Is Big, As It Should Be (Central NY...
Wrongful convictions in New York are probably a lot more common than we think. But proving a wrongfully conviction is indeed rare. It’s not easy peeling away at a skillful prosecutor’s evidence,...
View ArticleIf You Want To Bring A New York Wrongful Conviction Claim You Need Clean Hands
If you’ve been wrongfully convicted of a crime, and you want to be compensated for it, you need to explore several legal avenues of redress. If there was some government wrongdoing – on behalf of the...
View ArticleCan Monkeys Bring Personal Injury Lawsuits in New York?
Meet my future client. This week a New York judge granted two chimpanzees a hearing to challenge their confinement at Stony Brook University. Well, actually the judge granted the hearing to the chimps’...
View ArticleNew York Judge Denies Request to Extend Legal Rights to 2 Chimps
I blogged about this case before when the judge granted the monkeys a hearing. But I find it fascinating and wanted to post an update. In a case watched closely by animal rights activists, a State...
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