There often is a double standard when it comes to criminal justice. One set of laws for the rich and another for the rest of us. In New York, there appears to be a double standard as well. One level of punishment for white-collar crooks and one for everyone else.
READ MORETake The Subway To Work And Get A Body Scan
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued a press release in August it will be the first to use body scanners this fall, placing an extra layer of security to the country’s third-largest transit system. Amtrak and New Jersey Transit are thinking about it, officials said. The system has been tested at Washington’s Union Station.
READ MOREA Sixty-Year-Old New York Mystery May Affect A 2018 Investigation
A sixty-year old New York mystery may block Special Prosecutor Mueller’s effort to release grand jury testimony.
READ MORENew York Representative Hopes To End White Privilege Habit Of Calling Police For Persons Being Black
If one New York State representative achieves his goal, calling law enforcement on someone based on race could be illegal and force the caller to pay a fine.
READ MOREWhat Is Insider Trading And How Could You Be Caught?
Congressman Chris Collins of New York was recently indicted for insider trading. The fact that Collins sets on the committee which helps to oversee the pharmaceutical industry only complicates the issue.
READ MOREWhat Can Sheldon Silver Expect In Prison?
When Sheldon Silver, the disgraced ex-speaker of the New York state Assembly, was sentenced to seven years behind bars, observers wondered which ‘Club Fed” the 74-year-old would be sent to.
READ MOREHow Is Kidnapping Defined In New York
When Daniel Nieves went to bed one night in December, he didn’t think someone would break-in, pistol-whip him, burn him with a clothing iron and waterboard him. Not many persons would expect 8-hours of torture when all they wanted was a good night’s sleep. Now, two of the men, Rahel Markus and Michael Crumble face […]
READ MOREGoing From The Red Carpet Walk To The Perp Walk
Harvey Weinstein is looking at more charges of sexual assault in New York. The shamed former-movie mogul was handed the new charges which included another count of criminal sexual act and two of predatory sexual assault.
READ MOREHow To Legally Protest In New York City
Therese Okumou was taken into custody on Independence Day for climbing the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal during an immigration policy protest.
READ MORESexual Assault: A Movie Producer, A Physician And The Statute Of Limitations
Harvey Weinstein isn’t the only person facing sexual abuse charges in New York City. A Manhattan attorney has been charged with similar crimes. What is the statute of limitations for sexual assault crimes in the state?
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