Posts in April, 2014

Apr 30 Men wrongfully convicted of rape and murder awarded $18 million

Three men spent 18 years in prison after being convicted of raping and murdering a teenage Long Island girl in 1984. But when DNA ...

Apr 25 Long Island woman alleged to hold drug sales at school bus depot

A Long Island school bus driver has pleaded not guilty after being indicted on drug trafficking charges. Authorities claim that ...

Apr 23 Staten Island woman accused of leaving son at playground

Sometimes, a crime story in the media is so sensational, that the first instinct for many readers is that authorities should ...

Apr 18 New York judge cites double jeopardy in dismissing fraud charge

Readers may have heard the term “double jeopardy” before. In the legal world, the double jeopardy protection means that one cannot ...

Apr 16 Woman says New York man was true drug dealer

Sometimes, a person is charged with a drug offense when he or she is completely innocent. In other cases, the person is guilty of ...

Apr 11 Criminal prosecutions based on hip-hop lyrics on the rise

Many people believe that art is a reflection of the human experience, without necessarily being a literal interpretation of it. ...