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		<title>Waivers-of-Prosecution-To-Be Protest Across Brooklyn Bridge</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bahar Mirhosseini
Thousands of Trees blocked the Brooklyn Bridge this morning, to protest being processed as paper which would be used for waivers of prosecution.  Each year, thousands – if not millions – of complainants in misdemeanor domestic violence cases sign waivers of prosecution to formally express to prosecutors that they want the charges dismissed.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony to the Government Operations Committee on Int. 1025</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Cynthia H. Conti-Cook
Associate, Stoll, Glickman &#038; Bellina, LLP
Re: Testimony to the Government Operations Committee Hearing regarding Int. No. 1025 – A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to requiring the Corporation Counsel to submit quarterly reports to the City Council detailing the number and disposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actual Innocence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Cynthia H. Conti-Cook
Associate, Stoll, Glickman &#038; Bellina, LLP
The NY Times today reported that &#8220;actual innocence&#8221; is squeezing in next to &#8220;harmless error&#8221; and &#8220;ineffective assistance&#8221; as something for judges to consider when considering a conviction on appeal. 
“I find the due process clause of our state Constitution requires a procedural mechanism be provided for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming City Council Hearing on Documenting NYPD Civil Rights Lawsuits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Cynthia H. Conti-Cook
Associate, Stoll, Glickman &#038; Bellina, LLP
So recently there has been some potentially exciting developments in how the City of New York will hold the NYPD accountable for its civil rights violations. In early December, the City Council Committee on Government Operations will be holding a hearing about proposed legislation that will require [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer Facing Prison Explains &#8216;Vernacular&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The New York Law Journal
Mark Fass
08-05-2009
After three decades as a defense attorney, Robert Simels took the stand himself for the first time yesterday, in order to defend against charges that he plotted with his client, the since-convicted Guyanese drug kingpin Shaheed Khan, to threaten and bribe potential witnesses.
Throughout the week-and-a-half-long trial, Mr. Simels&#8217; defense has [...]]]></description>
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