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After nearly three years of financial crisis, Long Island brothers and business owners Jeffrey, Richard and Mitch Hirsch are getting back on solid ground.

In 1996, Shirley Smith moved from Illinois to Van Nuys, California to help her daughter Tomeka care of her newborn son, and two other young children.

Keeping the public safe during the holiday season means more hours, longer hours for our State Police, who are again participating in a nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.

Sam Antar, former CFO of New York’s Crazy Eddie’s, spoke in November to students and faculty at UNI.  He speaks from experience, reviewing the traits and telltale signs to watch for to prevent being scammed.  He is plainspoken:  “I committed my crimes because I could,” he said, adding that he stopped only because he got caught.  In his seminars, he details the character traits that make for a good victim, and for a good fraudster.   He emphasizes that white-collar crime is a crime of persuasion. According to the article, fully 43% of white-collar crimes are disclosed not by audits, but by tipsters.  Tipsters typically include ex-wives, ex-girlfriends, and former employees – people with motivations.  Law enforcement officers act on these tips and begin investigations. These investigations always involve an interview of the accused, and frequently these cases are largely based on statements given by the accused himself. If you suspect you are being investigated for white collar crime, you need to engage a good criminal defense attorney.  You need an experienced, knowledgeable attorney to begin preparing your defense and to help you stay out of trouble.

It was almost 20 years ago when the US Congress passed tough mandatory sentences for drug crimes, amid alarm over the devastation of crack cocaine.

32-year-old Jeffrey Deskovic had spent 16 years in prison. As a 16-year-old, he was sentenced in 1989 to a sentence of 15-to-life for confessing to the rape and murder of a classmate of his.

If you’ve been following the news in New York, you’ve undoubtedly seen dozens of stories about wrongful imprisonment. Whether they were about the Central Park 5 or William Lopez, the man who died of an asthma attack mere days before his case was to be heard in court, there has been no shortage of stories about wrongful imprisonment.

Who suffers the most when an individual is wrongfully convicted? Well, most certainly, it is the wrongfully imprisoned themselves. Are they the only ones who suffer, though? Definitely not, but many courts and laws would have you think so.

A New York City man was robbed of the justice he deserved when, after serving twenty-three years for a crime he didn’t commit, he suffered a fatal asthma attack just days before his $124 million wrongful imprisonment lawsuit.

New York City police officers will soon undergo three days of annual training designed to teach the proper use of force following the chokehold death of an unarmed man earlier this summer. The announcement was made public by police commissioner William Bratton today.