District court lowers sentence from 225 to 200 months after appeal. Still too long, appeals court says.
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A 200-month sentence imposed on a first-time child pornography offender was thrown out by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday because the judge — May 13, 2019 ..read more
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“I will be absolutely, completely free”
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"Motion Granted." With those words, the Hon. Joseph Zayas of Queens Supreme Court vacated the murder conviction and dismissed the indictment against — December 30, 2019 ..read more
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The judge gave the FBI a warrant to break into computers in Virginia. They used it in New York. Good faith?
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Twelve federal appeals courts have said that the FBI acted in good faith when they used a Virginia warrant to search thousands of computers around the — September 13, 2019 ..read more
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Why clemency is good
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Have a look at David Leonhardt's recent NY Times newsletter, which posits that executive clemency is a critical component of our current criminal justice — February 24, 2020 ..read more
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Freeing Felipe Rodriguez
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Thirteen years ago Nina Morrison, a staff attorney at the Innocence Project - the organization, founded by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, that spawned — January 27, 2020 ..read more
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Criminal Defense in the Time of Coronavirus
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I often say that our clients come to us on the worst day of their lives, the day they are arrested, or learned that a loved one was arrested and may be — March 18, 2020 ..read more
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“Release as many vulnerable people as possible”
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New York City is home to it's own archipelago of three federal jails, three borough jails, eight functioning jails on Rikers Island, two locked prison — March 31, 2020 ..read more
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ZMOLAW adds attorney Ben Notterman
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We are delighted to announce that Benjamin Notterman has joined the Law Office of Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma as an associate attorney. Mr. Notterman comes to — May 19, 2020 ..read more
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces executive clemency for ZMOLAW client
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We are pleased to announce that the governor of New York has granted a sentence commutation to our client, Teara Fatico, reducing her sentence in connection with a 2011 burglary by two years. She will be eligible for release on parole in January 2021 ..read more
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A New Way to Avoid Mandatory Minimum Sentences
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Criminal cases in federal court are driven by mandatory minimum sentences. Drugs, guns, child pornography and sex trafficking (among others) all carry mandatory minimum sentences which used to mean that, if the government has the evidence and won't let you plead to a lesser crime, you do the time. That just might have changed today with ..read more
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