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A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslim groups in New Jersey after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying any resulting harm came from the city’s tactics, not the media’s ...

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WASHINGTON — In a rare move for the bitterly partisan House, Republicans and Democrats have come together to propose major legislation that would reduce prison sentences for some nonviolent drug offenders. The House bill comes just a week after a ...

Adam Rissew, 39, of Rochester, a former Monroe County Public Defender, has pleaded guilty to possession of firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charge carries a mandatory prison term of five years and a $250,000 fine. Rissew, according to ...

WASHINGTON — A push to overhaul criminal sentencing is prompting the early release of thousands of federal drug prisoners, including some whom prosecutors once described as threats to society, according to an Associated Press review of court records. About 6,000 ...

Nikey Hall, 26, of Rochester, who was convicted of brutally assaulting his 1-year-old daughter, was sentenced today by state Supreme Court Justice Alex R. Renzi to 25 years in state prison, plus five years of post-release supervision. According to doctors, the ...

BUFFALO — Authorities say a 57-year-old western New York woman working as a bookkeeper for a Buffalo electrical contractor has been charged with stealing more than a quarter million dollars from her employer. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office says ...

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Cybercrime costs are climbing for companies both in the U.S. and overseas amid a slew of high-profile breaches, according to research released Tuesday. A sixth-annual study by the Ponemon Institute pegged the average annual cost of cybercrime per large U.S. ...

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Marking October as the 28th annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today issued a “Victims of Domestic Violence: Know Your Rights” brochure. The guide, available under the “latest news” section at www.ag.ny.gov, is intended to raise ...

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation on Thursday that would overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system, allowing some nonviolent drug offenders to get reduced prison sentences and giving judges greater discretion in sentencing. “This historic reform bill ...

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For months, police trying to solve a Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a hoodie and black ski mask holding up one gas station or convenience store after ...

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The state’s chief judge on Thursday announced a series of steps the judiciary will soon take to speed up trials in New York City and reduce the number of people waiting behind bars before trial because they can’t afford bail. ...

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Patrick S. O’Mara, 54, of Buffalo, who was convicted of wire fraud for falsely claiming he had been injured on duty as a police officer, has been sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge William M Skretny to six months in ...