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Fact Check: Justice Alito’s misleading claim about sex offender rearrests
“Repeat sex offenders pose an especially grave risk to children. ‘When convicted sex offenders reenter society, they are much more likely than any other type of offender to be rearrested […]
Idaho judge: No sex for man convicted of rape
TWIN FALLS, Idaho — An Idaho judge has ordered a 19-year-old man not to have sex with anyone before he marries as part of his sentencing for statutory rape of […]
Eliminate statutes of limitations for rape
Last week it was announced that California had, at long last, eliminated the statute of limitations for all felony sexual abuse matters, including rape, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed […]
New York City gang rape charges dropped
NEW YORK — Prosecutors said Wednesday a young woman who accused five teenage boys of chasing away her father and gang-raping her in a playground has recanted her story and […]
Rikers Island guard guard charged with rape
NEW YORK — Authorities say a Rikers Island correction officer has been suspended after having sex with an inmate. A criminal complaint states Nicole Bartley told investigators she was “fooled” […]
Rapist gets 16 years in prison
Monroe County Court Judge Thomas Rainbow Morse has sentenced Jeremy Newton to 16 years in state prison and 20 years post-release supervision for his Aug. 17 conviction on multiple sexual […]
Police release video showing suspect in rape
BUFFALO — Police have released a parking lot surveillance video of a man suspected of having raped a college student as she walked near a Buffalo park. Authorities say the […]
Justices consider Texas rape-murder case
WASHINGTON — A black inmate on Texas’ death row who claims he had a clandestine relationship with a white woman but did not rape or kill her is asking the […]
California approves landmark ‘yes means yes’ law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday that he has signed a bill that makes California the first in the nation to define when “yes means yes” and […]
Court of Appeals — Rape: People v. Johnson
New York State Court of Appeals Rape Date Rape Drug — Plea Allocution People v. Johnson No. 101 Memorandum Background: The defendant was indicted on two counts of rape and […]
Court of Appeals — Rape: People v. McCray
New York State Court of Appeals Rape Complainant’s Undisclosed Psychiatric Records People v. McCray No. 40 Judge Smith Background: The defendant, prosecuted for rape, sought disclosure of the complainant’s mental […]
Man convicted of raping 5 prostitutes
A 26-year-old Rochester man faces up to 50 years in prison after being convicted of raping five prostitutes he met online. The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office told local media […]
Case Digests
- Court of Appeals – Recording police activity: Reyes v. City of New York
- Second Circuit – Tax liens and levies: Besicorp v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- Fourth Department -Tax assessment: Syracuse University v. City of Syracuse
- Fourth Department – Burglary plea: People v. Small
- Court of Appeals – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Fernandez
- Fourth Department – Youthful offender status: People v. Speed
- Fourth Department – Child neglect: Matter of De’Lawrence S. III
- Court of Appeals – Missing witness instruction: People v. Khiamdavanh
- Second Circuit – Securities fraud: Huey v. Anavex Life Sciences Corp.
- Fourth Department – Probation conditions violations: People v. Relyea
- Fourth Department – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Remington
Law News
- Rochester man files suit over ‘warning notice’ from ICE
- Lawsuit dismissed in Rochester police chase car crash
- NY appeals court reinstates criminal charges
- Cybersecurity requires strategy, culture and vigilance, local experts advise
- Gun conviction reversed over illegal search
- NY appeals court grants new trial for defendant who attacked RPD officer
- NY appeals court reinstates attempted murder charge
- Harris Beach Murtha adds Boston firm Peabody & Arnold
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