Kevin Seefried of Delaware was one of the first in a wave of pro-Trump rioters to breach the building where Congress was certifying electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Courts and the Judiciary”
70 N.Y. Judges Went on a Montauk Retreat. 20 Came Down With the Virus.
By Gotham Rex on May 18, 2022
A judicial gathering at a seaside resort, with karaoke included, became a superspreader event. Source: New York Times
Family Court Lawyers Flee Low-Paying Jobs. Parents and Children Suffer.
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2022
New York hasn’t raised the attorneys’ fees since 2004, creating a shortage that has denied the most vulnerable their constitutional right to a lawyer. Source: New York Times
New York’s Bail Laws Are Changing Again. Here’s How.
By Gotham Rex on April 11, 2022
Governor Kathy Hochul pushed for a rewrite of the 2019 laws governing the criminal justice system. Source: New York Times
New York’s Bail Laws, Reconsidered: 5 Things to Know
By Gotham Rex on March 29, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing legislative leaders to adopt changes to the state’s bail laws as part of the state budget, due April 1. Source: New York Times
Push for More Restrictive Bail Law Gains a Key Ally: Gov. Hochul
By Gotham Rex on March 17, 2022
Ms. Hochul wants to expand the list of crimes eligible for bail in New York, and give judges the power to consider the danger a defendant poses in setting bail for certain crimes. Source: New York Times
Thomas Demakos, Judge in Howard Beach Murder Case, Dies at 98
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
In a notorious 1987 trial over the death of a Black man in New York City, he ruled that defense lawyers could not exclude potential jurors on the basis of race. Source: New York Times
New York’s Chief Judge Wants to Consolidate the Court Network
By Gotham Rex on February 16, 2022
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore wants the State Legislature to approve her plan to consolidate the state’s sprawling court network, which would condense 11 trial courts into 2. Source: New York Times
Gerald Stern, a Founding New York Judicial Watchdog, Dies at 86
By Gotham Rex on January 12, 2022
He was the first head of a state commission that investigated misconduct by judges and meted out discipline in nearly 600 cases during his 29-year tenure. Source: New York Times
What Is Hindsight Bias And Why Does it Matter in Maxwell Trial?
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2021
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell may call an expert on hindsight bias, a phenomenon in which people claim, after the fact, to have known what was going to happen in a given situation. Source: New York Times
Jeffrey Epstein's Black Book Was Shown to Maxwell Trial Jurors
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2021
The so-called “little black book” has been the subject of intense speculation. Source: New York Times
U.S. Senate Confirms First Muslim Federal District Judge
By Gotham Rex on June 11, 2021
The judge, Zahid N. Quraishi of New Jersey, said after his selection by President Biden, “Candidly, I would prefer to be the hundredth, if not the thousandth.” Source: New York Times
2 Leading Manhattan D.A. Candidates Face the Trump Question
By Gotham Rex on June 2, 2021
Alvin Bragg and Tali Farhadian Weinstein both had dealings with President Donald J. Trump’s administration that Mr. Trump could try to use against them. Source: New York Times
Paul Feinman, First Openly Gay Judge on N.Y. High Court, Dies at 61
By Gotham Rex on April 1, 2021
“I hope I add to the diversity of perspectives that the court considers,” he said before being unanimously confirmed to the Court of Appeals in 2017. Source: New York Times
Judges Juggle Over 2,700 Cases Each as Families Wait for Day in Court
By Gotham Rex on March 17, 2021
Short-handed and deluged by complex cases, New Jersey’s federal court is in a crisis. The backlog of cases has only gotten worse in the pandemic. Source: New York Times