On probation since 2018, Earl Russell was sent to Rikers for sleeping in his own bed instead of in the shelter where he was mandated to stay. Source: New York Times
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About 20% of N.J. Prisoners Could Be Freed to Avoid Virus
By Gotham Rex on July 30, 2020
Believed to be the first Covid-19 bill of its kind, the legislation could free more than 3,000 New Jersey prisoners who are within a year of release. Source: New York Times
Judge Orders Cohen Released, Citing ‘Retaliation’ Over Tell-All Book
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2020
A judge agreed that federal officials had returned Michael D. Cohen to prison because he wanted to publish a book this fall about President Trump. Source: New York Times
Government Denies Cohen Was Imprisoned to Stop Trump Book
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2020
Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he was returned to prison as retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir about President Trump. Source: New York Times
Michael Cohen Claims in Suit He Was Imprisoned to Stop Trump Book
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2020
President Trump’s former lawyer said in court papers that officials returned him to prison to prevent him from finishing a book that paints the president as a racist. Source: New York Times
Sheldon Silver, Former N.Y. Assembly Speaker, Will Finally Go to Prison
By Gotham Rex on July 20, 2020
Mr. Silver receives a sentence of 78 months after two trials. He had asked for home confinement, arguing that he was vulnerable to the coronavirus. Source: New York Times
Spike in N.Y.C. Shootings Leaves 64 Shot and 10 Dead
By Gotham Rex on July 6, 2020
The victims included a young father who was shot while holding hands with his 6-year-old daughter in the Bronx. Source: New York Times
Michael Cohen, Ex-Trump Lawyer, Leaves Prison Early Because of Virus
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2020
Mr. Cohen, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and other crimes, had been imprisoned at a minimum-security camp in New York. Source: New York Times