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The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) Thursday filed a class action lawsuit to challenge Section 510(3) of the New York Judiciary Law, which disqualifies people convicted of felonies from serving on juries, no matter the nature of the offense or how long ago the convictions occurred. The civil rights action challenges what the NYCLU [...]

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. Thursday moved to vacate 188 misdemeanor convictions tied to eight New York City Police Department officers. This request represents part of an ongoing review by the DA Office’s Post-Conviction Justice Unit of more than 1,100 cases connected to a list of 22 former NYPD officers. Bragg noted that the [...]

One of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X is seeking USD 40 million in compensatory damages from the City of New York after he was proven innocent of involvement in the killing last year. Muhammad Aziz was arrested on February 26, 1965 at the age of 26 for killing the civil rights [...]

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced that it charged five defendants with several crimes related to an effort by the People’s Republic of China to “stalk, harass and spy on” Chinese nationals living in the United States. In a statement, Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the DOJ National Security Division said [...]

Law students from the University of Ottawa are filing dispatches for JURIST on the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Canada’s capital that has paralyzed the city for some three weeks. Here, 1L Mélanie Cantin reports.  The Confederate flag and Nazi swastika were spotted on the first weekend the Freedom Convoy arrived in Ottawa, but casual onlookers [...]

The New York Times Sunday published the results of an investigation into police traffic stops in the United States finding that in the last five years officers have killed more than 400 vehicle occupants who were “not wielding a gun or knife under pursuit for a violent crime.” Since 2016, only five officers have been [...]

A New York state judge on Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction of New York City’s vaccine mandate for city employees. Under the new mandate, city employees must prove their vaccination status by October 29, 2021. A weekly COVID-19 testing option is available “only if an employer has granted an employee a reasonable [...]

According to documents filed by the Wellesley Police Department in the Dedham District Court, former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been criminally charged with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 years of age. In a Zoom video conference call held in January, the unnamed victim relayed events that allegedly occurred [...]

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) joined with several other legal entities in a lawsuit Tuesday accusing New York Police officers of race discrimination, police brutality and violating the free speech of a peaceful protester. The lawsuit, filed against the City of New York, the mayor of New York, the Police Commissioner, and [...]

A class action lawsuit was filed Monday in the Western District of New York accusing the Rochester Police Department (RPD) of racist practices and a “pattern … of using excessive force.” Plaintiffs include residents of the city of Rochester, New York, who have been subjected to excessive force by the RPD within the last year, [...]