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JUDGE WHO GRANTED BAIL TO GUARD WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO KILLING ROBERT BROOKS GOT CAMPAIGN DONATIONS FROM DEFENSE COUNSEL
STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JAMES P. MCCLUSKY GRANTED DAVID WALTERS RELEASE ON BAIL. MCCLUSKY GOT CAMPAIGN DONATIONS FROM A LAWYER WHO DEFENDED ANOTHER GUARD ACCUSED OF KILLING BROOKS
‘EXTREMELY DISTURBING’: GUARD WHO ADMITTED KILLING ROBERT BROOKS GRANTED BAIL PENDING APPEAL
DECISION CALLS INTO QUESTION GUILTY PLEAS OF OTHER DEFENDANTS IN THE ROBERT BROOKS AND MESIAH NANTWI CASES
THE EASIEST WAY TO VISIT SOMEONE AT ATTICA IS TO BLOW A HOLE IN THE WALL WITH A TRUCK BOMB
STATE OFFICIALS TURN PRISON'S 'VISITOR'S CENTER' INTO MINI-PRISON
PROSECUTION WITNESS IN ROBERT BROOKS MURDER CASE SAYS PRISON GUARD BEAT HIM IN RETALIATION
MICHAEL PEACOCK SAYS HE WAS BEATEN AND SENT TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN ATTICA FOR TESTIFYING AGAINST GUARDS WHO KILLED BROOKS. PRISON OFFICIALS REFUSED TO ALLOW REPORTER TO VISIT HIM
H. RAP BROWN, BLACK MAN AMERICA LOVED TO HATE, HAS DIED
SAID "VIOLENCE IS PART OF AMERICA'S CULTURE. IT IS AS AMERICAN AS CHERRY PIE." BECAME IMAM JAMIL ABDULLAH AL-AMIN. WAS SERVING LIFE SENTENCE FOR KILLING GEORGIA COP
'SO MANY LIVES DESTROYED IN A MOMENT': 4 MORE GUARDS SENT TO PRISON FOR KILLING ROBERT BROOKS
ANTHONY FARINA, NICHOLAS ANZALONE, MICHAEL MASHAW AND DAVID WALTERS WERE PART OF A GANG OF WHITE GUARDS THAT KILLED BROOKS, WHO WAS BLACK, AT THE MARCY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN DECEMBER 2024
LEGACY OF 50-A: WHY IS LETITIA JAMES TRYING TO RESURRECT A REPEALED LAW MAKING POLICE RECORDS SECRET?
"I THOUGHT COPS WERE SUPPOSED EXPOSE LAWBREAKERS, NOT COVER UP FOR THEM."
UPDATED: MARCY GUARD WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO KILLING ROBERT BROOKS LOSES LONG-SHOT BID TO VACATE PLEA
DAVID WALTERS COPPED TO MANSLAUGHTER, AGREED TO 2 1/3-TO-7 YEAR SENTENCE FOR FAILING TO STOP OTHER GUARDS FROM KILLING ROBERT BROOKS
UPDATED: NEW YORK TO CLOSE ADIRONDACK PRISON THAT MARKED START OF MASS INCARCERATION
MEDIUM-SECURITY BARE HILL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WILL CLOSE IN MARCH
WHAT MAKES A GOOD JUDGE? FELON-TURNED-JOURNALIST EXPLAINS
"I WAS 3 YEARS INTO A 13 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN 1993 WHEN JUSTICE ANTHONY V. CARDONA SENT ME A ‘LETTER.’"
NEW YORK MUST SEIZE WHITNEY PARK TO ADD TO THE STATE FOREST PRESERVE
LIKE GOV. MARIO CUOMO DID, GOV. KATHY HOCHUL SHOULD USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO PROTECT A 36,600-ACRE TRACT OF PRISTINE PRIVATE WILDERNESS IN THE HEART OF ADIRONDACK PARK
THE FREE LANCE ARGUES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO POLICE AND PRISON GUARD DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS IN NEW YORK
POLICE AND PRISON GUARDS IN NEW YORK ACCUSED OF MAJOR MISCONDUCT AND SOMETIMES EVEN CRIMES ARE ENTITLED TO DUE PROCESS HEARINGS BUT EXCEPT FOR THE NYPD THOSE HEARINGS ARE HELD IN SECRET—THE FREE LANCE IS SUING TO OPEN THEM TO THE PUBLIC
PUBLIC ACCESS TO POLICE DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS AND RECORDS NATION-WIDE, 2025
WHICH STATES ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS TO POLICE DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS AND RECORDS, AND WHICH DON’T.
UPDATED: RELIGIOUS LEADER KILLS HIMSELF INSIDE PRISON WHERE GUARDS MURDERED ROBERT BROOKS
CIVILIAN MUSLIM IMAM AT THE MARCY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHOT HIMSELF TO DEATH
WHY ARE NEW YORK'S JUDGES COVERING UP FOR KILLERS? WITH HELP FROM GOV. KATHY HOCHUL AND ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES?
GOV. HOCHUL VETOED REFORM TO NEW YORK’S BROKEN FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW, LETITIA JAMES FIGHTS TOOTH AND NAIL TO BLOCK PUBLIC RELEASE OF POLICE DISCIPLINARY RECORDS
SPLIT VERDICT ROCKS ROBERT BROOKS MURDER TRIAL, 1 CONVICTED, 2 ACQUITTED
1 STATE PRISON GUARD ACCUSED OF KILLING ROBERT BROOKS CONVICTED OF MURDER, 2 ACQUITTED IN STUNNING SPLIT VERDICT