lobby day and press conference to demand passage of speedy trial reform
**RELEASE FOR MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017** KERRY KENNEDY AND ADVOCATES HOST LOBBY DAY AND PRESS CONFERENCE TO DEMAND PASSAGE OF SPEEDY TRIAL REFORM STALLING OF BILL LEAVES THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS WITHOUT A RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL SENATE AND GOVERNOR CUOMO MUST ACT AND PASS S-1998A TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW YORK’S CRIMINAL […]
saratogian: kerry kennedy calls on passage of bill for speedy trials
ALBANY, N.Y. >> Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ex-wife Kerry Kennedy called Monday for passage of a bill to guarantee speedy trials to defendants who are being held in pre-trial detention for months if not years. “The innocent are coerced into pleading guilty to crimes that they did not commit, just to go back to their homes […]
communities seek strategies to combat opioid epidemic
Harry Brust looked up from the chair next to his prison cot, its sheet neatly tucked under the mattress, and recalled his first attempt to shake addiction. His leg twitched, and his foot tapped the ground with nearly every word. This isn’t his first time in prison, but it’s different. He’s in a program where […]
LOBBY DAY AND PRESS CONFERENCE TO DEMAND PASSAGE OF SPEEDY TRIAL REFORM
Posted on June 05, 2017 **RELEASE FOR MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017** KERRY KENNEDY AND ADVOCATES HOST LOBBY DAY AND PRESS CONFERENCE TO DEMAND PASSAGE OF SPEEDY TRIAL REFORM STALLING OF BILL LEAVES THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS WITHOUT A RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL SENATE AND GOVERNOR CUOMO MUST ACT AND PASS S-1998A TO IMPROVE THE […]
