Reuven Blau - THE CITY
By Reuven Blau - THE CITY
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Fast Forward Brooklyn DA asked Cuomo to commute sentence for child molester in Hasidic community
The plea on behalf of Nachemya Weberman, who has only served nine years of a 50-year sentence, appears to be the only time District Attorney Eric Gonzalez intervened for someone convicted of a sex crime.
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News After new bail reform, New York is scrambling to get enough ankle monitors
This story was originally published on January 17, 2020 by THE CITY When sweeping bail reform was passed last April, state lawmakers allowed for the use of some kind of electronic monitoring for defendants charged with certain felonies. The reforms went into effect at the beginning of the year — and now city criminal justice…
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