Opinion: Albany must pass legislation to protect young New Yorkers from invasive police interrogations

Opinion: Albany must pass legislation to protect young New Yorkers from invasive police interrogations

“At 16-years-old, I waived my rights without understanding them, and that culminated in a false confession that ultimately cost me 16 years in prison for murder and rape prior to DNA evidence exonerating me. But my case is not the only one.”

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Opinion: Justice LaSalle blessed skin color discrimination in jury selection. That’s disqualifying.

Opinion: Justice LaSalle blessed skin color discrimination in jury selection. That’s disqualifying.

“New Yorkers deserve a chief judge who will recognize the full scope of rights afforded to us under the Constitution. Justice LaSalle’s record in Bridgeforth and beyond makes clear he is not the person for the job. “

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Opinion: Meet racial violence with anti-racist policies that address systemic issues

Opinion: Meet racial violence with anti-racist policies that address systemic issues

We call upon the nation's leadership at all levels – and across political, religious, academic, business and community institutions – to immediately confront the historically rooted pattern of racially motivated, systemic violence directed particularly at Black, Brown, Asian and Indigenous people.

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