A 1993 murder in Queens has become a gruesome case of déjà vu after a man found guilty of killing his estranged wife by two different juries three decades apart was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Wednesday, seven years after he completed his 26-year prison term for the same crime.
Read MoreNearly two dozen alleged members of a street gang faced new conspiracy and attempted murder charges on Thursday for their role in a “violent spree” of retaliatory shootings against other alleged rival gang members across Central Queens that left three victims injured.
Read MoreJonathan Rinaldi, a perennial candidate who repeatedly used artificial intelligence to create deceptive campaign materials during several failed bids for office, was arrested Wednesday morning in Queens, multiple sources told the Eagle.
Read MoreTwo Queens men who each served around three decades in prison are asking a judge to toss their conviction after they uncovered new evidence that they say proves their innocence.
Read MoreAfter serving 26 years in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit, Michael Robinson was back in a Queens courtroom Thursday, facing a retrial around half a decade after new DNA evidence unraveled his original conviction.
Read MoreA Queens judge this week refused to throw out charges against Jabez Chakraborty, a 23-year-old shot by police while in the throes of a mental health crisis in January, ruling that prosecutors did not violate his rights by indicting him while he was shackled to a hospital bed recovering from his gunshot wounds.
Read MoreTwo Queens police officers robbed and groped a woman working in an illegal brothel while they were on duty, prosecutors alleged on Monday.
Read MoreA Chinese national was found guilty last week of murdering her former lawyer two years ago inside his Queens office.
Read MoreThe city is on pace to hand out a record amount of tax-payer dollars to settle police misconduct cases this year, thanks in no small part to a number of cases where police misconduct led to the wrongful convictions of Queens residents.
Read MoreThe Astoria man accused of fatally stabbing a veteran medic with the fire department last fall remains unfit to stand trial, a Queens judge ruled on Monday.
Read MoreIn a rare rejection of an entire slate of candidates, all three judicial hopefuls in the race for Civil Court judge in Queens’ 6th Municipal District were rated “not approved” by the New York City Bar Association this week.
Read MoreMichael Robison was found by appellate court to have been wrongfully convicted of the 1993 murder of his estranged wife. But despite the ruling, Robinson’s claims of innocence, his completed sentence and newly-discovered DNA evidence, the Queens DA is attempting to reverse the appellate court’s decision and get the case kicked up to the Court of Appeals.
Read MoreToday’s technology coupled with increasing successes nationwide in solving cold cases has empowered investigators and prosecutors to endeavor to solve the unsolvable and begin to decrease the daunting cold case backlog.
Read MoreNearly 30 years after being convicted of a murder he says he didn’t commit, Michael Robinson had a chance to once and for all clear his name this week. But the Queens district attorney’s office said they weren’t quite ready to do so.
Read MoreDemocratic Queens district attorney candidate George Grasso officially launched his campaign this week. Facing an uphill battle against incumbent Melinda Katz, Grasso said he’s already begun contemplating a third party run should he be beat in the upcoming primary election.
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