Police misconduct in Queens drives ballooning cost of settlements

Police misconduct in Queens drives ballooning cost of settlements

The 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.

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City bar association doesn't approve a single candidate in one of Queens’ Civil Court races

City bar association doesn't approve a single candidate in one of Queens’ Civil Court races

In 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.

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Despite wrongful conviction ruling, Queens DA refuses to drop 30-year-old murder case

Despite wrongful conviction ruling, Queens DA refuses to drop 30-year-old murder case

Michael 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.

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Queens DA delays decision to retry wrongly convicted Queens man or dismiss case

Queens DA delays decision to retry wrongly convicted Queens man or dismiss case

Nearly 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.

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Dem DA candidate teases third party run as he launches campaign

Dem DA candidate teases third party run as he launches campaign

Democratic 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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'A long journey': Appellate court overturns Queens man’s 30-year-old murder conviction

'A long journey': Appellate court overturns Queens man’s 30-year-old murder conviction

Three decades after Michael Robinson was arrested for a Queens murder he says he didn’t commit, an appellate court overturned his conviction. He now waits for the Queens district attorney to decide whether or not to retry him or to clear his name once and for all.

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