As I noted in my last post, it is important to give the accused the presumption of innocence, which applies both in courtroom and non-courtroom settings of all kinds. Although this is not a court ...

Xavier Worthy walked out of the Williamson County jail in Texas late Saturday, a free man who does not face assault charges but only hours earlier weathered a conviction for them. Not in court, to be ...

Statistics weigh heavily against defendants in the criminal justice system. Only 0.4% were acquitted after trial in federal cases during fiscal ...

That’s according to Rachel Barkow, Charles Seligson Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law. A ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case should be tossed once-and-for-all because bombshell letters from Manhattan federal prosecutors “destroyed whatever presumption of innocence” Hizzoner had left ...