Essex County Public Defender's Office - NY

06/10/2022

Lawyers at public defender services have said they are overworked and are facing a hard choice between making a living and making sure justice is served.

06/04/2022

Here’s how to handle it when the cops show up at your front door unannounced.

05/28/2022

Even if you've done nothing wrong, you have plenty to worry about.

04/19/2022

https://youtu.be/obCNQ0xksZ4

John Oliver discusses the tactics that can make police interrogations so damaging, particularly for the innocent, and why he’s more of a Lorelai than a Rory....

03/18/2022

12/26/2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robed-secrecy-judges-accused-misconduct-can-dodge-public-scrutiny-rcna7638

The public’s ability to scrutinize judicial conduct is crucial for transparency’s sake, and is as important as policing and prosecutorial overhauls, judicial ethics experts say.

12/14/2021

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kbbey/prison-phone-companies-are-recording-attorney-client-calls-across-the-us

Lawyers say their conversations with incarcerated people are being recorded and analyzed by private companies in at least nine US states.

12/13/2021

Cops want to use phone data to identify everyone who was nearby when a crime happened — a system that for civil libertarians comes at too high a privacy cost.

11/16/2021

PLATTSBURGH | Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York has been awarded more than $4 million to help offer free legal assistance to struggling tenants in the Capital Region and portions of the North Country.

11/14/2021

As many news outlets cut back on publishing mugshots, some states and cities are grappling with a more fundamental question: Why do police release the images — and should they be allowed to?

11/11/2021

Activists push Gov. Kathy Hochul to release older prisoners with her clemency powers.

11/11/2021

Five common myths about the FBI's homicide data, debunked.