Court Strikes Conviction

Court Strikes Conviction

Confronting a case in which the mandatory minimum sentencing laws resulted in a draconian sentence, the Appellate Division, First Department unanimously reversed the second-degree robbery conviction of OAD client Janine Adams. Ms. Adams had been sentenced to 16 years...
Target from the Start

Target from the Start

By NANCIE L. KATZ DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Almost from the beginning, the probe into judicial corruption in Brooklyn targeted Democratic Party boss Clarence Norman, the Daily News has learned.Prosecutors hoped to catch Norman in an incriminating conversation by wiring...
2 Heinous Crimes Unresolved

2 Heinous Crimes Unresolved

by Julia Vitullo-Martin October, 2002 As former police officer Charles Schwarz heads back to prison to start his five-year sentence for perjury, New Yorkers have come to realize they may never know who besides imprisoned former cop Justin Volpe participated in the...