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No matter where you stood on New York Civil Rights Law Section 50-a, commonly called the Police Shield Law, the NYPD recently expanded its Online Personnel Database (link in article) to further comply with the statute's repeal. From insight into their Discipline Matrix to information on lawsuits and complaints against officers, this evolving database will undoubtedly weave its way into prosecutorial decisions of New York City District Attorneys and defense lawyer strategies in the days and years to come. https://www.newyorkcriminallawyer-blog.com/nypd-online-pe/

Crotty Saland PC’s Jeremy Saland interviewed by CNN for insight and analysis in potential prosecution of Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney. ‘There are numerous procedural tools in the proverbial woodshed that prosecutors could wield when enforcing the law. Depending on the circumstances, merely because your conduct appears to be outside what is otherwise a strict five-year statute of limitations does not mean you'll get a pass,’ said Jeremy Saland, a former ass...istant district attorney in Manhattan. Saland, the former prosecutor, added, ‘Prosecutors would be doing themselves a disservice by making a case more difficult than it need be. Giving Trump a soapbox to challenge an exception to the statute of limitations would allow him to sow confusion.’ Instead, he says, if prosecutors simplify the case and focused on false filings, assuming they were made, ‘then the former President could very likely find himself the recipient of both a felony record and Scarlett Letter for defrauding the people of the State of New York.’ https://www.cnn.com//trump-statute-of-limitatio/index.html

Whether perpetrated online or off, nobody should tolerate Blackmail and Coercion’s undeserved destructiveness. Fortunately, a recent Crotty Saland PC client avoided such a fate and fared far better than the Kansas City Chiefs - and even the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - this past Super Bowl Sunday after his harasser demanded money and medical treatment before taking to Instagram in an attempt to frighten our client into acquiescing to her threats. Jumping into action, hours later our Extortion lawyers and victim advocates carried the ball over the goal line and shut this would be extorter down. https://www.newyorkcriminallawyer-blog.com/doctors-blackma/

There is no such thing as a "hat trick" in the criminal justice system or Family Court of New York State, but three matters from this past week are demonstrative of Crotty Saland PC's advocacy for our clients and the success of our efforts to best protect them no matter the legal issues they face. https://www.newyorkcriminallawyer-blog.com/acd-dismissal-o/

Sadly, when difficult economic and financial realities find themselves at our doorsteps, some people look to schemes including Extortion and Blackmail to unjustly enrich themselves. Whether to find the dollars they need to live their lives or support a lifestyle well beyond their means, these crimes can be no less devastating to the harasser than his or her victim. With the COVID-19 downturn having far reaching impacts, Blackmail and Extortion have certainly not come to a halt. https://www.newyorkcriminallawyer-blog.com/extortion-and-r/