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Inside the Courts: Mired in Misdemeanors

June 08, 2004

by David Feige

The recent arrest of a Queens man for a string of sexual assaults on the Upper East Side has intensified the debate about recidivists in the criminal justice system. Kevin White, it was quickly disclo....

Inside The Courts: More Latosha

May 19, 2004

by David Feige

Earlier, I a mentioned a prostitute I called Latosha we had celebrated her 100th criminal conviction the night before the night before Christmas. When we left her, she had just pled guilty to possessi....

Inside The Courts: Latosha

May 18, 2004

by David Feige

Just before Christmas eve, I celebrated an unusual anniversary with a client I'll call Latosha. It happened during night court. Most years, there aren't that many arrests in the days just before Chris....

Inside The Courts: The People

May 11, 2004

by David Feige

If you were to wander into Bronx criminal court on almost any weekday, one of the first things you'd notice is the people--it's crowded. Hundreds and hundreds of them milling around looking for their ....

Inside the Court System

by David Feige

Public defender David Feige is contributing a series of stories to take us inside the court system and tell us what he's seen. Mired in Misdemeanors June 8, 2004 The recent....

Commentary: Stolen Prison Painting Highlights Changes

March 05, 2003

by David Feige

In 1965 Salvador Dali donated a painting of Christ on the cross to the New York City Department of Corrections. Since then, the painting has been hanging around Riker's Island. Until last week, that i....

The Validity of Confessions: A Public Defender's Take

January 31, 2003

by David Feige

Although a judge in Manhattan overturned the convictions of the five men charged in connection with the 1989 attack on the central park jogger, this week the police department released a report standi....

Commentary: A Moment of Mercy

December 11, 2002

by David Feige

In an overburdened court system, justice can be capricious. Sometimes the difference between freedom and incarceration depends on a single moment of mercy. Commentator David Feige, a public defender....

A New Type of Line-up

July 27, 2001

by David Feige

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Poor Defendants in the Criminal Court System

May 08, 2001

by David Feige

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New York City's Bewildering Legal System

January 22, 2001

by David Feige

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King Of The Courts

December 07, 2000

by David Feige

Al Gore's chief lawyer, David Boies will represent the vice president before the Florida Supreme Court. Until recently Boies was best known for winning the government's anti -trust case against Micros....

Hate Crimes

July 12, 2000

by David Feige

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