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16 hours ago

Umar Zameer's lawyer has 'serious misgivings' about upcoming report into police conduct | CBC News

Umar Zameer's lawyer expresses concerns about an OPP investigation report into officer conduct, citing lack of transparency and communication with the defense before public release.
fromsyracuse
2 months ago

Without a lawyer, inmates' pleas for justice have been ignored for years by NY officials

Terrell Eleby, a Brooklyn native incarcerated in New York's Shawangunk Correctional Facility, wrote to a conviction review unit in Kings County in 2013, asking it to reinvestigate his murder and assault convictions. He claimed in part that police had threatened witnesses to keep them from testifying in his favor. A decade would pass before he learned the unit rejected his application.
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