Criminal Justice
Niagara Falls Mayor’s Genius Plan: ‘If We Can’t Buy It, Let’s Just Say We Own It’
There are two kinds of mayors in the world: the kind who build things, and the kind who spend taxpayer money hiring lawyers to explain why they can’t build things.
JPMorgan vs. Frank: A Corporate Cover-Up in Disguise?
When JPMorgan Chase acquired Frank for $175 million in September 2021, it appeared to be a strategic move into the student financial aid space. But what initially seemed like a smart business decision quickly unraveled into a high-profile legal battle, with JPMorgan accusing Frank’s founder, Charlie
OneTaste Trial: Brooklyn Prosecutors Use ‘Conspiracy’ to Try to Convict Without a Crime
The US Attorney for the Eastern District of NY filed an indictment against Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone in Brooklyn federal court in April 2023. A trial is scheduled for May 5, 2025.
Stay Away from Her, Or Else: The Threat That Led to a Setup in Fallsburg in the Catskills
The Catskills rise like an old promise, rolling hills thick with pine and shadow, where the air smells of wet earth and woodsmoke. The towns are small, tucked between valleys, their pasts stitched together with fading postcards of grand hotels, ghost resorts, and summer crowds that never came back.
Judge Escalante vs. 1200 Rescued Dogs and Cats in No Kill Sanctuary: “Don’t Tell the Jury ‘the Animals are at Risk'”
The road to D.E.L.T.A. Rescue wound up a California mountainside, past sun-scorched brush and brittle dirt, through desolation where things—dogs, cats, people—could disappear without a trace.
