Brooklyn Navy Yard Evicts Drone Manufacturer After Months of Protests Though listed as a “fine art and photography” business, Easy Aerial contracts with Customs and Border Protection and the Israeli military, activists long flagged.

After more than a year of activism, the board that controls the Brooklyn Navy Yard refused to renew the lease for Easy Aerial, a drone manufacturer that contracts with CBP and the Israeli military.

More in my latest for Hyperallergic:
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Over 50 Incarcerated New Yorkers Wrote to Us About Their Innocence… The letters paint a picture of a CIU process rife with roadblocks, especially for applicants who didn’t have lawyers.

Three incarcerated New Yorkers sought relief from conviction integrity units on their wrongful conviction claims.

One waited 10 years for a rejection. One was promised a reply in the “near future” — six years ago. A third has waited more than a year. They were all pro se.

Over 50 Incarcerated People Wrote to Us About Their Innocence Claims. Some Had Waited Years for a Conviction Review. The letters paint a picture of a CIU process rife with roadblocks, especially for applicants who didn’t have lawyers.

Applicants "reported having to wait at least a year for a [conviction integrity unit] either to acknowledge their applications or inform them of its decision."

"Some have waited as long as 10, 12 or even 14 years."

"Justice is all I seek and ask for."
#NewYork #USA #Policing #Incarceration

How New York’s Attorney General Sidelines Innocence Claims Prisoners seeking help from the AG’s office have little chance of review. Here’s one applicant’s story.

When the New York Attorney General’s conviction review bureau gets involved in someone’s wrongful conviction case, it often succumbs to pressure from the county prosecutors, but most cases don’t get that far.

That’s what happened to Alexander Reed.
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“That’s a colleague and you don’t want to… step on toes,” said Jeffrey Deskovic, who runs a nonprofit for wrongfully convicted New Yorkers. “You’re worried about politics then. You’re not concerned about justice.”

The bureau will not launch an investigation without an invitation from a district attorney. Even when elected DAs take the initiative and invite the AG bureau to reinvestigate a case, critics say the bureau might give into pressure from a DA behind the scenes.

New York's AG Wanted to Review Innocence Claims. Politics Got in the… The attorney general's conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hundreds it's received since 2012.

For over a year, Willow Higgins and I reported on the NY Attorney General's conviction review bureau for @nysfocus.bsky.social. Since its start in 2012, the bureau was billed as a landmark effort to combat wrongful convictions

Reporting showed a toothless initiative.
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New York's AG Wanted to Review Innocence Claims. Politics Got in the… The attorney general's conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hundreds it's received since 2012.

Launched in 2012, the NY Attorney General’s conviction review bureau was billed as a landmark effort to combat wrongful convictions.

A NY Focus and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social investigation has found the unit functions more like a mail-forwarding service than a vehicle for justice reform.

New York’s Attorney General Wanted to Review Innocence Claims. Prosecutor Politics Got in the Way. The attorney general's conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hundreds it's received since 2012.

"Out of 800 applications, the [New York] AG bureau flagged 16 [innocence claims] — less than 2 percent — to DAs."

"If the DA chooses to ignore our conclusions, effectively, we can do nothing further."
#NewYork #USA #Incarceration

Looks like this spike followed this NYT investigation, not the op ed published 10 days later

Interesting how stylistically similar this far fetched speculation is to how the most enthusiastic russiagate guys discussed pending charges, mueller investigation etc.

Sneezer: aaachoo i look just like buddy holly

Shout out jessica ramos

Gave me incorrect info on whether New Mexico was a one-party or two-party consent state the other day. In the wrong circumstances could encourage someone to break the law. Worse than useless

Originated as a nickname for confederate soldiers. Kinda weird Duke fans still use it affectionately

CIUs Exonerate Innocent New Yorkers but Prosecutors Escape Blame In New York, half of CIU exonerations involve prosecutorial misconduct, but DAs rarely acknowledge who got it wrong.

After 25 years in prison, Lynch was finally exonerated. With a catch: She’d had to abandon claims of prosecutorial misconduct to win the DA’s support.🧵

Photos of Calvin Buari taken during his wrongful incarceration at Green Haven Correctional Facility. Clockwise from top left: Buari receiving a certificate from Yale Law School in 2014; Buari at the Green Haven Correctional Facility Family Festival in 2016; Buari with actor Michael K. Williams in 2015; Buari in 2015. | Courtesy of Calvin Buari

Calvin Buari had served 21 years of a 50-year sentence for a double homicide he didn’t commit when he applied to the Bronx conviction integrity unit.

Five new witnesses had come forward to name a different suspect and provide Buari an alibi.

For the past year, Willow Higgins and I have been looking into NY’s conviction integrity units. They promised justice for the wrongfully incarcerated. But our investigation, in collab w/
@nysfocus.bsky.social and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social
Investigations, shows they have fallen short. 🧵

Cant answer the denial of care story because it's "non-urgent" and we're busy mourning our CEO who was killed because of our denial of care