It is truly disturbing for ordinary people the crimes that are happening in our society today. You can never be sure anymore that you are safe inside your own home let alone out in the streets. Take a look at this particular case in which an innocent woman suffered indignity…
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New York Appellate Court Revokes Parental Rights in Light of Domestic Violence and Alcohol Related Issues
On May 5, 2011, The Department of Social Services, Otsego Counter, in Cooperstown, New York completed the decision that found a boy to be permanently neglected. The decision was not made lightly. The child was removed from his mother’s care in 2007 when his situation was brought to the attention…
New York Appellate Court Discussed Juvenile Murder Charges
This is a very sad case about a juvenile offender in which a life had been threatened and killed. This case only goes to show the social problems that we are now facing with our children. This case is a call not only to parents but to all who are…
New York Court Discusses the Use of the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act
There are many sex crimes these days that are discovered by a New York sex crime lawyer to have been caused by mental health or abnormality. Aside from SORA there is also the SOMTA or what is called as the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act which deals with sex…
Is New York’s Sex Offender’s Registration Act Unconstitutional? Court Weighs In
In a lot of sex crimes these days, an expert lawyer says that there are many accused who suffer from a certain kind of mental abnormalities. Such case lets the court decide that such accused undergo certain treatment like the SORA. But in this case, the alleged named as Elias…
Does a Person Have to be Physically Present to be Charged with Robbery? New York Courts Discuss
There are always questions on who are involved in a particular and who are not. Up to what extent can be a person’s participation for him to be considered as part of a crime? This particular case is all about these doubts and questions about a person’s participation in committing…
New York Court Hears Case Involving Child Abuse and Mental Health Issues
On September 17, 1992 the Family Court of Kings County, New York heard a disturbing case involving the two children, two boys and a girl who were possibly being abused by their father. The allegations of sexual abuse stated that the father pinched and squeezed the buttocks and genitals of…
New York Court Discusses Disturbing Case Regarding Sexual Abuse of Children
These days, it is very hard to trust others especially when it comes to leaving our kids with people who you can truly rely on. There are many cases these days where nannies and even babysitters are accused of committing sex crimes that involve the children of their own employers…
Parent Fights Child Neglect Charges, New York Court Decides
In February of 2007, a man returned to New York State to re-unite with his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his little girl. They had parted the summer of 2006 following a domestic violence situation. The court had issued an order of protection to keep this man away from his…
New York Courts Rule that Repeated Domestic Violence in the Presence of Children Constitutes Neglect
The courts have ruled repeatedly that an act of domestic violence in the presence of within view of a child constitutes neglect. However, an isolated incident of domestic violence does not constitute a case of neglect. An incident is not isolated, though, when it is part of a pattern of…