Sentences with phrase «grand jury process»

Lippman, in his address inside the state Court of Appeals courtroom before a collection of judges and legal professionals, called the current grand jury process in New York «antiquated.»

The grand jury process can compel third parties to testify and provide evidence.

Onondaga County's top public prosecutor isn't entirely on board with some proposals to make the grand jury process more transparent.

He also proposed lifting some of the secrecy that surrounds the grand jury process, and the creation of a special monitor to investigate cases where a citizen dies after an encounter with a police officer, and the officer is not indicted.

The state's top judge on Tuesday called for a package of reforms to the legal system's grand jury process, including transparency in cases involving deaths of civilians caused by police officers.

«Over the last few months, we have seen an emerging consensus on the need for essential reforms in our criminal justice system and grand jury process to restore public trust and confidence.

Governor Andrew Cuomo began the budget season with an ambitious agenda than included a wide array of items that he tied to the budget, including raising the minimum wage, the Dream Act, and reforming the state's grand jury process.

Those items included raising the minimum wage, reforming the state's grand jury process and passage of the Dream Act, which would offer college financial aid to children of undocumented immigrants.

Other proposals would make the grand jury process more transparent so that the public would understand why an officer is or is not indicted.

«That was a radical departure from a grand jury process that has existed for like 200 years,» Flanagan said.

Criminal justice issues are expected to figure prominently this legislative session as Cuomo has suggested he plans to recommend changing the grand jury process as well as create a special prosecutor to handle police brutality cases.

Cuomo signed the executive order last week after state lawmakers could not agree on a package of criminal justice reform measures such as changes to the grand jury process as well as a special monitor for certain police brutality cases.

Cuomo has said he backs more transparency in the grand jury process as well as potentially appointing special prosecutors with deaths that involve police officers.

On tap for discussion: The safety of police officers in the current climate, the impact of community policing (a topic that has been hotly debated in the wake of the Garner case), police training and equipment in light of statistics on assaults on cops, the grand jury process, death and pension benefits for the families of fallen officers and more.

After Cuomo announced his intention to address everything from the grand jury process to police training and practices, the Senate Republicans made clear they would not be going along with any significant changes to a system that — at least according to Sen. Marty Golden, a Brooklyn lawmaker and former NYPD officer — «is not broken.»

The state's local district attorneys say they can support measures to make the grand jury process more transparent, but are «diametrically opposed» to automatically requiring special prosecutors in police brutality cases.

The candidate said he will be discussing as much as he can about the case and what his office's role was in the investigation, adding that certain details simply won't be made public, due to the secretive nature of the grand jury process.

«The Speaker and the members of the Assembly Majority want to see more transparency in the grand jury process because citizens have a right to know what choices were available and to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest,» said Biche.

It's about the grand jury process and possible reforms to the grand jury process.

Republicans have all but nominated Staten Island district attorney Dan Donovan, despite some concerns that Donovan's candidacy could focus attention on his role in the grand jury process that declined to indict a police officer in the death of Garner.

Governor Cuomo began the budget season with an ambitious agenda than included a wide array of items that he tied to the budget, including raising the minimum wage, the Dream Act, and reforming the state's grand jury process.

Staten Island Councilwoman Debi Rose, a member of the Progressive Caucus who represents the area where Mr. Garner lived and died — and who is the first black woman to represent part of Staten Island — implicitly attacked Republican Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, suggesting he may have been less than impartial during the grand jury process.

I've heard it in every news story about Ferguson and the killing of Mike Brown, either in the form of body cameras for cops, in reference to the evidence or the grand jury process, or in other ways.

We have experience with the grand jury process for alleged CWA violations that reach from individuals to subsidiaries to corporate parents.

Majority on Supreme Court says defendants» right to attorneys of their choice doesn't justify adding a new layer of court hearings after the grand jury process.