Justice
Opinion: NYC Needs a Better Process for Holding Prosecutors Accountable
Nick Encalada-Malinowski |
‘We must remove prosecutors as the gatekeepers to making right the wrongs they inflicted in the past.’
arrest
CityViews: Jazmine Headley Case Exposes Flaws in a Justice System that Rushes to Charge
Nick Encalada-Malinowski |
After a video emerged showing a violent arrest, officials rushed to free Jazmine Headley from jail. But why was she behind bars before anyone had a chance to investigate the charges that put her there?
Albany
CItyViews: An Open Letter to Democratic Leaders on the Failure to Achieve Justice Reforms
Nick Encalada-Malinowski |
‘We know that Republicans will not be helpful in our efforts to build a more just society – but Democratic leaders are also letting us down.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: City’s Prosecutors Enable Misbehavior by Bad Cops
Nick Encalada-Malinowski |
‘Just like the police, the true allegiance of prosecutors is to the law-enforcement system itself, one where the status quo has become indefensible.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Op-ed: Dishonest Cops Can Derail Criminal Justice Reform
Nick Encalada-Malinowski |
In many low-level cases, cops are the only witnesses. So recent cases of officers lying in their reports or on the stand should give pause not just to judges but also to policymakers deciding between incremental change and wholesale reform of the system.
