State Senate Democratic Task Force on Criminal Justice Reform to Host Public Forum on Preventing Wrongful Convictions
April 9, 2008
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(Long Island, N.Y.) On Friday, April 11th, the New York State Senate Democratic Task Force on Criminal Justice Reform will host a public forum at Stony Brook University on proposals to mandate electronic recording of custodial police interrogations. This event will be the first of three forums across the state to address proposed reforms to our criminal justice system to prevent wrongful convictions of the innocent and convict the guilty. During these forums, Legislators and the public will hear testimony from experts and exonerees concerning reform measures that have been proposed in the New York State Legislature or by advocacy groups to help prevent wrongful convictions. Friday’s forum will focus on measures to address Mandatory Electronic Recording of Interrogations.
According to proponents of electronic recording of police interrogations, this protocol would save time and money, create undeniable evidence, resolve disputes involving allegations of police misconduct, and verify whether confessions are voluntary—benefits that might have contributed to the timely resolution of the 1990 People v. Martin Tankleff case if they had been in place at the time. The confession obtained during Mr. Tankleff’s interrogation by police regarding the murder of his parents was called into question, and after 17 years in prison, his conviction was unanimously overturned by the New York State Appellate Court, 2nd Department in light of new evidence of his innocence. Mr. Tankleff will be present and his representatives are among those scheduled to testify.
WHO:
Senator Eric Schneiderman, Chair, NYS Senate Democratic Task Force on Criminal Justice Reform
Other members of the NYS Legislature
Testimony will be delivered by:
09:30 a.m. Barry Scheck, Attorney & Co-Founder of Cardozo Law School’s Innocence Project
10:15 a.m. Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr., Attorney, Represented Frank Esposito in People v. Esposito
11:00 a.m. Martin Tankleff, whose conviction was unanimously overturned by the New York State Appellate Court, 2nd Department, will be represented by Lonnie Soury and Eric Friedman, who led the advocacy effort to free him (Mr. Tankleff will be present in the audience)
12:00 p.m. Thomas Sullivan, Attorney & Author of Police Experiences with Recording Custodial Interrogations (2004)
12:45 p.m. Steve Levy, Suffolk County Executive (A representative will be testifying on behalf of Mr. Levy)
WHAT: Mandatory Electronic Recording of Interrogations
WHEN: Friday, April 11, 2008, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Stony Brook University, (Charles B. Wang Center)
100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Testimony will be by invitation only. The event is open to the public
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- Posted by: Tomorrow in NY: Exonerees and experts call for recording of interrogations | Innocence Project
I am a 63-year-old disabled combat veteran (Vietnam) of the elite 101st Airborne Division, a seperated extraordinarily high-profile nyc police officer and nyc correction officer, alumnus of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a person who wants to tell his story from the trenches of criminal justice. I am from the same senatorial district that Senator Schneiderman is from. I , now, reside in the district of Senator Montgomery. On 11 January 1988, the Honorable and Notorious Prince of Darkness, Justice Harold Jay Rothwax sentenced me to 25 years of hideous total incarceration, as a flagrant gift to a notoriously protected regional crime boss on her 50th birthday. The trial had actually been held in the deliberation room, before the recorded trial had even began. The jurors are still witnesses. No one had demonstrated a modicum of help, after thousands of thorough and intense efforts. So many know all about it, but no one knows what to do. Moreover, this story is getting even more outrageous. Thanks for listening.
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