Court Honors Local NAACP Leaders By Ted Mebust Lee and Joanne Fisher, founding members of Oneonta’s chapter of the NAACP, were honored with a portrait on Friday, October 28 at the Otsego County Court Annex Building in Cooperstown. The portrait was commissioned to honor their service to the causes of justice and equality for nearly three decades with the organization. In attendance were judges and court officials from across the state, with Supreme Court Justice Brian Burns, Director of New…
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PART II: JUSTICE FOR ALL? On Jan. 1, Prosecuting Crimes To Get Harder, D.A. Muehl Foresees Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a three-part series on New York State’s justice reforms, which go into effect Jan. 1. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN –Fifteen days is nowhere near enough time to marshall all evidence in a criminal case, argued District Attorney John Muehl. But that’s what the justice reforms that came out of Albany during the…
JUSTICE FOR ALL?/PART I Will End Of Bail Endanger Us? Editor’s Note: With New York State’s judicial reforms going into effect Jan. 1, Otsego County judicial and law enforcement leaders have been expressing concerns about possible negative impacts locally. This article, on severely reducing the number of crimes that allow suspects to be held on bail, is the first of three articles. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. recognized that criminal justice reform…