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Two men serving life sentences for murder in a Mississippi prison were recently exonerated by a federal judge, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer. They had spent thirty years in prison, but were finally going free, thanks to DNA evidence that indicated another man had committed the crime.

A third man is also going to be cleared of charge, though he died in prison several years ago. The two wrongly convicted men say they were pressured into pleading guilty to a violent rape and murder back in 1979.

One of the men sent an application for help to the Innocence Project, with the assistance of a corrections officer. The attorneys of the Innocence Project requested a DNA test of the evidence from the rape kit.

A former assistant to a Walt Disney corporate communications chief admitted in court that she tried to sell confidential information in a scheme with her boyfriend, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

She pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one count of wire fraud before a U.S. Magistrate Judge, legal sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer. New York Criminal Lawyers have learned the former assistant is free on $50,000 bond and is at her home in Los Angeles.

The former assistant admitted to passing information about Disney’s quarterly earnings to her boyfriend, who was planning to sell the information to investors. He also pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to sentencing guidelines, she will get four to ten months in prison while he may have to serve 27 to 33 months in prison.

A dispute over rent turned deadly, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. A landlord pulled a gun from out of no where, took aim, squeezed the trigger, and with that took the life of a long time tenant. The dispute was primarily over money, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer, but there were other issues at play. The two had been engaged in a long running feud over money, living conditions, and a myriad of other issues.

This murder should not have been a surprise, notes a New York Criminal Lawyer. The landlord had a violent history with the murder victim and the murder victim’s family. Last July, apparently over similar issues, the same landlord pulled out a pistol (or possibly an air rifle, reports are conflicting) and fired at the late tenant’s nephew. Prosecutors believe that the initial shot was not intended for the nephew but rather for the tenant. The victim was a seventy one year old man who had begun to refuse to pay his rent, notes a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The current landlord had taken over the property following the death of the landlord’s uncle (the former property owner). From there, the feud began to simmer. It would slowly boil, with tempers occasionally flaring but violence was never prevalent until recently. Some accounts have it that the murder victim’s refusal to pay had created a strong sense of rejection within the landlord, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. The victim’s refusal to pay came across like a proverbial slap in the face, a way of inadvertently telling the landlord that she was not part of the uncle’s family.

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Suriving a single gunshot from a police firearm is a rarity, let alone multiple shots received all throughout the body. A man charged with weapons possession was shot 21 times and survived, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. The man was involved in a shooting, and when the police arrived, bullets began to fly both ways. At least two cops were injured in the shooting, but the man who was found with a gun in his hands after the fight was shot 21 times.

According to a New York Criminal Lawyer, the defendant has claimed that the reason he had the gun at the end is because another man involved in the shooting, who died, was trying to kill him and he had to wrestled the gun from his hands. The lawyer for the defendant has stated that he has numerous witnesses who will attest to the defendant’s innocence, and he went on to state that the shooting was wrongful in and of itself, as the police did not need to shoot him so many times.

The defendant was fortunate to only receive the weapons charge, as he was originally charged with attempted murder of one of the police officers, although it has since been learned that the officer was shot by a fellow cop in the shootout, says a New York Criminal Lawyer. No one with the police or district attorney’s office have spoken as to whether the defendant was not charged more harshly because of his many police-inflicted injuries, but it appears that he may have received some leniency.

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He can throw a baseball nearly 100 miles per hour without breaking a sweat – and it was that same arm speed, strength, and velocity that New York Mets star baseball relief pitcher Francisco Rodriguez used when he violently punched the father of his girlfriend. The reportedly brutal assault took place as friends, family, and loved ones all watched in noted shock and disbelief. Reports a New York Criminal Lawyer, Rodriguez’s girlfriend and her father have hired an attorney and are looking into filing suit against Rodriguez.

Though the six foot, one hundred and ninety five pound Rodriguez and his girlfriend were not married the two had children and lived together, says a New York Criminal Lawyer. Both Rodriguez’s girlfriend and her father have successfully filed for orders of protection, which require Rodriguez to keep his distance from the two. The brawl between Rodriguez and the man reportedly arose after the man yelled an insult at Rodriguez’s mother, said a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The four time All Star relief pitcher was immediately suspended by the New York Mets for two games following the altercation, reported a New York Criminal Lawyer. Just a few days later the Mets closer admitted that he had done substantial damage to his valuable throwing hand. Rodriguez revealed that he’d torn ligaments in his right thumb. The damage to his hand may jeopardize his playing career and as a result the New York Mets have looked into voiding the remaining years on Rodriguez’s contract.

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DWI drivers may have to a new effort to stop them in Texas, according to reports received by New York Criminal Lawyers. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is trying to get Texas lawmakers to set up DWI checkpoints in the Lone Star State.

New York Criminal Lawyers have uncovered a recent study that shows Texas s the leading state in the country for alcohol-related traffic deaths. The executive director for MADD wants Texas to join the other states in setting up DWI check points. There are 39 states that have sobriety checkpoints – Texas is one of the 11 states that has no such program.

“The point of a checkpoint isn’t to arrest more people, the point and the success behind one is the deterrence factor,” the director of MADD said to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

They yelled and fought and screamed and shouted at one another. Formerly husband and wife, now living together a year after their divorce was finalized. Things were tense but no one could have foreseen what would happen next. He first took a knife and stabbed her to death, repeatedly ramming the steel into her until she died, reported a New York Criminal Lawyer. Then he took twenty gallons of gasoline – a great deal more than a full tank of gas – and drenched the house they had once shared, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. He lit a match and watched as he burned the house he and his former wife had built together. He watched as he burned the body of his dead wife. The flames peeled away at the interior of their house, leaving behind little trace of a life that had once begun with a happy wedding.

To say that the man was unstable is an understatement. Last month he had unsuccessfully tried to take his own life, noted a New York Criminal Lawyer. The middle east native was clearly unhappy and that anger and hate and rage and disturbance drove him to an act of violence unfathomable to most people. A grand jury has indicted the man.

They have handed down an indictment of second degree murder and third degree arson. In response the man has plead not guilty. Police claim the man confessed to the crimes. They have a written confession, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer.

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A yellow cab smashed into an East Village coffee shop after losing control early one morning, critically injuring an elderly man, and hurting four others, police sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The taxi was headed north on First Ave. when it hit a Jeep Cherokee turning from E. Third street, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer. The taxi left the street and struck two bicyclists, then went into the coffee shop, hitting a 71-year-old man who was sitting at a table by the front window.

There were also passengers in the taxi, a 30-year-old woman and her boyfriend. They had only been in the cab for less than a minute before the accident occurred. The woman hit her face on the glass divider, losing two teeth and cutting her lip.

A four-year-old girl, who had suffered from malnutrition, was found dead in a filthy Brooklyn apartment, a New York Criminal Lawyer has learned. Police have found evidence she was bound to her crib.

The girl weighed only fifteen pounds and had bruises and marks on her ankles that suggested she had been tied down with twine. Police are still investigating the cause of death, which may have been neglect, or may have just been the tragic ending of the life of a young girl who had spent most of her life in hospitals.

When responding to a 911 call from the home, police found the child on the mother’s bed. Inside the dirty room was a bed for the girl, with two lengths of twine attached to the rails on each end, police sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has instructed the agency’s legal offices to stop deporting certain foreign nationals who may in fact be eligible for a green card, a New York Criminal Lawyer has learned.

New York Criminal Lawyers and immigration activists say this is evidence that ICE is easing up on foreign nationals that would otherwise face deportation. This could affect possibly tens of thousands who may be married or related to a U.S. citizen or legal resident who has filed a petition for them. These immigrants cannot have any criminal convictions to be considered.

The assistant secretary of ICE told a New York Criminal Lawyer that the agency will drop procedures against anyone new eligible under the new guidelines. “Where there is an underlying application or petition and ICE determines … that a non-detained individual appears eligible for relief from removal, [its attorneys] should promptly move to dismiss proceedings,” the assistant secretary wrote to the agency’s principal legal advisor.