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Two young men who may have witnessed two murder were shot execution style in a parked SUV after a night of clubbing in Manhattan, a New York Criminal Lawyer reports. The two men, 26 and 22 years of age, both of Coney Island, were shot in the head not long after leaving a posh Manhattan hot spot.

New York Criminal Lawyers still do not know the motive behind the shootings. Police had questioned the 26-year-old victim about the death of a Coney Island grandmother who was killed by a stray bullet, while the younger man was asked about his brother’s murder in 2009.

Neither one of them said they would comply with police requests, sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer. Police believe the pair may have gotten into trouble while inside the club. Both of them had a history of criminal activity and a number of people who may have wished them harm.

A 27-year-old man was stabbed in the chest in his hometown of Freeport and died four days later, Nassau County police told a New York Criminal Lawyer. The victim had some sort of altercation with two men on Broadway. Police told a New York Criminal Lawyer one assailant punched and kicked the victim, and the second assailant stabbed the victim with a kitchen knife at 9:40 p.m. on Sunday.

The victim was taken to South Nassau Communities Hospital and at first admitted in critical condition. He lost his struggle for life four days later, despite the best efforts of medical personnel. Police sources told New York Criminal Lawyers that the suspects were last seen fleeing westbound on Broadway. The authorities have yet to disclose any further details on the suspects or leads they have on capturing them.

Fleeing the police is generally the worst course of action to take, even when the suspected crime is murder. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty and it is the job of a New York Criminal Lawyer to protect the rights of the accused.

of Facebook’s European public policy has termed the hacking of accounts as a “major issue” for the social networking site, New York Criminal Lawyers have learned.

Facebook is busy creating new ways to detect when the user accounts have been hacked and adds warnings for when Facebook accounts are accessed in unusual ways or from unusual locations for that account.

“The latest thing you’ll see is that is a major issue is people hacking into accounts. Now, if you’re logging in from an unusual location, you’ll get extra security questions and if you want to login by a new device [Facebook] notifies you by SMS or email,” the public policy head said to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

One of the fastest-rising stars in the world of New York real estate hit the bottom when he was sent to prison for stealing from his colleagues, friends, and relatives to live the wealthy lifestyle to which he had become accustomed, New York Criminal Lawyers have learned.

The 39-year-old real estate executive will have to serve at least two years and eight months, which could end up being as much as eight years. He was also ordered to pay $9.5 million in restitution. The executive made a name for himself during the boom years of commercial real estate, sources tell New York Criminal Lawyers.

He lived a life of luxury, including private jets and a cocaine habit, which led him to spend $35 million dollars in a buyout. This turned out to be money he did not have, his attorney told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

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.