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Guilty after proven innocent: the challenge of challenging wrongful convictions (Part I)

“Natascha Tiger pleaded guilty but is innocent,” wrote Rowan Wilson, current chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, in his 2018 People v. Tiger dissenting opinion. In fact, no crime probably ever occurred, but New York State’s highest court ruled Tiger, a licensed practical nurse, could not challenge her wrongful conviction plea on the basis of innocence without DNA evidence because the Orange County woman pled guilty to charges in 2012.

Eric Shapiro Renfroe ’15 Makes Practicing Criminal Law a Family Affair

Eric Renfroe ’15 is a criminal defense attorney who was born into a family of lawyers. He has his own practice based in Queens, where he shares office space — and sometimes cases — with his father, a practicing criminal defense attorney. His mother shares space with them as well. “My Mom grew up in East New York,” he says. “She is the tough one in the family. She was a sex crimes prosecutor and was the inaugural director of the Queens Child Advocacy Center. Now she practices family law.”

Former assistant coach at Wake Forest University sentenced after punching man who later died

A former assistant coach for Wake Forest University’s men’s basketball team has been sentenced to probation and community service in New York over an incident in 2018 when he punched a man who later died.

News & Media Judge defends decision to send accused cop killer Tyrone Howard to rehab instead of jail

Defense Attorney Christopher Renfoe said "we can't indict the program, or say the judge did something wrong. I have several clients who turned their lives around after going through this program."

Gruesome testimony in trial of woman accused of running down Staten Island attorney

In a powerful day of testimony against a woman accused of slamming her speeding vehicle into a noted Staten Island attorney, two witnesses described for the court how severed pieces of the victim's body were thrown into the air after he was struck by the car.

Mujer seguirá en prisión por liposucciones ilegales en Queens

Nieto está acusada de practicar ilegalmente la medicina realizando operaciones sin licencia en el centro de estética y nutrición Perfect Image Stethicks.

Court Hears Witness Alter Testimony in Old Murder

The prisoner sat patiently in Justice Robert C. McGann’s courtroom in Supreme Court in Queens yesterday. A white mesh bag filled with legal files rested at his feet, and the inscription “In God We Trust” loomed over his bowed, shaved head.

Defendant Wins Freedom, but Not Vindication

Joshua Rivera, convicted of a 1992 murder, had his case re-opened after new witnesses came forward. Yesterday he accepted an unusual plea deal.

Cleared of murder conviction, Queens kid ready for life, college after five years in slammer

Ryan Dufort, now 20, was arrested when he was 15 and released five years later on June 15. A Queens teen who spent five years in jail after he was wrongly accused of murder is eager to move on.