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In a legal brief filed this week, the New York Civil Liberties Union argued that Queens District Attorney Richard Brown’s attempt to prevent a judge from reviewing his office’s program of interrogating people accused of crimes before they are arraigned or have seen an attorney should be rejected as an attempt to shield an unethical and unconstitutional program from the court’s review.
The case, Brown v. Blumenfeld, is before the New York State Appellate Division, Second Department. Brown is seeking to bar a criminal court judge from considering whether the interrogation program violates state ethical standards governing lawyers.
“The district attorney’s interrogation program is deceptive, unfair and seeks to mislead defendants into waiving their constitutional rights,” NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman said. “It’s not only appropriate, but it’s necessary for a judge to consider whether this program amounts to prosecutorial misconduct. Basic fairness demands such a review.”
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In fact, the current pledges contained in the negotiating text are still grossly inadequate, leaving the planet on a crash course with at least 4 degrees Celcius of temperature rise–a terrifying prospect that would put us closer to 750ppm than 350ppm. That’s very far from where we must be, and that that gap won’t be fixed by simply waiting until the next year’s convention in Durban, South Africa.
