Eric Smokes and David Warren spent years behind bars after being convicted of murdering and robbing a 71-year old French tourist in the late 1980’s. Today, with Napoli Shkolnik Civil…
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Most convictions are correct, and it is only a small fraction of criminal convictions that are wrongfully made due to police misconduct. But wrongful convictions are unacceptable and should not be tolerated because they place innocent people behind bars.
Over the years, and with more advances in technology, forensic science has become a part of the criminal process, and a part of obtaining a conviction in a criminal case….
Brooklyn native Paul Clark was arrested, found guilty and sentenced to 25 years to life for the 1980 murder of a cab driver. At the time of Clark’s arrest in…
The number of people in America who have been wrongly convicted of a crime is staggering; the number of people who will lose their lives – either through unbearably lengthy…
Those who are wrongfully arrested, convicted, or maliciously prosecuted are victims of errors of the justice system, and often suffer egregiously as such. In fact, the Innocence Project reports that…
Craig Phemister along with his associate were recently invited to speak on the “Freedom” show airing on WJFF Radio Catskill. This particular show was dedicated to discussing Wrongful Convictions, the restrictions of the legal system and steps that can be taken to have your case reviewed.
Wayne Martin was overjoyed when the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office officially dismissed the indictment against him yesterday. Martin had been sentenced to life without parole for the fatal shooting of…
It is a day that Wayne Martin’s Napoli Shkolnik attorneys, Craig Phemister and James Henning, have been working tirelessly towards: their client is freed from prison without bail and has…







