One Friday afternoon when I was about 10 years old, I was watching The Koz Zone on Channel 32 (WFLD, the local Fox affiliate in Chicago). The program was hosted by Rich Koz (who may be better known to some Chicago-area UHF viewers as “Svengoolie”) and came on in between the afternoon line-up of animated shows like… Read More
Mothers’ Day is meant to celebrate all of the emotions and dedication that go into nurturing our children into adulthood. One way to help alleviate a particular hardship that many mothers face in caring for their children is to help bail a mother out of jail so that she can be home to help care… Read More
In 1999, Loevy and Loevy was a tiny, scrappy organization providing high-level legal representation to civil rights clients on a shoestring. Clients were often turned down by more established firms, and our cases were almost universally seen as the underdog. Our first employee was hired, and in addition to intelligence, he showed remarkable grace and… Read More
For every cover letter I’ve written for a legal job, I’ve written that I would be a “zealous advocate.” Indeed, most legal job postings provide in the descriptive section that the job requires “zealous advocacy.” This is because lawyers have a strict ethical responsibility to “advocate zealously” on behalf of their client. See American Bar… Read More
Victor Rosario Attempted to Save the Victims of a House Fire, But Instead Was Wrongfully Convicted of Causing Their Accidental Deaths LOWELL, MA – Victor Rosario, a man who spent 32 years, more than half of his life in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, today filed state and federal lawsuits against Lowell, MA police… Read More
Last month, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General began notifying approximately 7,500 people that their drug convictions have been overturned. This is just the latest chapter in the fallout from two massive scandals that have unleashed chaos in the Massachusetts court system and have called into question the integrity and fairness of forensic science. Decades… Read More
The United States Constitution guarantees all individuals the right to be treated with dignity, equality, and respect. This obviously includes individuals, like myself, who have a disability. Too often, I read about law enforcement interactions with disabled people gone terribly wrong. It’s tragic and heartbreaking for a lot of reasons, but for me, knowing that… Read More
On January 27, 2019, as folks across the country burrowed in for record-breaking low temperatures, the heat and electricity at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn went out. A federal detention center run by the federal Bureau of Prisons, Brooklyn’s MDC is home to about 1,600 detainees at any time. For the most part,… Read More
In a rural town in Eastern Kentucky, a constable routinely accompanies a deputy sheriff on his night patrol. The constable is armed with a Glock 23, a magazine pouch with extra ammunition, an ASP, a Maglite, and handcuffs and is clothed in tactical gear. He is authorized to arrest the citizens of the county and… Read More
Lawsuits allege code of silence and come in the wake of 82 convictions overturned in last 3 years Nineteen people who were framed by disgraced former Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts and members of Watts’ tactical team this afternoon sued Watts, members of his team, the City of Chicago, and high-ranking supervisors with the Chicago… Read More
