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How to Lower Your SORA Sex Offender Registration Level

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. When a person convicted of a sex offense is sentenced, or when that person is released from prison, there will be a hearing to determine his or her level of registration pu...

Sex Offender Registration Laws Are Outdated and Need Changing for Child Pornography Offenses

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. In New York, persons convicted of certain sexual offenses are required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act, also referred to as "SORA" or "Megan's Law." The...

Sextortion and Revenge Porn: What You Need to Know About Possible Changes to the Law

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. In his “State of the State” address in early January, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his intention to make changes to the criminal justice system – including enac...

NY’s Governor to Push to Criminalize Revenge Porn, Provide More Discovery to Defense Attorneys

By Jill K. Sanders, Esq. Earlier this month during his “State of the State” address, Governor Andrew Cuomo detailed various efforts on his 2018 agenda that would impact the criminal justice system....

A Unique Re-entry Guide for Registrants on the Sex Offender Registry

“Sex offender” can be a very jarring term. Consequently, attention given to this term centers around the offense and the people who caused harm. However, people required to register on sex offender re...

In the Supreme Court: How Sex Offender Regulations Have Been Based On Flawed Science

It’s commonly assumed that individuals who commit sex offenses are highly likely to re-offend and cannot be cured of their sexually deviant thoughts and actions. These ideas are the driving force behi...

Papppalardo & Pappalardo responds to allegations against Ashhurst-Watson

Pappalardo & Pappalardo represents Garvey-Malik Ashhurst-Watson. Recent articles have been published reporting an allegation made by Sarah Lawrence College student Annie Robertson that Mr. Ashhurs...

Victims of False Rape Allegations Beginning to Get Justice

Rape is an extremely serious crime. The psychological effects that it can have on a victim are severe and sometimes lifelong. Largely because of the severity of this crime, a false rape allegation c...

John D. Pappalardo Quoted by NY Times in High Profile Human Trafficking Case

According to the New York Times there have been less than 18 arrests under New York State’s human trafficking law, which took effect in 2007. Those arrests have resulted in even fewer prosecutions; th...

Human Trafficking Prosecutions Come to Westchester County

Recently the crime of human trafficking is one that has received significant coverage from the news media and an accompanying raised level of awareness in local communities. As a result, prosecution f...

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