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Exclusive | Brutal case of domestic violence in NYC, which was referred to in terms of technical way –

A malignant Sicko who was accused of beating his girlfriend and tearing off her clothes in front of his friends could run a technical way – all because of the deeply faulty discovery law in New York.

The senseless dismissal of the case for domestic violence and sex abuse last week before the court in Manhattan, after the prosecutors handed over more than 70 forms of evidence to defenders, said the sources of the law enforcement authorities.

But a single piece of evidence that did not have to do with the case-a earlier disciplinary measure against one of the adhering NYPD officers who were punished for escaping an inmate and a 20-second water drink gripping too late, it said in the sources.

The late revelation caused the entire case to be thrown according to the laws and left the frightened woman behind without protection against her abusive ex and forced her to move in view of his continuing harassment, said sources.

“Surviving domestic violence is significantly affected by the defects in the state's discovery laws,” said Alvin Bragg, district prosecutor of Manhattan.

“In this terrible example, a much broader problem illustrates in which the survivors are denied justice and protection commands and they are susceptible to their attackers.”

Alvin Bragg, District Prosecutor of Manhattan, argued that the reform of the discovery in cases of domestic violence affects. Bloomberg via Getty Images

The outrage of the left Bragg, which was blown up as a soft-on crime, comes when he and the four other district prosecutors of the Big Apple are urging the legislators Albany to reform the state's discovery laws.

That and other critics claim that the laws have led to an increase in criminal matters, which are often thrown on trivial technical methods that have nothing to do with the actual charges.

“The system is stacked against the victims, and Albany is not taking care of it,” said a district prosecutor. “I am surprised that there are no longer crimes.”

The thrown case of Manhattan – in which sources were outlined without giving many details, including the identity of the suspect, because it was now sealed – contained an incident in which the supposedly abusive friend withdrew the victim without their consent naked in front of several friends, it was said.

The alleged psycho had attacked them more than once, also by repeating and throwing them repeatedly on the ground, the sources said.

Police officers arrested the man and he was charged in August last year for assault, severe harassment and sexual abuse.

Governor Kathy Hochul has urged himself to optimize the laws. James Messerschmidt

The prosecutors quickly switched to an extensive amount of evidence, as required in the discovery laws, from the cameras carried by body from police officers to voicemails that five witnesses left the deputy district prosecutors up to Amtrak tickets, according to sources.

However, the public prosecutor's office had announced information about a disciplinary proceedings against one of the adhering police officers.

Six months before the event of domestic violence, the police officer had allowed an inmate to be treated in a “flight” hospital to get a sip of water-a 20-second interludge, the sources said.

The law states that the information must be handed over 20 days after the indictment of the defense if a suspect is in custody and 35 days, if not, although there are extensions. It is unclear whether the accused perpetrator was in custody at that time.

According to the sources, the punishment for the late disclosure of discovery evidence – even of information that does not have to do with the actual charges – is dismissal.

“This is BS,” said a Detective from Manhattan after hearing from the dismissal.

“I want the politicians who have adopted the laws of discovery to see the victim on their face and explain why this dirty bag goes through the streets and has to hide them.”

Former governor Andrew Cuomo in 2019 signed adaptations to state discovery practices in addition to a number of other reforms.

The changes should accelerate the legal proceedings so that the accused – like Kalief Browder, who have spent years in Rikers Iceland – would not smile behind bars that are waiting for court hearing.

However, the prosecutors argue that the reforms had the side effects of leading to an increase in criminal police officers across New York City, in which the percentage of the thrown case rose from 41% before the changes to 62% in 2023, such as the data of the court administration of the court administration.

That of the city has thrown their support for modest changes in the laws proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul.

Cuomo, who runs for the mayor, offered support for the change on Monday during an interview with the editorial committee of the Post, but did not mention that the efforts of his successor Hochul.

“There is a suggestion to change it in something relevant in the case or to say freedom of measurement:” Yes, they did not give this piece of paper, but … it was harmless in the event, “he said.” I can say that both have to be taken into account because the number of layoffs from the discovery is too high. “

Criminal proceeds in New York City have increased from 41% to 62% since the reforms. Reuters

However, the supporters of law enforcement reforms argue that the reforms of discovery are not responsible for the increase in layoffs in New York City in the layoffs, and that other districts of the states have no similar circumstances in the fallen cases.

Tina Luongo, chief of chief of the Legal Aid Society's criminal defense practice, had previously argued that cases of domestic violence most often do not lead to the mountains of discovery.

She argued that the latest case was not the norm and accused the delay of the NYPD to hand over evidence as the reason for layoffs.

“Da Bragg has provided a single, extreme, anecdotic account with probably cherry -accused facts to support a general claim without supporting documentation,” said Luongo in a statement. “If the facts presented by the there are correct, this would be an outlier.”

– Additional reporting from Larry Celona