"HALLUCINATED CASES MAY LOOK LIKE A REAL CASE BECAUSE THEY INCLUDE FAMILIAR-LOOKING REPORTER INFORMATION, BUT THEIR CITATIONS LEAD TO CASES WITH DIFFERENT NAMES, IN DIFFERENT COURTS AND ON DIFFERENT TOPICS—OR EVEN TO NO CASE AT ALL.”

COP SHOT RENEE NICOLE GOLD EVEN THOUGH HE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SUV SHE WAS DRIVING

THE FREE LANCE NEWS SUBMITTED ITS 2025 WORK IN 5 CATEGORIES

THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW THE PERMANENT, LIFE-LONG DISARMAMENT OF CONVICTED FELONS IF THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY DANGEROUS, FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ALLEGES

THE PROPOSED RULES WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO TAKE A JOURNALIST'S PRESS CREDENTIAL IF ONE PERSON SAYS THAT JOURNALIST MADE THEM FEEL 'UNSAFE'

THE MULFORD ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOV. RONALD REAGAN AFTER THE BLACK PANTHERS CARRIED GUNS TO THE STATE CAPITAL IN 1967. COURT RULES IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN 2026.

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FORMER GUARD DAVID KINGSLEY GETS MAXIMUM 25-YEARS-TO-LIFE SENTENCE. ONLY ONE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE KILLING

SHERRI ABREU ALLEGEDLY SICCED A GANG ON ROBERT BROOKS AT THE MOHAWK CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, TRIGGERING HIS TRANSFER TO MARCY WHERE HE WAS MURDERED BY GUARDS

THE SPEECHLESS, AUTISTIC CHILD WAS PLACED IN A PADDED, WOODEN BOX BY SCHOOL OFFICIALS ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION IN UPSTATE NEW YORK,HIS GRANDMOTHER SAYS

HALT SOLITARY CONFINEMENT ACT WAS MEANT TO MAKE NEW YORK'S PRISONS MORE HUMANE. FEMALE PRISONERS SAY IT MAKES THEM MORE VIOLENT. WILL GOV. KATHY HOCHUL AND STATE LAWMAKERS FIX IT?

JOURNALISTS DEPEND ON LISTENING TO POLICE RADIO BROADCASTS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED BUT POLICE ARE MAKING THEM SECRET

STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JAMES P. MCCLUSKY GRANTED DAVID WALTERS RELEASE ON BAIL. MCCLUSKY GOT CAMPAIGN DONATIONS FROM A LAWYER WHO DEFENDED ANOTHER GUARD ACCUSED OF KILLING BROOKS

DECISION CALLS INTO QUESTION GUILTY PLEAS OF OTHER DEFENDANTS IN THE ROBERT BROOKS AND MESIAH NANTWI CASES

STATE OFFICIALS TURN PRISON'S 'VISITOR'S CENTER' INTO MINI-PRISON

MICHAEL PEACOCK SAYS HE WAS BEATEN AND SENT TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN ATTICA FOR TESTIFYING AGAINST GUARDS WHO KILLED BROOKS. PRISON OFFICIALS REFUSED TO ALLOW REPORTER TO VISIT HIM

SAID "VIOLENCE IS PART OF AMERICA'S CULTURE. IT IS AS AMERICAN AS CHERRY PIE." BECAME IMAM JAMIL ABDULLAH AL-AMIN. WAS SERVING LIFE SENTENCE FOR KILLING GEORGIA COP

ANTHONY FARINA, NICHOLAS ANZALONE, MICHAEL MASHAW AND DAVID WALTERS WERE PART OF A GANG OF WHITE GUARDS THAT KILLED BROOKS, WHO WAS BLACK, AT THE MARCY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN DECEMBER 2024

"I THOUGHT COPS WERE SUPPOSED EXPOSE LAWBREAKERS, NOT COVER UP FOR THEM."