Justice Not Required
In a remarkable three-part series that begins today, WILLIAM GLABERSON for the New York Times explores the unchecked “abuses of law and power” in New York State’s town and village courts.
“People have been sent to jail without a guilty plea or a trial,” writes Glaberson, “or tossed from their homes without a proper proceeding. In violation of the law, defendants have been refused lawyers, or sentenced to weeks in jail because they cannot pay a fine. Frightened women have been denied protection from abuse.”