In an extraordinary development, lawmakers have quietly passed a bill that would transfer prosecution of alleged crimes committed in Rikers Island prison from Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson to Queens DA Richard Brown. Rikers, technically part of The Bronx, sits in the East River between the two boroughs and is reached via a Queens bridge. The measure breezed through the Assembly and the Senate last month after the correction- officers union complained that the Bronx DA zealously pursues criminal cases against officers, but not inmates.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:17:19 +0000
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