Category: Civil Rights

David Kreizer, a litigation attorney admitted in New York and New Jersey, served as co-counsel to Korey Wise, one of the five teenagers wrongly convicted in the Central Park jogger case. Wise spent the longest time in prison of the five and later received the largest share of the civil settlement that followed their exoneration. The case returned to public

Yes, in most cases you can sue for false imprisonment if a person, or an official acting under government authority, held you against your will without a legal reason. New Jersey and New York both treat false imprisonment as a civil wrong (a tort) as well as a crime, so a criminal case against the person who detained you is