Queens Defenders

@KhaleelAnderson @JSandersNYC Join us by calling your representatives and urge them to protect your rights and prevent Governor Hochul's rollback on discovery! protectkaliefslaw.com/home

We thank @KhaleelAnderson and @JSandersNYC for meeting with our team about the crucial role discovery plays in protecting the basic rights of New Yorkers and preventing wrongful convictions.

Queens Defenders is proud to be part of the Alliance to Protect Kalief’s Law. This past Monday we joined advocates across the state to call on Albany to protect discovery reform, because New York's discovery laws work! news10.com/news/ny-news/d…

NEW YORK'S DISCOVERY LAWS WORK! Repealing NY discovery laws will not “reduce delays,” “streamline case processing” or “close loopholes,” as the Governor claims. Instead, it will gut #KaliefsLaw, leading to more wrongful convictions, coerced plea deals, and clogged courts.

Tell your legislators not to put a blindfold on justice and protect New York's Discovery Laws! Learn more at - protectkaliefslaw.com

We're in Albany calling on Governor Hochul to abandon the principles of #KaliefsLaw and roll back the landmark discovery reform done in 2019. The Governor claims that sharing evidence with New Yorkers undermines public safety, but that is dangerously wrong.

JOIN US: Thurs. @ 11am, we're rallying in NYC + Albany to demand an end to prison abuse. Guards have brutalized, sexually assaulted & killed Black and brown people in New York's prisons for decades. We demand basic rights for incarcerated people, real pathways to release & more.

The aim is to “address the harms caused by New York’s history of imposing overly harsh sentences, including those required by mandatory minimums."

If passed, the Second Look Act would allow people serving prison terms of 10 years or longer to apply to judges and ask them to re-evaluate their sentences.

Earlier this week, New York's Chief Judge, the Honorable Rowan D. Wilson, called for passage of the Second Look Act in the annual State of the Judiciary. #CommunitiesNotCages

Queens Defenders is proud to be a member of the Alliance to Protect Kalief's Law, which opposes Governor Hochul's proposed changes to New York State’s landmark discovery law. Learn more about Kalief's Law at the Alliance's newly launched website: protectkaliefslaw.com

The Queens Defenders Board of Directors has appointed Anthony Martone as Interim Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer. Read the full release: queensdefenders.org/board-of-direc…

@JSandersNYC @RAPPcampaign The Elder Parole (S454/A514) bill provides for parole release consideration, on a case-by-case basis, for people classified by DOCCS as older adults (age 55+) who have served at least 15 years.

@JSandersNYC @RAPPcampaign The Fair & Timely Parole (S159/A127) bill restores the Parole Board to its original purpose of evaluating readiness for release, rather than denying people based solely on their conviction, while preserving the Board’s discretion to make individualized determinations.

Queens Defenders thanks @JSandersNYC for meeting with representatives from @RAPPcampaign and the People's Campaign for Parole Justice to discuss the Senator's co-sponsored bills: Fair & Timely Parole (S159/A127) & Elder Parole (S454/A514). #ParoleJusticeNY

Queens Defenders in partnership with Families & Friends of the Wrongfully Convicted are holding a rally tonight at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn at 6pm. Contact: Renny (347)388-7974 Derrick (646)371-7409 Rev. Kevin McCall (929)320-3911 @FamiliesandFri1 #JusticeforRobertBrooks

HAPPENING TODAY: Day of Action in Honor of Robert Brooks More than 30 days have passed since Robert Brooks was beaten to death by prison guards at Marcy Correctional Facility. There have been no arrests or indictments.

@UntitledAndFree Register at bit.ly/ReclaimMLK2025 to receive updates for the online and in-person activities happening throughout the day which will include a Day of Service Community Meal, banner/sign making, crucial community conversations, guest speakers and more.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dedication to equal justice by supporting the All of Us (@UntitledAndFree) day of action, education, & resistance.