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Jun 15, 2017

$14.6 Million for Everton Wagstaffe, Wrongfully Incarcerated for 23 Years

BLH partners Jonathan Moore and Marc Cannan recently obtained a $14.6 million settlement for Everton Wagstaffe, for his civil rights...

Jun 19, 2014

$41 Million Settlement for Central Park 5

After nearly three decades, justice has finally come to wrongfully imprisoned plaintiffs of this longstanding civil rights battle. ...

BLH, Ben Crump Law, the People's Law Office File Historic Lawsuit Against the Government on behalf of Malcolm X and his Daughters

New York, NY - Today, BLH joins Ben Crump Law and the People's Law Office in filing a historic lawsuit against the government on behalf...

UNDISCIPLINED, UNPUNISHED - Summary of the Report on the NYPD’s Disciplinary System

On September 23, 2024, the Hon. Analisa Torres, a federal court judge in the NYPD stop-and-frisk cases, published an unprecedented and...

Suit Filed Against Donald Trump by the “Central Park Five” Over False Statements at Presidential Debate

October 21, 2024 PHILADELPHIA, PA – The “Central Park Five” or “Exonerated Five” – the five individuals who were officially exonerated...

DOJ Files Statement of Interest in BLH Challenge to City's Use of Police as First Responders to Mental Health Crises

New York, NY – October 4, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Statement of Interest in a lawsuit filed by New York...