| SDNY Judge Berman and Shroff
Cites Cohen Exploring Freeing Tyler Toro Amid
COVID 19
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 21 –
The existential moments in the
criminal justice system
occasioned by the COVID-19
pandemic were on display on
April 21 when released was
sought for defendant Tyler
Toro. Transcript here
on Scribd; if that's blocked,
on Patreon here.
U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Richard M. Berman
pressed SDNY Assistant US
Attorney Elizabeth Hampf to
help find a solution, not in
essence hide behind arguments
like not being able to get
information from the US Bureau
of Prisons.
Defense
lawyer Sabrina Shroff, working
pro bono or for free after
receiving a telephone call
from the mother of Tyler Toro
whose brother she had
previously represented but no
longer represents, pointed out
the disparity of, for example,
Michael Cohen being released
still owing two years on his
sentence, while Tyler Toro
remains detained.
Judge Berman
implored AUSA Hanft to
seek information from the
Bureau of Prisons, since they
both work for the Justice
Department -- a push echoed
later on April 21 by EDNY
Magistrate Judge James
Orenstein, here.
This SDNY case, which Inner
City Press will continue to
cover, is US v. Toro,
18-cr-218 (Berman).
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