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University Campus Sexual Assault Disciplinary Proceedings Sexual assault on university campuses has long been a huge and underreported problem, but recently, the topic has received a tremendous amount of press coverage. As a result of this – as well as a spate of Title IX lawsuits alleging that universities have failed to make campuses safe…

Defense attorney Matthew Galluzzo appeared in the New York Daily News on Monday in connection with a story about his client who pleaded guilty in federal court to sexual abuse on an international airplane flight. The Sentencing Guidelines and the prosecutor recommended a sentence of between 6 to 12 months in jail, but Mr. Galluzzo…

Last night a rookie police officer shot and killed a 28 year old unarmed man named Akai Gurley as he was walking down a staircase in East New York’s Pink Houses. New York City Police Commissioner Bratton described the police shooting as “unintentional, ” and the result of an ‘”accidental discharge.” Whether or not this…

Attorney Matthew Galluzzo recently appeared as a guest columnist and expert commentator in the New York Daily News on the rape and sexual assault investigation of famous civil rights attorney Sanford Rubinstein. The article is available here: here: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/case-sanford-rubenstein-hard-prove-prosecutor-article-1.1964443

Criminal defense lawyer Matt Galluzzo was recently quoted in a Village Voice article about arrests in New York City for possessing illegal gravity knives. The article is available here. The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo has represented numerous individuals arrested for possessing gravity knives – if you or someone you love has been arrested or…

Matthew Galluzzo, a former domestic violence prosecutor and Manhattan criminal defense attorney, was recently asked by USA Today to comment on whether Ray Rice received an appropriate result in connection with his arrest for aggravated assault of his wife in Atlantic City, NJ. The article containing his quote is available here: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/09/ray-rice-sentence Mr. Galluzzo also…

Recently, attorney and former prosecutor Matthew Galluzzo was quoted in NBC News about the NFL’s creation of a commission designed to investigate claims of domestic violence and sexual assault by its players and staff. Mr. Galluzzo, a former sex crimes and domestic violence prosecutor, spoke approvingly of one of the appiontees, Lisa Friel. The article…

Matthew Galluzzo, a former prosecutor that has served as a consultant to the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa, recently appeared on BBC News (TV) on September 11, 2014, to discuss the verdict in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. To read more about his thoughts on the verdict, click here for newyorkcriminaldefenseblawg.com

There has been a media firestorm about NFL running back Ray Rice’s assault of his wife Janay Rice. While exiting an elevator in Atlantic City, NJ, Ray Rice – a powerfully built football player – punched his wife in the face and appeared to knock her unconscious. He then dragged her along the floor of…

Over the course of two days (yesterday and today), Judge Masipa issued her verdict in the South African murder trial of former paralympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius. After a lengthy explanation of her factual findings and legal conclusions, she declared him not guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but convicted him of a lesser charge…