ORDERS OF PROTECTION IN NEW YORK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIMINAL CASES: BALANCING THE RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED VS. PROTECTING THE COMPLAINANTS
Ever since Galina Komar was killed in February 1996 by her ex-boyfriend after he was released on bail, New York Criminal Courts have struggled with how to balance the rights of the accused while protecting the complainant/victims. In the Komar case, Judge Lorin Duckman of Brooklyn Criminal Court was widely criticized after Komar’s death for […]