NYS SUPREME COURT Rules Rochester Red Light Camera Law Is Constitutional

<p><u id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2645"><b id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2644">NYS SUPREME COURT Rules Rochester Red Light Camera Law Is Constitutional</b></u></p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="yiv1573797461"><div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_10281"><div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_10280" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv1573797461"><div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_10279"><div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_10278" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2611"><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2610">In a decision released late Friday, November 1, Supreme Court Justice Scott Odorisi ruled against plaintiff Lawrence Krieger in his lawsuit against Rochester's red-light camera scheme.</b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2616"><br><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2615">In a twenty-seven page opinion Justice Odorisi ruled that the scheme did not create quasi-criminal liability and that the due process rights in the U.S. Constitution are not violated by the City's enforcement procedures.</b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2614"><!--break--><br><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2625">"We're disappointed, as you'd expect," said Michael Steinberg, Krieger's attorney who briefed and argued the case.&nbsp;</b><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2617">"Justice Odorisi treated the parties and counsel with the utmost respect and wrote a timely decision,&nbsp;</b><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2624">but we feel he put too much reliance on Federal law and not enough on the New York cases.</b><b>Those cases give greater due process protection to citizens."</b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2612"><br><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2623">"It's a sign of how serious these issues are, though, that the Judge wrote so much on the subject," Steinberg added.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2618"><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2619">Krieger said, "I can't agree with some of Justice Odorisi's rulings but I'm heartened by the fact that he recognized that there are real dangers in these new technologies.&nbsp;</b><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2643">He was careful to limit his decision to this particular Rochester program."</b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2620"><br><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2621">"It's been a great experience to hear so many passionate expressions of support from people who live or work in Rochester and have to live with this red light camera program."&nbsp;</b><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2622">Krieger continued &nbsp;"We've been able to spark an ongoing public debate, not just on the 32 red-light cameras around the City but on surveillance and civil rights. "</b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2613"><br><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2642">Krieger said "a Notice Of Appeal from the decision will be filed and this story isn't finished."</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p>Addtional information:<a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/node/100298"> Strike it down! Larry Krieger fights City Hall on red light cameras </a></p>

<p><u id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2645"><b id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2644">NYS SUPREME COURT Rules Rochester Red Light Camera Law Is Constitutional</b></u></p> <p> </p> <div id="yiv1573797461"> <div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_10281"> <div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_10280" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div id="yiv1573797461"> <div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_10279"> <div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_10278" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2611"><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2610">In a decision released late Friday, November 1, Supreme Court Justice Scott Odorisi ruled against plaintiff Lawrence Krieger in his lawsuit against Rochester's red-light camera scheme.</b></div> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2616"><br /><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2615">In a twenty-seven page opinion Justice Odorisi ruled that the scheme did not create quasi-criminal liability and that the due process rights in the U.S. Constitution are not violated by the City's enforcement procedures.</b></div> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2614"> <!--break--><p><br /><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2625">"We're disappointed, as you'd expect," said Michael Steinberg, Krieger's attorney who briefed and argued the case. </b><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2617">"Justice Odorisi treated the parties and counsel with the utmost respect and wrote a timely decision, </b><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2624">but we feel he put too much reliance on Federal law and not enough on the New York cases.</b><b>Those cases give greater due process protection to citizens."</b></p></div> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2612"><br /><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2623">"It's a sign of how serious these issues are, though, that the Judge wrote so much on the subject," Steinberg added.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></b></div> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2618"><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2619">Krieger said, "I can't agree with some of Justice Odorisi's rulings but I'm heartened by the fact that he recognized that there are real dangers in these new technologies. </b><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2643">He was careful to limit his decision to this particular Rochester program."</b></div> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2620"><br /><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2621">"It's been a great experience to hear so many passionate expressions of support from people who live or work in Rochester and have to live with this red light camera program." </b><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2622">Krieger continued  "We've been able to spark an ongoing public debate, not just on the 32 red-light cameras around the City but on surveillance and civil rights. "</b></div> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2613"><br /><b id="yiv1573797461yui_3_13_0_1_1383597684928_2642">Krieger said "a Notice Of Appeal from the decision will be filed and this story isn't finished."</b></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Addtional information:<a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/node/100298"> Strike it down! Larry Krieger fights City Hall on red light cameras </a></p>