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Connecticut's Nonprofit Journalism. by Paul Casteleiro Richard Lapointe, center, outside Hartford Superior Court with Kate Germond, left, and Paul Casteleiro, right, of Centurion Ministries in April of 2015. TUCKER IVES | CONNECTICUT PUBLIC In 1992, Richard Lapointe was convicted after confessing to the murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault of...

All people charged with committing a crime have a Sixth Amendment right to the appointment of counsel at trial and on direct appeal of any conviction if they cannot afford to retain their own attorney. However, in the post conviction process — when the conviction has...

By Paul Casteleiro, Esq On May 26, 2021 the New Jersey Supreme Court in an evenly split 3-3 decision upheld the murder conviction of Michele Lodzinski. The issue the Court split on was whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction. The tie vote results...