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Impact of New York State Discovery Laws on Victims 
In 2019, the legislature made necessary reforms to the New York State Discovery Laws. While significant reforms were made, there have been unintended consequences resulting in a 48% increase in the rate of case dismissals citywide including cases of domestic and sexual violence. Learn more about the importance on the proposed changes to New York’s discovery laws that will help protect victims, including survivors of domestic violence—while still having the most open and transparent discovery laws in the nation.
NYC woman who fatally tortured special-needs teen learns fate 
“I’m still waiting for a phone call to hear, ‘Hey, Sis, I miss you,’ ” an emotional Mykarsha Rogers told the judge — who ended up sentencing killer Johnette Booker to 20 years behind bars.
NYC woman gets 20 years for merciless murder of teen cousin with special needs 
An Upper West Side woman convicted of mercilessly beating to death her teenage cousin with special needs was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday after telling the court she’d take whatever punishment she got.
NYC woman gets 20 years for torture death of teen cousin with special needs 
Johnette Booker, 43, was found guilty last month of manslaughter, gang assault and endangering the welfare of a child, among other charges, in the death of 15-year-old Jallen McConnie.
Manhattan woman gets 20 years in prison for beating, waterboarding autistic teen cousin to death 
The woman convicted of brutally beating and waterboarding her 15-year-old autistic cousin to death inside her Manhattan apartment in 2021 was sentenced on Monday to 20 years behind bars in what the presiding judge called the saddest case of her career.
UWS Woman Sentenced to 20 Years for Causing Teen Cousin’s Death 
Manhattan D.A. Bragg has announced that 43-year-old Johnette Booker has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for “assaulting and causing the death of her 15-year-old cousin in June 2021.”

Manhattan District Attorney's Office