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Vienna Convention Is Part of Criminal Court Routine in Immigrant-Rich Queens

Vienna Convention Is Part of Criminal Court Routine in Immigrant-Rich Queens In a windowless fluorescent haze, in the depths of Criminal Court in Queens, a defendant making his first appearance before a judge hears a long, numbing list of forms changing hands. “24030, 25020, 71031,” a prosecutor says as each piece of paper is dropped into the defendant’s file. First, though, comes what sounds like a far more consequential exchange: “The people serve the Vienna Convention Notice,” the prosecutor informs the court. Only in Queens, a borough that is home to nearly 1.1 million immigrants, the city’s international airport and… View Article