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Crime and Justice News
Jan 171 min read
Biden Commutes 2,500 Non-Violent Drug Terms, More Clemency Likely
President Biden announced on Friday that he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 inmates serving long prison terms for nonviolent...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 162 min read
Washington Post: Could Trump Could Deport at ‘Light Speed’?
In this Washington Post graphic, each figure represents 10,000 people. "The universe of potential deportees — immigrants living in the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 152 min read
Prison Violence A 'Pervasive Crisis,' Reports Find
Two new reports spearheaded by the Prison Violence Consortium that examine correction systems in seven states suggest that violence in...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 142 min read
Police Use Facial Recognition For Arrests Without Other Evidence
After two men brutally assaulted a security guard on a desolate train platform in a St. Louis suburb, transit police detective Matthew...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 132 min read
State Tough On Crime Approach 'Back In Political Favor'
Within minutes of his inauguration Monday, new Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is expected to issue a variety of orders targeting crime. The...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 103 min read
How Policing Consent Decrees Have Succeeded In Five Cities
In announcing a settlement with Minneapolis for police reform, U.S. Department of Justice officials cited five other cities that have...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 92 min read
Report: One in Six U.S. Prisoners Serving Life Sentences
Lester Pearson, 84, leans on his cane as he leaves the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola after serving 57 years. Photo by Andrew...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 83 min read
Tougher Prosecution Credited For Sharp Drop In Baltimore Homicides
The drop in homicides in Baltimore over the past two years has significantly outpaced the decrease in the U.S. as a whole, a shift that...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 72 min read
Nearly 5 Years After Floyd Died, Minneapolis Adopts Police Reform
More than 4½ years after the police killing of George Floyd triggered state and federal investigations and protests worldwide,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 63 min read
Which Of The 1,580 Jan. 6, 2021, Defendants Will Trump Pardon?
James Tate Grant couldn’t admit to his father that he joined the first attack on police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, opening the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 32 min read
Philadelphia Crime Mystery: Why Are Homicides Way Down?
Philadelphia last year experienced its largest annual decline in homicides in at least a half-century — a stunning reversal after three...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 23 min read
Nearly a Month in Advance of Bourbon Street Tragedy, Feds Had Warned of 'Low-Tech Vehicle Ramming'
Photo from the 100 block of Bourbon, courtesy of EmpowerYouNola “In the weeks leading up to the holidays, federal law enforcement and...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 31, 20242 min read
Decline In Murders, Other Violent Crimes Likely To Level Off In 2025
The national decline in murders probably will level off in 2025, predicts New Orleans-based crime statistics analyst Jeff Asher on...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 30, 20243 min read
Will Backlash To Criminal Justice Reform Persist Under Trump?
The spike in crime rates prompted by the 2020 pandemic cemented the backlash to progressive criminal justice reform. Lawmakers from both...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 27, 20243 min read
A Few Reasons For Optimism About The Plague Of Gun Violence
. Guns were already a major public health concern in the U.S. when the pandemic hit and the murder rate skyrocketed . The surge in...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 26, 20242 min read
Will Local Goverments Cooperate With Trump On Immigration Policy?
The San Diego region, like many communities on the southern border, saw a sharp drop in migrants entering the U.S. after the Biden...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 24, 20242 min read
With Massive Backlog of Existing Orders, ICE Agents Have Little Capacity to Ramp Up Deportations
Even as Trump plans mass deportations, there are not enough immigration agents to deal with an existing backload of deportation orders –...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 23, 20242 min read
Biden Commutes 37 On Death Row Before Trump Can Execute Them
President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly every prisoner on the federal government’s death row, a sweeping decision designed...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 20, 20243 min read
Public Contact With Police Declines, Racial Disparities Continue
Almost 50 million people reported contact with police in 2022, the lowest total since 2008. Still, an analysis by the Prison Policy...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 19, 20242 min read
New Database Tracks Misconduct of Federal Officers
The Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report on the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), which includes 4,790...
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