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Crime and Justice News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
Most Deaths When Police Use 'Less-Lethal' Force Are Called Accidents
The autopsy report on Jen Dold's brother called his death an accident. Their mother had called 911 for help getting Alex Dold, 29, to the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 17, 20242 min read
How Cellphones Fuel Violence In Schools
Cellphones are fueling fights, brawls, cycles of cyberbullying, and disrupting learning in schools and classrooms throughout the U.S.,...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 16, 20244 min read
Why Homicides Spiked In 2020 And How To Prevent A Repeat
What can explain the spike in homicides during 2020, when almost every large city saw an increase compared to 2019 and the average urban...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 13, 20243 min read
Courts Swamped With Gun-Law Challenges After Justices' Ruling
More than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally expanded its interpretation of the Second Amendment, federal courts...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 12, 20243 min read
The Often-Invisible Defendants Who Move Directly to Sentencing After ‘Noncompliance’ in Court Diversion
In recent years, justice reformers have called for increasing alternatives to incarceration, including drug treatment programs. But...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 11, 20243 min read
How Trump DOJ Probed Congress, Journalists On First-Term Leaks
In the first Trump administration, the Justice Department launched four sprawling leak investigations that ultimately targeted two...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Suspect Charged With Murder In UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing
Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate suspected in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was arrested and...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 9, 20243 min read
Nearly Half Of Police Agencies Have Co-Responder Programs
More police agencies across the U.S. are adopting alternative responses to calls involving mental health crises. Co-responder teams...
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By Ted Gest
Dec 6, 20242 min read
How Can States, Cities Help Achieve More Reform In Policing?
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to cut back or eliminate efforts to seek court-ordered reforms of local police departments after...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 5, 20243 min read
Bus Tickets Have Mixed Success, as Solution for Homelessness
San Francisco Mayor London Breed made waves recently with a major policy shift: Before providing a shelter bed or any other services,...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 4, 20242 min read
After Hunter Biden Pardon, Advocates Urge President To Grant More Clemency For Prisoners
After President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden this week for tax and gun law violations, hundreds of prisoners who have...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Long State Prison Lockdowns Harm Rehab, Contribute To Violence
State prison systems are grappling with chronic understaffing and overcrowding, dual crises that are keeping incarcerated people confined...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 1, 20242 min read
FBI Pick Kash Patel Has Vowed To Pursue 'Deep State,' Media
President-elect Trump  plans to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray  with Kash Patel, a move that would install a staunch loyalist to...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 29, 20243 min read
Acoustic Sensors Detect Frequent Gunfire Near Children Walking to School in Chicago, Data Shows
Using data from acoustic-detection sensors, a new study  found alarming spatial patterns of gun-violence exposure along walkable routes...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 27, 20242 min read
Used By Presidents Since The 50s, Trump Could End Humanitarian Parole For Immigrants
For seventy years, Republic and Democratic presidents alike have used a legal tool known as humanitarian parole to grant people unable to...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 26, 20242 min read
End Of Trump Federal Criminal Cases Leaves Key Issues Unresolved
The end of the two federal criminal cases against President-elect Trump on Monday left unsettled questions about constraints on criminal...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 25, 20242 min read
Trump Deportation Plan Court Backlog Could Stretch To 2040
Can President-elect Trump pull off the largest deportation in U.S. history, given the highly complex process of spotting, detaining,...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 22, 20243 min read
Trump Taps Ex-Florida AG Pam Bondi For U.S. Attorney General
Former Florida Attorney General will be nominated by President-elect Trump as U.S. Attorney General after former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Gaetz Out As AG After Reports Of $10K Paid To Women In Sex Parties
Matt Gaetz, President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general who had faced a torrent of scrutiny, withdrew from consideration on...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 20, 20242 min read
Two New Reports On Shoplifting Trends In American Cities
The Council on Criminal Justice has released two new reports digging into shoplifting trends in several American cities. One report, ...
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