Life Sentence for MS-13 Leader Who Ordered Multiple Killings
During the summer of 2019, a series of killings in northern Virginia stood out even in the violent world of the MS-13 street gang. That...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 7, 2023
- 2 min
NYPD Gang Database Violates Youth Rights, Group Charges
The New York Police Department gang database violates the civil rights of Black and Hispanic young people much like the department’s...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 25, 2023
- 2 min
Murder Sheds Light on L.A. County Jail's Vast Black Market
The boss of one of the most intricate and lucrative black market businesses in Los Angeles County, the jails themselves, was stabbed to...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 23, 2023
- 2 min
Judge Enables Challenges Over Racial Skew in Gang Prosecutions
A judge in one of California's largest counties cleared the way for court challenges to all prosecutions brought over the past decade...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 22, 2023
- 2 min
Gangs Control Most of Haiti Capital as Police Face Attacks
Haiti's national police, outgunned and outnumbered by gangs, have ceded control of most of the capital city of Port-au-Prince and...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
With Gang Members on Staff, Brewery Hits Troubled Times
The Wilmington, N.C., brewery TRU Colors makes a bold claim. Like many social-justice ventures, it strives to provide good jobs to people...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 11, 2022
- 2 min
Rappers Gunna and Young Thug Charged With Racketeering
Atlanta rapper Young Thug co-founded a violent street gang that committed multiple murders, shootings and carjackings over a decade and...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 29, 2022
- 2 min
Salvadoran Gang Crackdown Gets Green Light
After a spike in killings led the government of El Salvador to declare a state of emergency, more than 18,000 people have been imprisoned...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Sacramento Shootings Blamed On Five Shooters From Rival Gangs
The mass killing that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars near California’s Capitol last weekend was a gunfight involving at...
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