Guns Bought Legally Are Used More Quickly In Crimes, ATF Says
What the Associated Press calls the most expansive federal report in over two decades on guns and crime shows a shrinking turnaround...
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- 9 hours ago
- 1 min
More Federal Inmates Held In Solitary Despite Biden Order
Federal prison officials are "actively investigating" why the number of prisoners being held in so-called restrictive housing has surged...
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Crime and Justice News
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min
Atlanta Police Killing Part of Crackdown On Environmentalists
Believed to be the first environmental defender killed in the U.S., the shooting of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, advocates warn of a...
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Crime and Justice News
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min
A Mixed Record On Effectiveness of Police Body Cameras
The escalation of police violence broadly has led some activists to lose faith in body cameras as a meaningful tool, particularly as...
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Crime and Justice News
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min
Ex-ABC Crime Reporter Meek Named In Federal Child Porn Charge
Federal prosecutors charged a former ABC News national security journalist with a child pornography offense. James Gordon Meek, 53, a...
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Crime and Justice News
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min
D.C. Subway Employee Killed While Intervening In Shootings
An employee of Washington, D.C.'s subway system who tried to stop a gunman targeting commuters Wednesday was fatally shot on a train...
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Crime and Justice News
- 10 hours ago
- 2 min
Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Seek Probe Of Laptop Data Leaks
Lawyers for Hunter Biden are requesting that federal and state investigators look into people who accessed and spread personal data from...
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Crime and Justice News
- 10 hours ago
- 2 min
$12 Million Settlement By IL Police Agency Over Shooting Of Boy, 12
Twelve-year-old Amir Worshop was sitting on his bed hands raised when an Illinois police officer shot him in the knee with an AR-15-style...
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Crime and Justice News
- 10 hours ago
- 2 min
Nebraska Target Shooter, Mentally Ill, Obtained Gun Four Days Before
The man who was fatally shot by police after entering a Target store in Omaha, armed with an AR-15-style rifle had obtained the weapon...
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Crime and Justice News
- 10 hours ago
- 2 min
Biden Administration Slow To Implement Hate Crime Law
When President Biden signed a bill on hate crimes in 2021, he said many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, were...
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Crime and Justice News
- 11 hours ago
- 2 min
Four Officers Charged in Tyre Nichols' Death Had Prior Violations
Four of the five former Memphis Police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols had previous infractions with the department,...
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Crime and Justice News
- 11 hours ago
- 2 min
Jan. 6 Rioter 'Ashamed' As He Gets 68-Month Prison Term
A Jan. 6, 2021 defendant who sprayed a chemical irritant at 5 police officers — and later bragged about it in a video interview — was...
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Crime and Justice News
- 12 hours ago
- 1 min
Texas Executes Hispanic Inmate For Killing Police Officer In 2007
Texas executed an inmate convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago after a high-speed chase. Wesley Ruiz,...
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Crime and Justice News
- 1 day ago
- 2 min
Amid Police Hiring Woes, Officer Counts Higher Than 15 Years Ago
Law enforcement, police unions and politicians are rallying behind demands for more officers on the streets, tying those calls to rising...
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Crime and Justice News
- 1 day ago
- 2 min
D.C. Employee Charged In Shooting Death Of 13-Year-Old Boy
A Washington, D.C., government employee turned himself in to the police to face a charge of second-degree murder charge in connection...
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Crime and Justice News
- 1 day ago
- 2 min
Five Major Questions For Firearm Injury Prevention Research
The need for strong research on gun violence is great after another spate of mass shootings, writes Megan Ranney of Brown University's...
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Crime and Justice News
- 1 day ago
- 2 min
COVID-Era Fraud Boosted By 221K Suspect Social Security Numbers
The U.S. government may have awarded $5.4 billion in coronavirus aid to small businesses with potentially ineligible Social Security...
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Crime and Justice News
- 1 day ago
- 2 min
CA Police Get Backlash For Fatally Shooting Double Amputee
A southern California police department is facing national backlash after footage showed that officers fatally shot a double amputee and...
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Crime and Justice News
- 1 day ago
- 1 min
DOJ Marks National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
The Justice Department has renewed its commitment to investigating and prosecuting human traffickers, protecting victims, and preventing...
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Crime and Justice News
- 1 day ago
- 2 min
Biden, Fighting Long Odds, To Meet With Black Caucus On Police Reform
President Biden wants to revive bipartisan talks on overhauling police tactics and accountability after the death of Tyre Nichols, with...
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