News Media Overrun Uvalde, Angering Some Residents
As journalists stood across from a mortuary watching a funeral for a child killed in the Uvalde school massacre, some people didn’t...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Federal Prosecutors Trying Third Time to Win Antitrust Case
The Justice Department is pushing forward with criminal cases and probes targeting price fixing and other alleged antitrust violations,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Shootings in Philadelphia, TN Leave Five Dead, Two Dozen Injured
Shootings in Philadelphia and Chattanooga, Tn., left five people dead and about two dozen others wounded over the weekend, adding to the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Tuesday Test For San Francisco's Progressive Prosecutor Boudin
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin declared his 2019 election victory a call by voters for radical change. He promised to do...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 1 min
Peter Navarro Indicted For Refusing To Heed Jan. 6 Committee
Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro was been indicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after refusing to comply...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 1 min
Uvalde School Police Chief Central Figure In Massacre Response Probe
Pete Arredondo, the man blamed for bungling the response to Uvalde elementary school shooting last week, officially became a city council...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Democratic Candidates Boost Law-and-Order Rhetoric
In Democratic strongholds, a rise in violent crime has pushed the party’s candidates to address the issue of public safety in newly...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Three Police Agencies Test Using QR Codes For Local Feedback
After every significant encounter with residents, police officers in Warrenton, Va., are required to hand out a QR code on the back of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 1 min
Harvey Weinstein's Rape Conviction, 23-Year Prison Term Upheld
A New York appeals court upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction and 23-year prison sentence, rejecting the former movie mogul’s claim...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Escaped Texas Inmate Dies in Shootout After Killing Five
A Texas inmate who escaped from a prison bus last month died in a shootout with law enforcement officers Thursday night after he is...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 1 min
Tulsa Shooting Shows Hospital Security Vulnerabilities
Hospitals, like schools, are not typically designed to guard against the threat of a determined gunman entering the building to take...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 1 min
At Least Four Mass Shootings Around the U.S. Weekly in 2022
Before a man killed at least four people Wednesday at a Tulsa medical facility, there had already been 231 mass shootings this year in...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Will Depp-Heard Verdict Chill the #MeToo Effect on Sex-Abuse Cases?
When Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard ended in his favor on Wednesday, some observers worried that the verdict might...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 1 min
Berkeley Teen Arrested For School Mass Shooting Plot
A 16-year-old boy was arrested after he plotted to carry out a mass shooting and a bombing at a high school in Berkeley, Ca. Acting on a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Avenatti Will Spend Another 2 1/2 Years In Prison For Daniels Theft
California lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for stealing book proceeds from Stormy Daniels, the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Justice Department IG to Probe IL Prison Violence, Abuse Reports
Three members of Congress called for an immediate federal investigation into violence and abuse at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Il....
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 2
- 2 min
NYC Mayor To Name Gun Violence Czar Amid Shooting Surge
With the number of shootings in New York City still at high levels, Mayor Eric Adams is expected to appoint a "gun violence czar" just as...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 2
- 2 min
School Shootings Showcase Role of Doors in Casualties
Doors – both the one the Uvalde gunman entered and the one police did not open for over an hour – have been at the center of the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Google Gives $8M To Help Ex-Inmates Work In Tech, Clear Records
Google is contributing more than $8 million to expand its justice reform work, including the expansion of digital skills programming for...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 2
- 2 min
Will Supreme Court Clerks Give Phone Records To Leak Probers?
Frustrations appear to be mounting at the Supreme Court four weeks after Politico published a leaked draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito...
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