news2018-05-20
Dimitrios Pagourtzis was charged as an adult, but he can’t be sentenced to death because of a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. In Texas, he can’t be sentenced to life without parole as the result of a 2013 law that banned the practice fo....Read more
news2018-05-19
"It's a halo effect," says Elinore Kaufman, lead author of a University of Pennsylvania study. “If you lived in a state with lenient laws but neighboring states had stronger laws, you were a little bit protected.” Source: The Crime ....Read more
news2018-05-19
Digital monitoring of a spouse or partner can constitute illegal stalking, wiretapping or hacking. Laws and law enforcement have struggled to keep up with technological changes, even though stalking is a top warning sign for attempted homic....Read more
news2018-05-19
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) asked law enforcement groups to oppose a federal prison reform bill pending on Capitol Hill. The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association agreed, and reversed its support of the measure. Source: The Crime Report ....Read more
news2018-05-19
Mark Inch resigned with no public explanation on the same day that White House adviser Jared Kushner commended him for his work on prisoner rentry. A House panel has been examining staff problems in the prison agency. Source: The Crime Rep....Read more
news2018-05-19
After the Santa Fe school shooting, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said there are too many entrances and exits at schools. Security experts say it would be too expensive and impractical to secure every door, and that focusing on earlier identif....Read more
news2018-05-19
Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a shaggy-haired, 17-year-old junior, was charged with killing nine classmates and a teacher’s aide and injuring many others at his high school in Santa Fe, a working class suburb 35 miles south of Houston. He posted....Read more
regulatory2018-05-18
Hickory Harvest Foods of Akron, Ohio is voluntarily recalling specific lots due to the potential exposure to Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes,an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young childre....Read more
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