news2019-07-15
The police department, working under the thumb of a federal consent decree and stiff competition from higher-paying jobs elsewhere, has dropped from 53 officers in 2014 to 39. The City Council hired another new police chief, this one from Georgia. The city is 68 percent black, but a white man remain....Read more
news2019-07-15
Attorney General William Barr visited a federal prison in Edgefield, S.C., last week to view training for inmates, from computer skills to cooking, auto mechanic training and factory work. Barr’s visit signaled a major policy shift since his first stint as attorney general in the 1990s, when he p....Read more
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Under a new rules, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. Vice President Mike Pence and senators visited crowded detention facilities on Friday. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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Immigration enforcement authorities said their plans to track down migrants with deportation orders would continue, but their operations appeared routine rather than the mass roundups the president promised. “Trump can declare victory — he already scared the hell out of people,” said the direc....Read more
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The rate of incarceration in New York City jails is the lowest since 1978. Liz Glazer of the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice attributes the decline to a citywide decrease in crime, decriminalization of marijuana leading to fewer arrests, and progressive policy changes such as bail reform. Source....Read more
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A federal judge said Monday he needed more time to make a decision. Federal prosecutors said evidence against the financier is growing “stronger by the day” after several more women contacted them to say he abused them when they were underage. Epstein wants to return to his Manhattan mansion pen....Read more
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Most young children in Chicago live in communities with high rates of violence, even though homicides in the city dropped overall, a new study from the Erikson Institute finds. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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The prosecutor in Rapides Parish, La., had ramped up a "pretrial diversion" program and kept the money from fees paid by defendants to avoid charges. That prompted a lawsuit from local officials. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2019-07-15
The prosecutor in Rapides Parish, La., had ramped up a "pretrial diversion" program and kept the money from fees paid by defendants to avoid charges. That prompted a lawsuit from local officials. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2019-07-15
Back in 2012, more than 60 Ohio police officers took part in a 22-mile chase that led to the fatal shootings of two unarmed people. Many years later, two supervisors face a trial over traffic offenses. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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