Trump Judge Orders Media to Keep Juror Information Secret
Hours before swearing in a jury of 12 anonymous Manhattan residents chosen to hear the hush-money trial of former President Donald Trump,...
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Mar 61 min read
Liberty University fined $14M for Federal Crime-Reporting Violations
The U.S. Department of Education has fined Liberty University a record $14 million for violating a federal law that requires colleges to...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 141 min read
ICE, Facing Budget Crunch, Could Release Thousands of Immigrants
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could “slash its capacity to hold detainees,” and release thousands of immigrants, according...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 101 min read
Texas Urges Supreme Court To Stay Out of Border Razor-Wire Spat
On Tuesday, Texas responded to the Biden administration’s emergency appeal at the Supreme Court, urging the justices to keep Border...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20231 min read
Hawaii Officer Justified in DUI Stop, Despite No Sign Prohibiting U-Turn
The Hawaii Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a man arrested for a DUI after an officer pulled him over for making an unlawful...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20231 min read
Federal Court Rejects El Chapo's Petition For Habeas Corpus Relief
A federal New York court rejected the petition of El Chapo, also known as Joaquin Guzman, for habeas corpus relief, Courthouse News...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20231 min read
Massachusetts Breaks Tradition, Terminating Parole For 13 People
In Massachusetts, where only one person received a parole termination since 2018, 13 people recently had their parole terminated by the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20231 min read
New Jersey Man Says Jail Listened To Pre-Trial Calls With Lawyers
Yursil Kidwai, a man incarcerated in New Jersey alleges in a federal class-action lawsuit that jail officials secretly monitored...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Grand Central Stabbing Suspect Had Frequent Prior Police Run-ins
,The New York Times reports that the man who stabbed two teenage sisters in Grand Central Terminal on Christmas Day had encountered the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20231 min read
U.S. Atty General May Pursue First Death Case, for Buffalo, NY Shooter
The Justice Department is nearing a decision over whether to pursue the death penalty for Payton Gendron, the 20-year-old White gunman...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20231 min read
Backlash Grows for Ohio D.A. Trying to Indict Woman Who Miscarried
Medical and legal professionals are rejecting the claim by an Ohio district attorney that he lacks the power to drop the case against an...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20231 min read
Florida Increased Use Of Capital Punishment In 2023
Florida increased and expanded its use of the death penalty in 2023 and is one of five states that regularly impose capital punishment,...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 28, 20231 min read
Court: Some Police-Drone Footage Could Be Released as Public Records
Jurisdictions often claim that police records are "investigatory" and thus not public records. But an appellate court found that, in a...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20232 min read
A Mother’s Search For Her Son In 1995 Led To A Mass Grave And Changed Laws
One evening in the fall of 1995, 21-year-old LaMont Dottin didn't come home. He was a freshman at Queens College and was living with...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20232 min read
New York Judge Vacates Two Wrongful Murder Convictions
A New York judge vacated two wrongful convictions Monday after reinvestigations found the murder trials were based on incorrect...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20231 min read
NY Appeals Court Rules That Cyclist Share The Same Rights As Drivers, When Stopped by Police
The state Court of Appeals decision, issued last week, came in the gun possession case against a Queens man, Lance Rodriguez, reported by...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20231 min read
Judge Declares A Mistrial In The Case Against Former Officer Involved In The Breonna Taylor Raid
A federal judge declared a mistrial on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, after a jury deadlocked on civil rights charges against a former...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Justices Divided Over Longer Sentences for Defunct Drug Charges
The Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday when weighing how to apply sentencing guidelines to criminal defendants who commit serious...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Florida Lawmakers Push Back Against Slave Reparations
A lawmaker in Florida wants to make sure no government money goes to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves. On Monday, Sen. Blaise...
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Nov 28, 20232 min read
Study Finds Most School Shootings Aren’t ‘Mass’ Shootings
Many Americans think of school shootings as mass casualty events involving an adolescent with an assault-style weapon. But a new study...
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