New Mexico Residents with Felonies Denied Ballot Access
A lawsuit claims that certain New Mexico residents with felony convictions have been improperly denied access to ballots, despite state...
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Crime and Justice News Archive
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Oct 31 min read
AP Factcheck: Trump's Claims of 300,000 Missing Migrant Children Lack Context
Recently, Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have alleged that hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 162 min read
Trump Ad Misleading On Harris Policing Record, Fact Checker Says
“Four years ago ... rioters threw a brick at my face and knocked out my teeth. Why? Because I was a police officer. And what did Kamala...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 132 min read
New Election Guide Describes Officials' Influence on Criminal Justice
To help guide voters interested in criminal-justice issues, the Prison Policy Initiative published Mass incarceration is on the ballot ,...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 122 min read
Election Officials Warn of Escalating Threats Ahead of 2024 Vote
With Election Day less than two months away, and former President Trump persisting in unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen,...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 52 min read
GOP Presses To Stop Small Problem Of Illegal Immigrant Voting
Republican activists met on a Zoom call in July to discuss how to keep undocumented immigrants from voting in November, a problem they...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 301 min read
Pentagon Approves Support to Secret Service for Presidential Campaigns
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a request to provide the Secret Service with additional military support capabilities for...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 262 min read
'We Should Be Very Afraid' - FBI Informant Who Infiltrated KKK Warns of Far-Right Violence
Joe Moore, a high-profile FBI informant who spent years infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan confirms in a new book public fears that...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 261 min read
Red States Sue Biden Administration Over Spousal Citizenship Program
A Texas-led coalition of 16 Republican-led states have filed a new lawsuit against the Biden administration, with hopes of blocking...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 223 min read
Presidential Candidates Rely on Different Crime Data, Avoid Mention of Justice Reform
Two recent Washington Post opinion pieces parse the discussion of crime in the presidential race, which has thus far largely focused on...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 192 min read
Is Harris Repositioning To A 'Tough On Crime' Agenda?
When Kamala Harris published a book in 2009 recounting her experience as a California prosecutor, she called it “Smart on Crime.” That...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 192 min read
How Trump, Harris Criminal Justice Records Differ
Both former President Trump and Vice President Harris have extensive records when it comes to criminal justice policy – records that are...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 162 min read
Tim Walz: Navigating the Path From NRA Backing To Gun Control
During a closely contested primary for governor in 2018, Tim Walz, a congressman in a a conservative, pro-gun district in Minnesota,...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 162 min read
With Heavy Training, Chicago Police Ready For Democratic Confab
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling is touting extensive officer training as a critical part of the city’s preparations for next...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 161 min read
Bulletproof Glass To Shield Trump At Outdoor Campaign Rallies
The Secret Service approved a new security plan to protect former president Trump at outdoor campaign events, including the use of...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 162 min read
Harris Goes On Offensive As Tough On Immigration, Border Security
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and other Democrats are going on the offensive as tough on immigration and border security, running...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 162 min read
Trump Wrongly Blames Harris For CA Law Reducing Penalties
Donald Trump waded into a thorny California issue on Thursday, hitting Democratic candidate Kamala Harris for a decade-old criminal...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 152 min read
Trump Claims On Crime Rates 'At Odds With Reality'
If the early days of the Trump-Harris presidential campaign are any indication, the public can expect a few months of misleading,...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 132 min read
Senate Dems Push DOJ to Boost Poll-Worker Protections
In response to growing numbers of local election officials who have reported experiencing threats, harassment or other abuse, a coalition...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 91 min read
Police Officers At Jan. 6 Riot To Campaign For Harris
Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection will campaign Friday for Vice President Kamala Harris...
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