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Crime and Justice News
Nov 26, 20242 min read
End Of Trump Federal Criminal Cases Leaves Key Issues Unresolved
The end of the two federal criminal cases against President-elect Trump on Monday left unsettled questions about constraints on criminal...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 25, 20242 min read
Trump Deportation Plan Court Backlog Could Stretch To 2040
Can President-elect Trump pull off the largest deportation in U.S. history, given the highly complex process of spotting, detaining,...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 22, 20243 min read
Trump Taps Ex-Florida AG Pam Bondi For U.S. Attorney General
Former Florida Attorney General will be nominated by President-elect Trump as U.S. Attorney General after former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Gaetz Out As AG After Reports Of $10K Paid To Women In Sex Parties
Matt Gaetz, President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general who had faced a torrent of scrutiny, withdrew from consideration on...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 20, 20242 min read
Two New Reports On Shoplifting Trends In American Cities
The Council on Criminal Justice has released two new reports digging into shoplifting trends in several American cities. One report, ...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Study's Findings Include Paradoxical Relationship Between Academic Test Scores and Property Crime in Houston Neighborhoods
Examining economic opportunity, unemployment, and even academic test scores at the neighborhood level, helps to better understand the...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 18, 20242 min read
Only Half Of Major Crime Labs Have Adopted National Standards
A Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist manipulated hundreds of DNA test results, including those in a triple murder case....
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By Ted Gest
Nov 15, 20242 min read
DOJ Watchers Express Cautious Optimism On Anticrime Policy
Some veteran U.S. Justice Department employees and observers believe that national anticrime policies may not change radically despite...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 14, 20244 min read
'Provocative' Gaetz AG Pick Draws Immediate Flak in GOP Ranks
President-elect Trump's announcement that he will nominate Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general demonstrated Trump's intent to radically...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 13, 20242 min read
Convicted Men on Why Murders Spiked During 2020
Interviewee 18 lost his job when his employer, a bakery, closed because of the pandemic. “Everything collapsed,” he told the interviewers...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 12, 20242 min read
How Trump Could Expand The Use Of The Death Penalty
The U.S. government had not executed anyone for more than 15 years until Donald Trump revived the practice at the tail end of his first...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Should 2024 Votes In Many States Be Called The 'Anti-Crime Election'?
Several local election outcomes make 2024 the “anti-crime election” that many Americans have longed for, contends Rafael Mangual of the...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20242 min read
State Leaders, Immigration Groups Brace For Trump Deportation Plan
Across the country immigration groups and leaders in state governments are gearing up for president-elect Donald Trump’s plan to crack...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 7, 20243 min read
BJS Reports Deaths in Federal Custody – Other Jurisdictions Slow to Comply With 2013 Act
In response to a 2013 law requiring law enforcement agencies to report deaths in custody, the Bureau of Justice Statistics just released...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 6, 20243 min read
Trump Victory Signals Pro-Gun, Tough On Crime Agenda
Donald Trump's resounding victory returning him to the White House promises to bring a pro-gun, conservative criminal justice policy back...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 5, 20242 min read
Will State Voters Get Tough On Crime Or Just Move To Center?
Crime rates have come down from a pandemic-era spike, but voters in several states are considering ballot measures that promote tougher...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 4, 20243 min read
How Crime Has Fared As Issue In Election Battlegrounds
Donald Trump routinely raises the issue of crime on the campaign trail, saying crime rates are “through the roof” and that cities like...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 1, 20242 min read
Census Bureau’s Method of Counting People in Prisons and Jails is ‘Prone to Errors’
“It is no secret that the Census Bureau counts incarcerated people in the wrong place — a prison or jail cell — instead of in their...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 31, 20242 min read
Inmate Counts Rise In Jails, Prisons Since Pandemic-Era Slowdown
P andemic-era decarceration has stalled, the Vera Institute of Justice says in a new report. About 1.3 million people are being held in...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 30, 20242 min read
How Do Voters View Crime Issues In The Upcoming Election?
Last week, the online data research group YouGov released the results of a series of polls that asked registered voters opinions on a...
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