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Crime and Justice News
Jul 19, 20222 min read
Chicago Crime Rate Is Up, But Arrests Are Down
LaTanya Gordon thinks she knows who killed her sons. Her eldest, 20-year-old Tyler “Ty Ty” Malden, was shot in the head and an arm on...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 18, 20222 min read
TX Panel Cites 'Systemic Failures,' 'Poor Decision Making' At Uvalde
The 18-year-old who massacred 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Tx., on May 24 had no experience with firearms before his rampage....
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 15, 20222 min read
As Gascon Faces Recall, He Says 'People Don't Care About Data'
George Gascón was elected district attorney of Los Angeles County in 2020 with 54 percent of the vote. “I won handsomely,” he reminisced....
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 14, 20221 min read
Racial Justice Plays a Role in Jaywalking Debate
For nearly a century, jaywalking has been illegal in most states and localities. Reports have shown that police in some areas...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 13, 20222 min read
Could Better Locking Systems Be Key to Stopping School Shootings?
The classrooms in Uvalde, Tx., schools lacked a basic security feature — and it’s missing across most of the nation. The classroom doors...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 12, 20222 min read
Defendants Should Target Roberts, Kavanaugh, Says Court Watcher
About a third of the recently completed Supreme Court term dealt with criminal justice issues. Ohio State University law Prof. Douglas...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 11, 20222 min read
With 400 Million Guns, Death Total a 'Uniquely American Phenomenon'
The spate of shooting attacks in Highland Park, Il.; Uvalde, Tx.; and Buffalo has riveted attention on the staggering number of public...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 8, 20222 min read
'Alarming' Data: 60% Of Poor Young Minorities In Criminal-Case Homes
Nearly four in 10 children in the U.S. grew up in households in which a parent or other adult faced at least one criminal charge, were...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 7, 20222 min read
SCOTUS Conservative Majority 'Restless' To Recalibrate Constitutional Law
The conservative majority of the Supreme Court is making broad changes to American law on a tight timeline in moves that are giving the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 6, 20222 min read
Are Mass Shootings in America 'Hyperventilated' By Media?
Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in the U.S., the reality of the nation’s staggering murder rate...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 5, 20222 min read
Police Departments Struggle to Fill Their Ranks Amid Departures
Rookie St. Paul police officer Blake Steffen stood on a busy corner listening to a woman on a bench complain about being harassed by...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 1, 20222 min read
Lawmakers Consider Body Armor Bans After Mass Shootings
Calls for new gun restrictions inevitably follow most mass shootings, including the one that killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 30, 20222 min read
Experts Call For Treating Gun Violence As A Public Health Issue
In “Toward a Fair and Just Response to Gun Violence,” a report by the Joyce Foundation, a group of advocates, prosecutors and defense...
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Haley Tenore
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Will Supreme Court's Allowing Guns In Public Make U.S. A 'Free-For-All'?
Law enforcement leaders decried a new Supreme Court ruling that will make it easier for New York state residents to carry guns publicly....
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20222 min read
House DOJ Panel Rejects Most Of Biden Bid For 10-Year Anticrime Aid
House members with jurisdiction over the Justice Department's budget did not include most of a multi-billion-dollar Biden administration...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 27, 20222 min read
Abortion Ruling Fallout Puts Prosecutors On the Spot
In the turmoil following last Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, protests spread to cities nationwide and at...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 24, 20222 min read
As Expected, High Court Overrules Roe v. Wade, 6 to 3
The Supreme Court overruled the historic 1973 Roe. v. Wade decision granting abortion rights, potentially criminalizing the procedure in...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 23, 20222 min read
More Legal Gun Carrying Likely As High Court Voids NY Gun Law
In a key ruling for gun rights, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a restrictive New York gun law. The The 6-3 decision is...
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Ashley Oddo
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Supreme Court Limits Prosecutions For 'Crimes of Violence'
What is a crime of violence and does it include attempted robbery under the federal Hobbs Act? In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Understaffed Public Defender Units Leave Inmates Without Help
Daily in Oregon jails, about 40 people remain in custody without a public defender to represent them in court. Some have waited weeks for...
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