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Crime and Justice News
Jun 17, 20222 min read
Crimes Against Asian Americans Worse Than Infamous 1982 Case
When Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man from the Detroit area, was beaten to death with a baseball bat after being pursued by two white...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 16, 20222 min read
White House Task Force To Fight Online Harassment, Threats
The White House is starting a task force focused on the prevention of online abuse, marking one of the most significant steps the Biden...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Gun Proposals Would Have Stopped Only 1/3 Of Recent Mass Killings
An average of six times a year since 2015, a person with a firearm has committed mass murder in a public place in the U.S. After each...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 14, 20223 min read
National Crime Data May Be Missing For Years As Police Fail to Report
Nearly 40 percent of law enforcement agencies around the U.S. did not submit any data in 2021 to a newly revised FBI crime statistics...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 12, 20222 min read
Modest Gun Curbs, Aid For Schools, Mental Health in Senate Deal
A bipartisan group of senators reached a tentative agreement on legislation that would pair modest gun restrictions with significant...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 10, 20222 min read
Mass Shootings Bring Call For Protecting Health Care Workers
The spate of mass shootings, including an incident that claimed four lives at a Tulsa hospital, is driving efforts to enact new...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 9, 20223 min read
Democrats On Defensive, Crime Called 'Sleeper Issue' Of Elections
Sitting before a dozen police officers at a public safety forum, Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV.) made clear that she will defend law enforcement...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 8, 20222 min read
In Loss For Progressive Prosecutors, S.F. Voters Oust Chesa Boudin
San Francisco residents voted overwhelmingly to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin, one of the nation's most progressive prosecutors,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 7, 20222 min read
NY Officials Expect Violence, Litigation If Gun Curbs Are Voided
Already this year, the New York Police Department has recovered more than 3,000 guns, a 28-year high. Across the city and state,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 6, 20222 min read
Pending Federal Gun Controls Could Have Prevented 35 Mass Shootings
If major gun control proposals pending in Congress had been law since 1999, four gunmen under 21 would have been blocked from legally...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 3, 20222 min read
White House Dubious Congress Will Buy Biden's Gun Violence Ideas
White House officials are privately bearish that Congress will pass anything substantial to limit guns. Biden aides aren't under any...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 2, 20222 min read
Why Prison Reformers Should Focus On 'Back-End' Release Decisions
“Indeterminacy” is the product of uncertainty about how much time in custody a criminal defendant serves. The uncertainty extends over...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 1, 20222 min read
Progressive Prosecutors Get More Pushback Than Ever
Once again, a California Democrat complains that Republicans and big-money donors are trying to overturn the will of the voters by...
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Crime and Justice News
May 31, 20222 min read
RAND Toolkit Aims to Reduce The Likelihood of Mass Shootings
The RAND Corp. created a toolkit to help reduce the likelihood of mass shootings and other public attacks to reduce the casualties of...
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Crime and Justice News
May 29, 20222 min read
Schools Across U.S. Boost Security After Uvalde Massacre
After the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Tx., schools around the U.S. have brought in more security staff and restricted visitors...
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Crime and Justice News
May 27, 20222 min read
'Lockdown Generation' Students Frustrated in Era of Mass Shootings
A day after the Texas school massacre, Ohio teacher Renee Coley thought her sixth grade students would need time to process it, so she...
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Crime and Justice News
May 26, 20223 min read
Have Higher Crime Rates Killed The Criminal Justice Reform Movement?
For a brief period two summers ago, the U.S. seemed to be on the verge of a serious rethinking of its approach to criminal justice....
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Crime and Justice News
May 25, 20222 min read
On Floyd Death Anniversary, Biden Issues Limited Order on Policing
With Congress deadlocked over how to address racism and excessive use of force, President Biden is signing an executive order on policing...
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Crime and Justice News
May 24, 20222 min read
Police Reform 'Stagnated' As Both Parties Back Officers
A few days after George Floyd was murdered two years ago, presidential hopeful Joe Biden spoke passionately about police reforms he said...
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Crime and Justice News
May 23, 20222 min read
Amy Solomon Nominated to Head Office of Justice Programs
President Biden has chosen Amy Solomon to lead the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs (OJP), which includes major DOJ...
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