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4 days ago2 min read
DOJ Halts New Civil Rights Cases
The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations — and signaled that it might back...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 162 min read
Rape, Crime Rampant Within South Carolina Jail, DOJ Investigators Say
Federal investigators delineated this week, in a scathing e 36-page report , how the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, a large jail in...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 5, 20241 min read
DOJ Announces Efforts To Address Suicides in Jails, Prisons
The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to address a crisis of suicides and systemic failures in federal prisons and jails,...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 5, 20242 min read
Memphis Police Scathed in Nichols Investigation
The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers during a traffic stop in January 2023 exposed serious problems in the Memphis Police...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 29, 20242 min read
If Todd Blanche Becomes Deputy AG, He Should Steer Clear of Trump's Legal Matters, Experts Say
Todd Blanche — Trump’s pick to be the deputy attorney general who also was the face of Trump’s defense team for the past year — faces an...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 15, 20242 min read
Trump Defenders Get His Nod for Top Posts While DOJ Staff Reels
President-elect Trump announced he will nominate his criminal defense lawyers for three top posts in the Department of Justice, while his...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 11, 20241 min read
TD Bank Fined $3 Billion for Drug Money Laundering
TD Bank pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act for failing to monitor money...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 13, 20241 min read
AG Merrick Garland Defends Justice Department Impartiality
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he would not allow the Justice Department “to be used as a political weapon,” as he...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 27, 20241 min read
House G.O.P. Pushes Deep Cuts, to 'Punish' Justice Department
A House spending bill approved along party lines by a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee would cut funding for salaries...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 14, 20242 min read
Phoenix PD Accused of Civil Rights Violations: DOJ Report
A federal civil rights investigation into law enforcement in Phoenix, the nation's fifth-largest city, reveals discriminatory practices...
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Crime and Justice News
May 22, 20241 min read
DOJ: In Minneapolis Suburb, Mental Health Calls No Longer Nuisances
Anoka, a suburb of Minneapolis, agreed not to disclose private medical information about renters with mental-health issues to resolve a...
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Crime and Justice News
May 22, 20241 min read
DOJ Sues Oklahoma, To Stop Law That Criminalizes Immigrants Without Papers
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Oklahoma on Tuesday seeking to block a law that seeks to impose criminal penalties on those living in...
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Crime and Justice News
May 17, 20241 min read
DOJ Issues Notice to Reclassify Marijuana As Schedule III Drug
The Department of Justice plans to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking on Thursday to reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Despite Evidence, Trump Booster in DOJ Pursued Election-Fraud Inquiry
During the second day of the disciplinary hearing for former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark painted a picture of someone who,...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 22, 20242 min read
Lagging Trump Prosecutions: 'None of These Trials May Go Forward'
In 2021, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland set the course for an investigation that resulted in the August 2023 indictment of former...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Kentucky Deputy Convicted of Violating Civil Rights
Tanner Abbott, 31, a former sheriff’s deputy in central Kentucky has been convicted in federal court of violating the civil rights of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 8, 20241 min read
DOJ Warns of Harsher Punishments for Criminal Misuse of AI
The Justice Department is stepping up its focus on artificial intelligence, with officials warning Thursday that companies and people who...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 29, 20241 min read
Despite GOP Criticism, Biden Claims Crime-Reduction Efforts Work
President Biden on Wednesday welcomed local police chiefs and law enforcement officials to the White House to discuss his...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 6, 20241 min read
Justice Department Proposal Could Fix Crime Victim Fund Disparities
Money from the Office of Victims of Crime, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, goes to states, where it is distributed to help crime...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 6, 20241 min read
Fed Prosecutors Who Withheld Brady Evidence Face Few Sanctions
Sanctions came late and light for two federal prosecutors who withheld key evidence resulting in a defendant’s wrongful imprisonment, the...
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