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2 days ago2 min read
Can NYC Mayor Flout Sanctuary Law, Bring ICE Back To Rikers?
Mayor Eric Adams announced last week that he is preparing an executive order that would welcome U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement...
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2 days ago2 min read
Court Rejects Trump Emergency Appeal of Birthright-Citizenship Ruling
Saying that courts have never recognized an exception to birthright citizenship, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
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2 days ago2 min read
Some Migrant Children Navigate Court Alone, After Federal Cuts to Legal-Services Organizations
“Children so young their feet can’t touch the floor when they sit in courtroom chairs have been left without representation in...
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Crime and Justice News
3 days ago1 min read
Federal Bureau Of Prisons Facing Major Challenges Amid Leadership Overhaul
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is currently experiencing significant upheaval, with a wave of leadership departures leaving the agency...
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3 days ago2 min read
Three Venezuelan Migrants Deported Following Successful Legal Challenge To Trump's Guantanamo Transfers
Three men held in immigration custody for over a year and facing the possibility of transfer to Guantánamo Bay asked a federal court to...
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3 days ago1 min read
In Response To NY Prison Guard Strike, Hochul Threatens To Send In National Guard
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul threatened Tuesday to deploy National Guard troops to restore order as a strike among prison guards across the...
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3 days ago2 min read
Trump Administration Considering Appointment Of 'Pardon Czar'
President Donald Trump’s advisers are considering Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving a life sentence for a drug conviction when the...
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3 days ago1 min read
Prominent Anti-Sexual-Violence Group Removes Mention Of Trans People To Maintain Federal Funding
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating sexual assault has removed all...
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3 days ago2 min read
Jury Finds A$AP Rocky Not Guilty
Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm after he was accused of shooting at...
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3 days ago2 min read
Judge Orders Hearing Over Bid To Dismiss Eric Adams Charges
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered U.S. prosecutors to appear in court this week to address why they are seeking to dismiss criminal...
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3 days ago3 min read
Medical Experts Attempt To Track Bullet Lethality Like Viral Diseases
Physicians and firearm researchers are working to create a common metric to measure the lethality of different guns and bullets — an...
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3 days ago2 min read
Will Trump’s Attack On Birthright Citizenship Hold Up In Supreme Court?
President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship has been dismissed as flatly unconstitutional by many media...
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3 days ago1 min read
Former Guatemalan Congressman Sentenced in International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
A former Guatemalan congressman was sentenced in the U.S. to 18 years in federal prison last week after pleading guilty to being involved...
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3 days ago2 min read
Leonard Peltier Released From Prison Following Biden Commutation
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law...
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4 days ago1 min read
Top U.S. Criminal Prosecutor Quits After Demand To Start EPA Probe
The top criminal prosecutor in the Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney’s Office, Denise Cheung, resigned Tuesday after declining a request...
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4 days ago2 min read
DOJ Cuts Breaks To People Loyal To Trump, Alarming Critics
Justice Department veterans are noticing a pattern a month after President Trump took office: The department seems to be cutting breaks...
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4 days ago2 min read
Trump: Ex-Death Row Inmates To Live In 'Monstrous' Conditions
A memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi details how her agency will put into practice an executive order to restart federal executions...
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4 days ago2 min read
Amid 3.7M Case Backlog, Trump Fires Immigration Judges
The Trump administration fired a slew of immigration judges as part of the sweeping moves to cut thousands of government workers. The...
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4 days ago2 min read
29 Police Recruits Around U.S. Died In Training Over A Decade
Ronald Donat’s dream of becoming a police officer was in jeopardy. The 41-year-old struggled to stand after completing a flurry of...
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4 days ago2 min read
NYC Paid Out $206M In Police, Prosecutor Misconduct Settlements
New York City paid out $206 million last year to settle cases involving police and prosecutorial misconduct, including decades-old...
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