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Wisconsin Defenders Concerned Over State's Shredding Inmate Mail
The Wisconsin State Public Defender and other attorneys are expressing concerns over attorney-client confidentiality and the timely and...
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2 days ago2 min read
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Sharp Exchanges As Krasner Seeks Third Term As Philadelphia DA
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in the second public debate of the race, continued to nt his paint Democratic challenger as...
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2 days ago1 min read
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Judge To Rule On Evidence In Idaho Student Killings After April Hearing
New court filings in the case of Bryan Kohberger, charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students in 2022, offer new details...
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3 days ago2 min read
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NM Legislators Focus On Violent Crime After Mass Shooting In Park
Efforts by New Mexico to contain violent crime took center stage Saturday at the end of a legislative session hours after three people...
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3 days ago2 min read
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NH Paying $10M For Gang Rape In State Youth Detention Unit
The New Hampshire attorney general agreed to a $10 million to a man who alleged that he was gang-raped in a stairwell at the state’s...
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4 days ago2 min read
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Immigration Crackdown Draws Agents Away From Crime Fighting
Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are cracking down on immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. Homeland Security...
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4 days ago2 min read
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Ninth Circuit Upholds California Ban on Large-Capacity Magazines
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in favor of California's Attorney General Rob Bonta, upholding the state's ban on...
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5 days ago2 min read
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67,000 White South Africans Interested in Trump-Offered U.S. Refuge, as 'Victims of Racial Discrimination'
The United States Embassy in South Africa said Thursday it received a list of more than 67,000 people interested in refugee status in the...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Deportees From U.S. Struggle in Panama Seeking Asylum
Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama hopped door-to-door...
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5 days ago2 min read
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In 2024, 277 Voters Were Noncitizens, Iowa Confirms
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said Friday 277 of the 2,176 individuals identified by his office to have their ballots challenged in...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Judge Calls Trump Info On Deportee Flights 'Woefully Insufficient'
A federal judge has instructed the Trump administration on Thursday to explain why its failure to turn around flights carrying deportees...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Congress Looks to Limit Power of Judges Who Rule Against Trump
House Republicans don’t have the votes to impeach federal judges, as President Donald Trump has demanded. So they’re looking at other...
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5 days ago1 min read
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NYC Can’t Allow Green-Card Holders to Vote, Top State Court Rules
A New York City law that would have allowed noncitizens to vote in local elections was declared unconstitutional on Thursday by the...
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5 days ago1 min read
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Obituary - KW Lee, Journalist Who Helped to Free Korean Death-Row Inmate Chol Soo Lee
K.W. Lee, a pioneering Asian American journalist whose reporting led to the release of a Korean immigrant on death row in California, and...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Intelligence Assessment Disagrees With Trump’s Assertions About Venezuelan Gang
To invoke wartime deportation powers, President Trump announced that a gang had invaded the United States and was committing crimes at...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Justice Department Tries to Protect President From Jan. 6 Civil Lawsuits
The Justice Department made an unusual effort on Thursday to short-circuit a series of civil lawsuits seeking to hold President Trump...
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5 days ago2 min read
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DOJ To Drop Lawsuit Over Texas Immigration Enforcement
The Trump administration has moved to dismiss a Biden-era lawsuit against Texas over a state law that would allow local police to arrest...
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6 days ago1 min read
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Judge Orders BOP To Transfer Two Transgender Women Prisoners Back To Women’s Prison
A judge on Wednesday ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer two transgender women inmates back to federal women’s prisons...
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6 days ago1 min read
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ICE Private Prison Contractor Fights To Pay Detainees As Little As $1 A Day
Despite its soaring stock prices, the $4 billion private prison company GEO Group continues to resist having to pay detainees more than...
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6 days ago2 min read
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Alleged Pandemic Fraud Ringleader Found Guilty In Minnesota
The alleged ringleader of a massive pandemic fraud case in Minnesota was found guilty on all counts Wednesday for her role in a scheme...
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6 days ago1 min read
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