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White House Considers Clemency for Drug Offenders on Home...

President Joe Biden is considering using his clemency powers to commute the sentences...

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Man Sentenced to Life for the Kidnapping, Killing of Mollie...

Judge Joel Yates has sentenced Cristhian Bahena Rivera to life in prison without...

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Georgetown U to Train Corrections Staff in Limiting Juvenile...

The training will be a part of a certificate program offered juvenile justice executives...

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Mask Mandate Bans in Five States Probed as Civil Rights...

The Education Department has launched investigations into five states whose prohibitions...

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Georgia Prosecutor Will Seek Death Penalty For Atlanta...

Atlanta DA Fani Willis has filed court papers declaring her intention to seek the...

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Watch Your Driver’s License: Cyberscammers Exploit COVID-19

Watch Your Driver’s License: Cyberscammers Exploit COVID-19

The pandemic has been a fertile opportunity for cyberscammers. In one example, scammers...

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San Francisco ‘Dream Keeper’ Program Will Pay People to End Gun Violence

San Francisco ‘Dream Keeper’ Program Will Pay People to...

Starting in October, the Dream Keeper Fellowship will give at-risk participants...

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Hate Crimes Reach ‘Shocking’ 12-Year High

Hate Crimes Reach ‘Shocking’ 12-Year High

The number of hate crimes recorded in 2020 rose to the highest level in 12 years,...

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Does ‘Nirvana’ Lawsuit Undermine Struggle Against Trafficking?

Does ‘Nirvana’ Lawsuit Undermine Struggle Against Trafficking?

A lawsuit filed this month by Spencer Elden, whose naked photo as an infant was...

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Purdue Pharma Attempts to Sway DOJ Appeal Behind the Scenes

To seal a potential settlement deal that would grant them broad immunity, Purdue...

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Mexico and U.S. Face Awkward Return to ‘Remain in Mexico’...

Forced to reinstate a Trump-era immigration policy, Mexico and the U.S. consider...

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Georgia Judge Rules Arbery’s Past Inadmissible at Trial

Defense attorneys for the three men charged with murder in the fatal shooting of...

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Is Chicago’s Violence Really Caused by Gangs?

Chicago residents, experts, and former gang members call foul on a popular narrative...

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To Meet Rising Crime and Armed Protesters, Black Women...

As violence rises, homicides increase, and white male protests continue to tout...

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‘Burn Down the House’: An Expert Calls for Abolishing the Youth Justice System

‘Burn Down the House’: An Expert Calls for Abolishing the...

The current youth justice system is a “failure for virtually all who come in contact...

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Arizona Ends ‘Peremptory Challenges’ in Effort to Create...

Arizona is the first state in the country to eliminate peremptory challenges that...