AKRON, Ohio – Authorities on Sunday launched “heartbreaking” video of the deadly taking pictures of Black motorist Jayland Walker in a hail of bullets minutes after Akron police say he fled a site visitors cease final week. The eight officers immediately concerned within the taking pictures have been positioned on administrative depart, […]
Criminal Law
1000’s of federal inmates nonetheless await early launch below Trump-era First Step Act, advocates say
1000’s of nonviolent federal prisoners eligible for early launch below a promising Trump-era regulation stay locked up practically 4 years later due to insufficient implementation, confusion and bureaucratic delays, prisoner advocacy teams, affected inmates and former federal jail officers say. Even the Biden administration’s try to supply readability to the […]
Hardwick retains two police chiefs on payroll as investigations drag on
A Hardwick police cruiser. Photograph courtesy of Hardwick Police Division 5 and a half months after Hardwick positioned its police chief on go away, a proper investigation into the matter has solely not too long ago begun. In the meantime, the city has already paid over $54,000 this 12 months […]
Jan. 6 panel may make a number of legal referrals of Trump to DOJ, Cheney says
WASHINGTON — Home Jan. 6 committee members stated Sunday that they could make legal referrals to federal prosecutors involving former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election outcomes. Fanning out on Sunday packages to debate the congressional investigation and its public hearings, committee members stated that […]
Justice Division Braces for Rise in Violent Crime
But the federal authorities, for all its huge investigative powers, performs a supporting function on the subject of combating road crime. The Justice Division prosecutes main drug and weapons trafficking instances, gives technical assist on gun tracing and the evaluation of different proof, and distributes billions in grants to complement […]
Chesa Boudin recall not a death knell for justice reform- CalMatters
In summary While San Francisco voters recalled progressive DA Chesa Boudin, other criminal justice reform proponents did well in the California primary. The message sent by voters was far more nuanced than the national narrative. After making significant gains in recent years across California and the country, a movement to […]
Russian Atrocities Prompt Bipartisan Push to Expand U.S. War Crimes Law
WASHINGTON — Leading senators of both parties have struck a deal over a draft bill that would expand a 1996 war crimes law to give American courts jurisdiction over cases involving atrocities committed abroad even if neither party is a U.S. citizen, in the latest response to Russia’s apparent targeting […]
San Francisco recalls DA Chesa Boudin in blow to criminal justice reform | San Francisco
San Francisco residents have voted to recall the district attorney, Chesa Boudin, who was elected on an agenda of criminal justice reform but faced intensifying backlash from law enforcement, conservatives and residents concerned about crime. Boudin’s removal as the city’s top prosecutor in the middle of his first term is […]
Mayor Adams calls NYC’s criminal justice system ‘laughingstock’
Mayor Eric Adams lashed out at prosecutors and judges Monday for cutting loose suspected shooters to unleash more gunfire on the Big Apple’s streets — saying the “bad guys no longer take them seriously.” The clearly frustrated mayor also fumed that soft-on-crime policies were turning the city’s criminal justice system […]
Editorial: Ignore the early reviews. California’s criminal justice reform movement fared well on election day
Despite what you may have heard, Tuesday was a fairly good day for criminal justice reform in California. Of course, it may not seem so to Chesa Boudin, the soon-to-be-ex-San Francisco district attorney, who was recalled by a wide margin by the same impatient voters who ousted the previous D.A. […]