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How Bloomberg Can Get Beyond Stop-and-Frisk

By James Doyle | February 14, 2020

Of all the presidential candidates, former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is best placed to lead a pivot from sterile arguments over crime control vs due process toward a radical re-orientation aimed at safety. First,  he needs to go beyond atoning for stop-and-frisk, says TCR’s legal affairs columnist.

U.S. Department of Justice

Ex-Federal Prosecutors Seek Barr Resignation

By Crime and Justice News | 6 hours ago

1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials called on Attorney General William Barr to leave after he intervened to lower the federal sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone. “Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice,” the lawyers said.

Homicide

Teen Arrested for Murdering Barnard's Tessa Majors

By Crime and Justice News | February 15, 2020

The case against Rashaun Weaver, 14, was based partly on evidence from a video, a smartphone and iCloud, says Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.

Immigration

Tactical Border Units Deployed in Sanctuary Cities

By Crime and Justice News | February 15, 2020

Among the agents being deployed to 10 urban areas are members of the elite tactical unit BORTAC, which acts as the Border Patrol’s SWAT team.

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Science & Technology

Police Use of Artificial Intelligence Poses ‘Alarming’ Threats to Privacy: Paper

By TCR Staff | February 14, 2020

The growing deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by police forces requires new vigilance about balancing civil liberties and public safety, warns a professor at the University of California-Davis School of Law.

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Guns

More States Consider Allowing Guns in Churches

By TCR Staff | February 14, 2020

After a significant rise in hate crimes at churches, synagogues, temples and mosques, more states are passing or considering laws making it easier for people to carry guns in houses of worship.

Drugs

85,000 Marijuana Convictions Tossed in California

By Crime and Justice News | February 14, 2020

The total includes 66,000 cases dismissed in Los Angeles County alone. Of those affected, 32 percent are back and 45 percent are Latinx.

U.S. Department of Justice

Ex-Cruz Aide Hart Now Heads DOJ Crime Victims Agency

By Crime and Justice News | February 14, 2020

President Donald Trump named one of Senator Ted Cruz’s former staffers to lead a Justice Department office at the heart of a whistleblower complaint over anti-human trafficking grants. The White House said Jessica Elizabeth Hart, who works in the Justice Department’s legislative affairs office, will run the Office for Victims of Crime.

Policy & Politics

Barr to Trump: Stop Tweeting About Justice Department

By Crime and Justice News | February 14, 2020

Amid the furor over the Justice Department’s withdrawing a sentence recommendation for Roger Stone, Attorney General William Barr said President Donald Trump’s tweeting about this case and others makes it “impossible for me to do my job.”

Guns

FL 'Red Flag' Law Invoked 3,500 Times in Two Years

By Crime and Justice News | February 14, 2020

Sixteen states and D.C. now have similar laws, 11 of which were enacted after the school shooting at Parkland, Fl., two years ago Friday.

Corrections & Reentry

VA May Broaden Parole; The Question is How Much

Democrats shelved a bill that would have restored the possibility of parole for nearly 17,000 inmates, more than half the state’s prison population. they are focusing on modest efforts to restore parole to older inmates.

Capital Punishment

Oklahoma Hopes to Resume Executions This Year

Attorney General Mike Hunter would not say where the needed drugs for lethal injections have been found. The state has another execution method called nitrogen hypoxia if drugs can’t be located.

Policing

CA License Plate Reading Doesn’t Protect Privacy: Audit

An audit found that 99.9 percent of the 320 million images the Los Angeles Police Department stored came from vehicles that were not on a list of those involved in criminal investigations when the image was made by automated license plate readers.

Media

In Leak Probe, NYPD Subpoenas Reporter’s Twitter Data

In an apparent effort to tamp down on leaks, the New York Police Department subpoenaed a New York Post reporter’s Twitter data, citing a post-9/11 anti-terrorism law to try to force the tech company to comply.

Immigration

Dems Accuse Trump of Eroding Immigration Courts’ Independence

Nine Senate Judiciary Committee members charge that the Trump administration’s “gross mismanagement of these courts,” threatens to do “lasting damage to public confidence in the immigration court system.”

Methamphetamine Resurging in Ohio, N. Kentucky

New Phila. Top Cop Allows Nail Polish, A Signal of Change

Oregon City Pays $600K in ‘Casual’ Racism Case Over Arrest of Black Man

Police Chief Calls New Nextdoor App ‘Game Changer’

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Research & Analysis

  • Prisoner Reentry
    Sing Sing
    Report Gives States Failing Grade in Inmate Education

    A new report by the Council of State Governments Justice Center says that only 10 states allow all people behind bars to access college and employment certification courses, while the rest prohibit some inmates from participating.

  • Immigration
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    Criminal Prosecutions for Illegal Border Crossings Dropped 37% During 2019

    The sharp drop between October 2018 and October 2019 was recorded even as the number of undocumented individuals apprehended at the border increased, suggesting a shift in DOJ priorities since the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.

  • Justice and Health
    prison
    Increased State Prison Mortality Rate Tracks Rise in Elderly Population

    The portion of state prisoners aged 55 or older roughly tripled from 2001 to 2016---from 4 percent to 12 percent—and may be one factor in increasing mortality rates, based on figures reported by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

  • Cybercrime
    cybercrime
    Internet Crime Cost Americans $3.5 Billion in 2019, says FBI

    In the annual report of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the agency said the number of complaints had nearly doubled since 2015, from 288,012 to 467, 361 in 2019—and reported losses increased five-fold in the same period.

  • Race and Equity
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    Implicit Bias Against Federal Latinx Defendants Undermines Justice System: Paper

    Latinos now make up the largest subset of federal criminal defendants, and they are increasingly victimized in many jurisdictions by the same forms of unconscious bias that have been identified in the treatment of other minorities. A public defender in Arizona argues the best way to counter it is by using “race-conscious” strategies.

  • Juvenile Justice
    handcuffs
    ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Discipline Puts Thousands of Texas Schoolkids on Pipeline to Prison

    There’s no evidence that harsh disciplinary practices, which have put a disproportionate number of young black children in juvenile detention, have any impact on school behavior, argues the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. The coalition says in a report that a “restorative justice” approach would help students resolve behavioral issues while still holding them accountable.

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  • Reforming the System
    Kim Foxx
    ‘Rogue’ DAs? Not Kim Foxx, say Chicago Advocates
    By TCR Staff | February 13, 2020

    Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has won praise for policies that supporters say have resulted in far fewer black and Latino people being sent to prison—in an effective rebuttal to arguments made by Attorney General  William Barr that the work of "rogue" progressive prosecutors is undermining the justice system.

  • Policy & Politics
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    Aftermath of Stone Case: Will Politics Corrupt DOJ Decisions?
    By TCR Staff | February 13, 2020

    The Justice Department's withdrawal of a sentencing recommendation for President Donald Trump’s friend Roger Stone is prompting fears from career lawyers that Attorney General William Barr won't back them in politically charged cases.

  • Reforming the System
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    NY Dems Offer Compromise on Landmark Bail Reform Law
    By TCR Staff | February 12, 2020

    In an effort to save the historic bail abolition measure that went into effect last month, and respond to conservative opposition,  State Senate Democrats are proposing a compromise that would increase the types of crimes for which a suspect can be held and increase judges’ authority to do so.

  • Policy & Politics
    Missouri Considers ‘Katie’s Law’ Requiring DNA Collection for All Felony Arrests
    By Andrea Cipriano | February 12, 2020

    Some 25 states have already passed the so-called "Katie's Law," based on a 2003 case in which Katie Sepich was abducted, brutally raped, and killed outside of her New Mexico home. TSpeaking to Missouri legislators, Katie's mother said passing the bill would help catch "more criminals.”

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