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Bill Moyers on Justice
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Moyers was honored as TCR’s 2018 “Justice Media Trailblazer.” Watch the video of his remarks at the Feb 15, 2018 John Jay College dinner here.
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Law enforcement agencies believe that threats warning of possible attacks on December 17 are false, and possibly pranks prompted by an online social media challenge to promote shootings, but they say they aren’t taking chances.
As the country confronts a new variant in the COVID pandemic, a nationwide survey by the Prison Policy initiative has uncovered flaws in reporting and data collection in state facilities that rival mistakes seen when the infection first took hold in prisons last year.
Killing in self-defense has long been considered one of the most ancient “rights,” and often seems unassailable in the courtroom. But recent tragic cases such as the fatal shooting of jogger Ahmaud Arbery show that courts need to weigh other values in deciding whether an act was justifiable, argues a Colorado law professor.
A U.S. district court judge in New York has ruled that a previous decision by a bankruptcy court granting the owners of Purdue Pharma immunity contradicts the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
A coalition of 23 state attorneys general has joined an amicus brief in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The brief argues that without DACA, national economic growth over the course of a decade is projected to fall by $280 billion.
Gun manufacturers and the National Shooting Sports Foundation have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people affected by gun violence to sue the industry,
The Biden administration is withdrawing from efforts to conclude a global settlement providing financial compensation to migrant families for the harm inflicted on them by a Trump-era policy that separated parents and children at the border. The decision may be tied to a leak claiming separated families would receive up to $450,000 each, which was seized upon by conservative critics.
Oregon law enforcement and community organizations are overwhelmed by illegal pot farms that are draining the drought region of much-needed water and making billions for gangs and cartels.
A new Texas law allows migrants to be arrested for trespassing, attracting groups of armed private citizens to Kinney County, where they are now patrolling the border with local officials, stopping the migrants they find, and passing them off to be arrested by law enforcement who support and welcome them.
The NYPD’s Special Victims Division lacks trained officers and is populated with investigators who don’t care about the work, resulting in further abuse of women and children, and even deaths, according to an investigation by The Appeal.
So-called ‘Romance Scammers” set up bogus online accounts to dupe the victim into transferring them money, sending gift cards, and even laundering money for them.
The U.S. House of Representatives’ decision to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt risks undermining the ability of the executive branch to keep officials’ discussions private, say experts.
Under the proposed sentence, the earliest former Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin would be released from prison would be around 2042. It would run concurrently with his earlier 22-year sentence in his state trial for murder.
To convict someone of that crime, a jury must determine that a defendant took an obstructive action, affected an “official proceeding” and acted with “corrupt” intentions. Several members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot are already looking closely at its possible application to the former president.
The eviction moratorium is over, and Arizona constables are responsible for evicting dozens of people a day as the average rent has gone up by 40 percent since the beginning of the pandemic.
Moyers was honored as TCR’s 2018 “Justice Media Trailblazer.” Watch the video of his remarks at the Feb 15, 2018 John Jay College dinner here.