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Policing

De-Escalation Training Helps Cops Learn How to Stay Safe: Report

By TCR Staff | 12 hours ago

De-escalation training is more likely to improve police-civilian interactions when it’s perceived by cops as a way to keep them safe on the job, according to an Arizona State University (ASU) study.

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Science & Technology

Digital Justice: How the Pandemic Transformed US Courts

By Jule Pattison-Gordon/Government Technology | 12 hours ago

With COVID-19 forcing many courthouses to pause or limit in-person sessions, they became a breeding ground for innovation and a new focus on digital equity. Will it lead to permanent change?

Juvenile Justice

Virginia Lawmakers Weigh Requiring Police in Schools

By TCR Staff | 12 hours ago

Two bills under consideration by Virginia legislators this week added more fuel to a national debate over whether the expanded use of armed police as school resource officers criminalizes student behavior.

Guns

Unknown Number of Guns Stolen From Cargo Trains

By TCR Staff | 12 hours ago

Since December 2020, an average 90 train containers containing guns have been burglarized daily in Los Angeles railyards. Few of the firearms have been recovered.

Hate Crimes

Plea Deal in Hate Crime Case Slammed by Ahmaud Arbery's Mom

By TCR Staff | 13 hours ago

Prosecutors have reached a plea deal with two of the three white men set to stand trial for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery on federal hate-crime charges. Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, accused federal prosecutors of going behind her back.

Policy & Politics

Florida Gov. 'Weaponizing Fear' of Immigrants, Gays, Say Critics

By TCR Staff | 13 hours ago

Critics say bills introduced by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis represent an effort to turn the state into a “conservative fiefdom of authoritarianism.” The bills include outlawing discussions of sexuality and gender, as well as attempts to dismantle abortion protection and COVID-19 safety actions.

Women and Justice

UK Women’s Groups Seek to Abolish Laws Targeting Women of Color

By TCR Staff | 13 hours ago

The coalition warned that these women faced the “double disadvantage” of gender inequality and racism when they encountered the criminal justice system, which prevented them from getting the support they needed and left them at risk of reoffending.

Environment

Is the Government Hiding the Gruesome Reality of Factory Farming?

By TCR Staff | 13 hours ago

Rulings to exclude evidence, which normally benefit survivors of sexual assault or murder victims, are now being used to shield industrial meat giants from a full and total accounting of their crimes because evidence of animal abuse is not allowed to be depicted.

Crime Victims

Canadian Mother Pushes for Stronger Victims’ Rights

By TCR Staff | 13 hours ago

Jennifer Neville-Lake, whose three children were killed by a drunk driver, is pushing the Canadian Parliament to strengthen victims’ rights, arguing that the current criminal justice system does little to help victims of crime.

Race and Equity

CT Detectives Suspended in Investigations of Two Missing Black Women

By TCR Staff | 13 hours ago

Bridgeport, CT detectives Angel Llanos and Kevin Cronin have been put on administrative leave following charges they mishandled death investigations of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls. Many charge that the case is an example of the lack of attention paid by law enforcement to missing people of color.

Sex Crime

UK Woman Acquitted of ‘Fake Rape’ Charge in Cyprus Court

Cyprus’ highest court has quashed the conviction of a British woman found guilty by a lower court of faking a claim that she was gang-raped when she was 19 by a group of Israeli youths in 2019 at the island resort of Ayia Napa.

Guns

Michigan Teen to Plead Insanity in School Shooting

Ethan Crumbley, 15, who is charged as an adult with murder and other crimes for killing four students at a Michigan high school and wounding  six other students and a teacher, will pursue an insanity defense as he, his parents and school officials faced a new lawsuit over the attack at Oxford High School

Capital Punishment

Supreme Court Approves Alabama Lethal Injection Execution 

The Supreme Court has overturned lower court rulings that blocked the execution of Matthew Reeves, granting Alabama’s request to lift the injunction and clearing the way to execute Reeves by lethal injection.

women and justice

Women Under 18 Face Rocky Road to Court-Approved Abortions

Judicial bypass, a legal proceeding that enables minors to obtain waivers that allow them to end their pregnancies without notifying their parents,, epends largely on the judge’s discretion and disposition, according to a Washington Post investigation.

Drugs

Pandemic Thwarts Cook County Drug Court

At least seven people in the Rehabilitative Alternative Probation program (RAP), a specialized drug court, have died of overdoses during the coronavirus pandemic, almost half the participants in a class fail, and about 90 people have graduated since 2018.

Mexican Journalists Fear for Their Safety After Three Killings

India Debates Criminalization of Marital Rape

Biden Makes Sexual Harrassment a Crime Under Military Law

With No National Oversight, Police Trainers Are Still Pushing the ‘Warrior Mentality’

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Research & Analysis

  • Reforming the System
    Restorative Justice Gains Support in America’s Smaller Communities

    Although most people associate restorative justice initiatives with larger metropolitan cities, smaller communities have been developing “best practices” that deserve to be highlighted, according to the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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    Florida’s Juvenile Justice Fees Mire Families in Debt and Poverty: Report

    A new report reveals Florida's 31 different court fees, costs and surcharges imposed on youth involved in the state’s juvenile justice system and their families are not only ineffective, costly to administer, and difficult to collect, but also trap thousands in inescapable debt and poverty

  • Policy & Politics
    Biden Record on Justice Reform Called ‘Disappointing’

    President Joe Biden has fallen far short of his campaign promises to build a fairer and more effective criminal legal system, says the Brennan Center for Justice.

  • Prisoner Reentry
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    States Increase Efforts to End ‘Internal Exile’ of Former Incarcerees: Report

    Some 36 states enacted 92 separate record relief laws last year that revised, supplemented or limited public access to individual criminal records in order to reduce or eliminate barriers to opportunity for the formerly incarcerated, the Collateral Consequences Resource Center said.

  • Reforming the System
    Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

    The latest report from the American Bar Association and a consulting firm found that the public defender shortages in New Mexico and Oregon are reaching critical levels. Experts warn that these shortages have been the "norm" for years — and if nothing is done soon, more people will be without adequate counsel, violating their constitutional right.

  • Policing
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    ‘On the Job’: Police Unions and Police Behavior

    Some of the systemic problems of modern policing in America have more to do with the constraints of unions and public service personnel policies than with so-called police “culture,” says a Northwestern University law professor.

WORTH A READ

  • Policing
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    Nation’s Police Departments Scramble To Retain, Recruit Officers
    By TCR Staff | January 28, 2022

    Across the country, police chiefs say they are struggling to keep departments fully staffed as resignations increase and hiring gets tougher in the face of a tight labor market and growing awareness of the stresses of police work. Even cash bonanzas aren't working as incentives.

  • Viewpoints
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    Why Can’t Law Enforcement Agencies Talk to Each Other?
    By Jeff Halstead | January 28, 2022

    Rising violent crime rates and wide-scale crises and disasters have exposed glaring communication disparities that undermine collaboration among first responders, writes the former chief of the Fort Worth, Tx. police department.

  • Crime Victims
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    Homeless Face Hate Crimes After Killings in LA and NY: Expert Warns
    By TCR Staff | January 28, 2022

    Three random killings in New York City and Los Angeles, all allegedly committed by homeless men, have ignited a wave of fear and animosity. But experts say unhoused people are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence.

  • Supreme Court
    Two Black Female Judges Lead Contenders for Breyer’s Supreme Court Vacancy
    By TCR Staff | January 27, 2022

    With Justice Stephen Breyer's announcement of his retirement Thursday, President Joe Biden appears on track to fulfill his promise to nominate an African-American woman for his seat. The leading candidates are DC Appeals Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger. 

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