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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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After a three-year hiatus, the feds are reviving W.E.B. Du Bois grants to fund research into the disproportional impact of the justice system on Black Americans. “Until we gain a firmer grasp on what lies behind these stubborn and pernicious disparities, we are doomed to see them repeated,” writes Amy L. Solomon, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs.
Courts have upheld using civil commitment to keep convicted sex offenders detained long beyond the end of their court-issued sentences. But a burgeoning movement in Minnesota, which has the nation’s highest per capita rate of civil commitment, is challenging that.
The majority of people worldwide live in countries with high levels of organized crime, a crisis made worse by COVID-19, according to an index released Tuesday by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Nearly 20 percent of Massachusetts State Police employees remain unvaccinated and now face termination as dozens of their fellow officers resign. It’s the latest indication of widespread defiance, as COVID becomes the leading cause of death among U.S. police.
The proposed amendment to the current law hinges on a section that says a person’s voting rights shall be restored “not later than” completion of their sentence.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office is moving to dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions, the latest step to undo what some reform advocates consider the damage caused by narcotics enforcement carried out before Californians voted to legalize marijuana.
States and cities can’t compete with the private sector in hiring cybersecurity workers, making them vulnerable to attack.
Comparing the case to free speech battles involving Vietnam war protesters, Milwaukee judge Brett Ludwig ruled that a sheriff violated free speech protections when he asked a teen to remove an Instagram post about Covid-19 that “upset” local parents.
In an effort to “preserve and fortify” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program first launched in 2012, the Biden administration has proposed a rule that would move an estimated 700,000 immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children to the back of the line to be deported.
Since last year’s spike in murders, coinciding with the height of the pandemic, murder rates have significantly declined and overall crime has continued to drop.
In addition to surpassing the 1,000-case threshold, the facility remains the leader nationwide in COVID-related deaths.
The R&B singer also faces charges in Chicago and Minnesota after being found guilty of racketeering and violating the Mann Act.
Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo, just months into a new appointment, is locked in a tug-of-war over firing of a deputy. He has compared the Miami commissioners’ actions to those of Communist Cuba.
Squalid and dangerous conditions at mismanaged D.C.- area apartment complexes are driving up gun violence in the District, reports Axios.
Over the past two years, dozens of facilities across the Federal Bureau of Prisons have adopted policies of photocopying mail and withholding the originals from their recipients, raising novel privacy concerns, an investigation by The Intercept has found.
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.