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Criminal Justice News Coverage in 2011

By Ted Gest | February 16, 2017
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Criminal Justice Journalists looks at how the press covered the biggest crime and justice stories of 2011 . . .

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    Urban violence, police shootings, the opioid epidemic, and a tense political campaign dominated criminal justice coverage during 2016. How did the coverage measure up? In our annual press review, Washington Bureau chief Ted Gest assesses the year in coverage with a panel of media experts and observers . . .

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    By Mike LaSusa/InSight Crime | 15 hours ago

    Faouzi Jaber, a 61-year-old Ivorian citizen, pleaded guilty this week in a case involving smuggling arms and drugs to Colombia's FARC group. But the undercover tactics by U.S. agents raise questions about future drug-war strategies in Colombia.

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    The device, still in development, would allow a police officer to quickly check whether a cellphone had been in use before a crash. A civil liberties advocate called the technology "incredibly problematic."

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