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The financier had asked to be placed on house arrest in his New York City home, and offered to pay for private armed guards there. Federal Judge Richard Berman had expressed skepticism about the proposal.
Notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera was formally sentenced Wednesday to life in prison plus 30 years on drug trafficking and weapons charges.
The mother of Eric Garner angrily condemned Tuesday’s decision by the Justice Department for not bringing charges against New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo in her son’s chokehold death. The decision ended a long inquiry into a case that sharply divided officials and prompted national protests over excessive force by the police.
A new study from the National Center for Education Statistics has found that online bullying is becoming more prevalent among middle and high school students, even though overall bullying has declined in the past few years.
According to a study of the Michigan Department of Corrections, prison workers are more likely to show symptoms of depression and anxiety or suicidal ideation than even first responders or members of the military.
Why do innocent people go to jail? Two Texas State University professors argue that procedural mistakes like eyewitness misidentification and flawed forensic evidence are compounded by a common human failing: once we come to a conclusion about an issue, we rarely pay attention to evidence that might contradict it.
The prosecutor in Rapides Parish, La., had ramped up a “pretrial diversion” program and kept the money from fees paid by defendants to avoid charges. That prompted a lawsuit from local officials.
Most young children in Chicago live in communities with high rates of violence, even though homicides in the city dropped overall, a new study from the Erikson Institute finds.
Under a new rules, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. Vice President Mike Pence and senators visited crowded detention facilities on Friday.
With Alex Acosta at his side, President Donald Trump made the announcement as he left the White House for a trip to Wisconsin and Ohio. The president said Acosta had been a “great” labor secretary, and claimed he did not ask him to leave the Cabinet.