The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/author/jackatme/)
A letter signed by 20 criminal justice reform activist groups appealed to President Joe Biden to to commute the sentences of 4,000 federal prisoners who were temporarily released under the Donald Trump administration―and now face being locked up again.
First Energy Corp., one of the largest investor-owned electric systems in the country, allegedly bribed state officials in order to push through a bill that would have given them a $1 billion bailout in a scheme that entangled prominent politicians, including former Ohio House Speaker Rep. Larry Householder.
Senate Democrats are considering including about $10 billion in their $3.5-trillion budget reconciliation package for border security — focused on infrastructure at legal entry points.
As part of his new crime plan, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott plans to nearly triple the number of the city’s violence intervention programs, currently offered by Safe Streets and others, which he claims can reduce gun violence by 15 percent annually.
An analysis of news reports and court documents have found that more than four dozen nooses have been reported at 40 building sites and offices across the United States and Canada since 2015, but rarely result in meaningful consequences for those responsible,
Richard Wershe Jr. was 14 when he first was enlisted as a police and FBI informant, and 18 when he was sentenced to life in prison for crimes he claims they forced him to commit.
A DNA examination of hair samples finally led Georgia authorities to drop a murder conviction against Dennis Perry for a 1985 shooting in a church.
On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden promised sweeping justice reforms, including reducing prison populations. But as the number of people in federal prisons grows, experts and incarcerated Americans say many of his promises have fallen flat.
To stem the rising tide of gun violence around the country, the Joe Biden administration is zeroing in on the “straw” buyers primarily responsible for illegal gun trafficking, and planning to toughen prosecutions.
The settlement could bring an end to one of the largest civil litigation battles in U.S. history.