The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/author/jackatme/)
The first comprehensive survey of California gun owners in over 40 years also found that roughly 25 percent of California adults live in households that possess at least one firearm. Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom has promised to “raise the bar” on gun control.
Noting the flood of anxious tweets and the creation of a tongue-in-cheek protective bubble by TV host Jimmy Kimmel, after Justice Ginsburg was hospitalized last week, BBC observed that “half of America panics when this woman falls ill.”
The “public health” approach to preventing gun violence won’t reduce the high levels of shootings seen in many neighborhoods around the U.S. unless traditional policing is strengthened, according to two leading criminologists.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Friday morning, a day after being admitted with fractured ribs suffered in a fall at her office. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said she was ‘doing well’ and plans to work from home today.
President Trump reportedly believes that former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has patiently waited his turn after being passed over for Attorney General in 2016.
Some of the country’s most well-known “celebrity” advocates for criminal justice reform, including singer John Legend, are using their star power to persuade Ohio voters to support a referendum aimed at helping reduce penalties for some drug offenses and allow inmates to reduce their terms by taking part in rehab.
Thousands of state and federal statutes restrict people with criminal records from participating fully in society. A new tool launched Wednesday will help officials identify –and possibly revise or eliminate—them.
“This is a drug conspiracy case that involves murders,” Judge Brian Cogan told government prosecutors. “I’m not going to let you try a murder conspiracy case that happens to involve drugs.” The trial of what the prosecution calls the “greatest 21st century criminal” is due to open next Monday in Brooklyn, NY.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins based the figure on a survey sample of visits to emergency rooms around the U.S. They also estimated the annual cost of treating the youths at $270 million.
Courts should make decisions on whether to release criminal defendants ahead of trial using the same careful, evidence-based analysis now used for civil defendants, says a professor at the Wake Forest University School of Law.