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North Dakota, Colorado, and Idaho are the newest states accepted into the “Restoring Promise” program piloted by the Vera Institute of Justice. The program is modeled on incarceration strategies used in Europe that provide less rigid environments for young offenders.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, ahead of Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate, released a new plan aimed at defeating white nationalist violence. Warren said she would make prosecuting hate crimes a “priority” in her administration.
The workers allegedly fell asleep for hours and falsified records to cover up what they had done. The news of the charges comes as an AP investigation found the number of federal corrections officers dropped 11 percent in first two years of the Trump administration.
Texans shunted to adult prison for minor offenses committed when they were teens share vivid stories of their experiences, in a report by the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. The state is one of just four that still commit youths as young as 17 to the adult justice system.
Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s apology for “stop and frisk” came in for scathing criticism from current Mayor Bill de Blasio, as well as the city’s police union chief, who accused Bloomberg of inspiring an “anti-police movement.”
A criminologist’s count found that the number of planned shooting attacks that have been stopped in the U.S. since 2000 far exceed the 92 “completed” ones.
Gun industry organizations report that October 2019’s gun sales spiked 10 percent when compared to last year’s October sales. This new data is released amid the announcement that Smith & Wesson’s parent company will split because of stock-market decline and public pressure.
A new mass shooting database and accompanying analysis questions traditional security measures to guard against attacks, while the FBI found that ideological attackers send clear signals. But a third report, on one recent mass shooting, reached a dead end in explaining what went wrong.
The two experienced lawyers who have conducted most of the questioning in private impeachment-probe hearings are expected to play lead roles as the hearings go public. The Democrats’ likely end game, a Senate trial, is still months away.
Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting victims can now proceed with their lawsuits against gun manufacturer Remington Arms. The decision opens the door to future lawsuits from victims of gun violence.