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A long-awaited repeal of the so-called “blindfold law,” which allows prosecutors to withhold key evidence from defense attorneys until just before trial, is still uncertain—even as advocates re-ignited a major campaign this week to bring the state into line with the rest of the nation.
Researchers focused on Nashville, where police traffic stops are the highest in the nation, and found that they had “no discernible effect” on crime rates—contrary to the beliefs of many traditional law enforcement managers.
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Sinaloa drug cartel leader known as El Chapo, was convicted Tuesday in Brooklyn and is expected to spend the rest of his life in a U.S. prison–most likely the Colorado supermax facility known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.” But will it make any difference to the illicit drug trade?
A new study of prescribing practices in California found that between 2011 and 2015, residents of neighborhoods with the highest proportions of white people were more than twice as likely to be prescribed an opioid pain reliever than residents of neighborhoods where whites were scarce.
A “reimagined” justice system should pay more attention to poverty, housing and unemployment, says Bruce Western, one of the nation’s leading experts on mass incarceration.
The federal government has successfully capped or limited the costs of phone calls and other fees charged to state prisoners. But jail inmates and their families are now paying an average three times the going rate for phone services, according to the Prison Policy Initiative.
Marijuana possession arrests have dropped in New York City and in upstate New York since their peak in 2011, but African Americans and Hispanics still had higher rates of arrests compared to whites, according to a new report from John Jay College.
Authorities should put “hard limits” on the degree to which people can be imprisoned for technical violations of parole, and use the cost saving to invest in housing, job opportunities and other services to help reduce recidivism, says former New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.
Several of the laws were prompted by the Parkland, Fl., high school massacre a year ago this week, where the accused shooter was widely known to be mentally troubled but who still had legal access to weapons.
In a presentation to Nevada lawmakers Wednesday, officials reflecting on the emergency response to the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting said that first responders should be dispersed between the scene of a major incident and area hospitals to help with the influx of patients.