The Los Angeles Police Department has opened an internal investigation after an inappropriate image of George Floyd, the man killed in police custody in Minneapolis last year, was reported to have been circulated in the department.
Author: Ted Gest
Federal aid to programs that help crime victims would drop by nearly one-third under an appropriations bill approved by congressional leaders on Sunday.
COVID-19 is producing huge case backlogs around the U.S. but also “silver linings” such as forcing the justice system to go virtual, panelists at a national conference agreed on Thursday.
New York University School of Law’s Center on Race, Inequality and the Law released a report it said was a “direct counterpoint” to President Donald Trump’s law enforcement and justice commission.
Prosecutorial races and referendum ballots around the nation demonstrated support for some reform trends, such as pot legalization, but also delivered some setbacks to those hoping for broader change, according to experts assembled by the Council on Criminal Justice think tank. Justice reform still has a “long way to go,” said former California Gov. Jerry Brown.
A Carnegie Mellon University panel says policing can be redefined in a way that one speaker describes as resulting in a “dramatically smaller footprint for law enforcement.”
A Senate committee has called for a cut in aid to organizations that help crime victims, citing a decline in federal fines and penalties that are designated for victim aid.
President Donald Trump says he deserves praise for signing the First Step Act, which reduced federal prison terms. But some critics contend that Trump has vastly exaggerated the impact of the statute and his role in it.
A study by the Safety and Justice Challege of six major jurisdictions finds fewer jail inmates during COVID-19, but delays in processing criminal charges could send the jail numbers back up.
Researchers and prosecutors issued the first detailed blueprint on how to judge prosecutors’ work, in a project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.