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A Customs and Border Protection staffer told top administration officials Thursday the agency is projecting a peak of 13,000 unaccompanied children crossing the border in May, a projection that would exceed the height of the 2019 crisis, which led to the infamous "kids-in-cages" disaster and undersc....Read more
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Two years after the passage of Prop 57, which allowed offenders as young as 14- or 15 to be tried as adults, the California Legislature amended the law to emphasize rehabilitation for juvenile offenders. The California Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday reverberated across the legal landscape S....Read more
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Ohio’s capital and largest city is proceeding with its next class of police recruits following a debate over the future of law enforcement that would have put the class on hold. The Columbus Division of Police – like many big-city agencies – is juggling calls for internal change even as it bat....Read more
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The proposal was among a slate of major policing legislation that leaders in the Maryland General Assembly have vowed to pass in some form this session. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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Police Sergeant Clifford Holman is the third officer in the state to be charged after a fatal shooting since 2014. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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Maryland’s historic push to transform how police do their jobs and are disciplined has created a rift in the General Assembly’s Democratic caucus, with some members of the party’s left flank concerned the bills don’t go far enough. Opponents of reform want to removes civilian oversight. S....Read more
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The bill is the latest effort to reform law enforcement tactics after the death of Breonna Taylor. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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Acting U.S. Capitol Police chief Yogananda D. Pittman told lawmakers that militia members involved in the Jan. 6 riot “want to blow up the Capitol and kill as many members as possible” during President Biden’s first congressional address. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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Criminologists and criminal justice activists analyzing the nearly 50 percent increase in mass shootings in 2020 are debating whether vaccinations and reopening schools and businesses will be enough to reverse this alarming trend. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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The common response to violence has traditionally involved law enforcement. But researchers and activists are turning to new community-based programs and practices that remove law enforcement from the center of the anti-violence conversation entirely, a webinar hosted by the Council on Criminal Just....Read more
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