news2019-09-14
Some drug companies facing more than 2,000 lawsuits over their alleged roles in the opioid epidemic are demanding that the federal judge handling the case step aside, questioning his impartiality because he has urged both sides to settle the case. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2019-09-14
Some Democrats said Beto O'Rourke's call for confiscating assault rifles may have made things harder for gun control supporters as they negotiate with President Donald Trump on legislation to respond to mass shootings. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2019-09-13
Ms. Alysa D. Erichs, (acting) executive associate director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), delivered remarks during the HERO Corps graduation ceremony at ICE Headquarters, Sept. 13, 2019. Twelve military veterans graduated, today, and will be ....Read more
news2019-09-13
“Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman was sentenced to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT scores in the college admissions scandal that has ensnared dozens of wealthy and well-connected parents. Huffman, 56, was the first of 34 parents to be sentenced. Sourc....Read more
news2019-09-13
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was recently recognized in studies by two independent peer-review journals - JAMIA Open and Psychiatric Services - for efforts to deliver trusted, easy access and high-quality online health care services to Veterans with complex health care needs or resid....Read more
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Justice Department prosecutors were authorized to seek an indictment alleging former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe lied to investigators. He was told one of his last bids to persuade them not to proceed had failed. A grand jury was summoned back after a months-long hiatus to consider the case, ....Read more
news2019-09-13
The case of Sam Mendez helped change Colorado's policy on solitary confinement. His sentence was reduced on Thursday from life with no parole to 30 years. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2019-09-13
Months after businesses asked local leaders for a “wholesale reform” of Seattle’s criminal justice system, officials announced a suite of programs aimed at addressing repeat offenders who cycle in and out of jail, often for petty crimes and misdemeanors, and who struggle with substance use and....Read more
news2019-09-13
Newly unsealed documents in a Cleveland case provide clues to one of the most enduring mysteries of the opioid epidemic: How were drug companies able to weaken the federal government's enforcement at the height of the crisis? The industry commissioned a “Crisis Playbook” to burnish its image and....Read more
news2019-09-13
Sen. Harris didn't challenge a moderator's contention at Thursday's Democratic presidential debate that her new criminal justice reform proposal contradicts some of her past positions while she was California Attorney General. But she said her initiatives on police bias training and drug treatment s....Read more
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