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DOJ Charges San Jose Police Officer Exec Director with Illegal Drug Importing

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|Date: March 31, 2023
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DOJ Charges San Jose Police Officer Exec Director with Illegal Drug Importing

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN JOSE, CA – The U.S. Dept. of Justice Thurs ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN JOSE, CA – The U.S. Dept. of Justice Thursday said the executive director of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association has been arrested ...

March 31, 2023
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DOJ Charges California Man with Federal Hate Crimes for Allegedly Shooting Two Jewish Men

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|Date: February 22, 2023
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DOJ Charges California Man with Federal Hate Crimes for Allegedly Shooting Two Jewish Men

By Sunny Zhou LOS ANGELES, CA - The U.S. Department of Justice this week charged Jaime Tran, 28, with two ...

By Sunny Zhou LOS ANGELES, CA - The U.S. Department of Justice this week charged Jaime Tran, 28, with two federal counts of hate crimes for allegedly shooting two Jewish men as they left religious ser ...

February 22, 2023
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Former Prosecutor: DOJ Contradicts Joe Biden’s Initial Campaigning against Death Penalty by Pursuing Capital Punishment against 2017 Terrorist

Posted by Kimberly Torres
|Date: February 18, 2023
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Former Prosecutor: DOJ Contradicts Joe Biden’s Initial Campaigning against Death Penalty by Pursuing Capital Punishment against 2017 Terrorist

By Kimberly Torres MANHATTAN, NY - Former prosecutor for the Manhattan district attorney's office Jordan ...

By Kimberly Torres MANHATTAN, NY - Former prosecutor for the Manhattan district attorney's office Jordan Rubin this week bluntly criticized the U.S. Dept. of Justice’s pursuit of the death penalty, c ...

February 18, 2023
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Home Confinement Could Be New Alternative to Prison Incarceration

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|Date: January 02, 2023
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Home Confinement Could Be New Alternative to Prison Incarceration

By Caleigh Carlisle NEW YORK, NY - The Crime Report recently published an article arguing for the institu ...

By Caleigh Carlisle NEW YORK, NY - The Crime Report recently published an article arguing for the institution of home confinement as an alternative to mass incarceration, and author, Billy Sinclair—pr ...

January 02, 2023
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New Data: Police Use of Force Rising for Black, Female, Older People

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|Date: December 28, 2022
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New Data: Police Use of Force Rising for Black, Female, Older People

By Perla Brito and Paloma Sifuentes WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Dept of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statist ...

By Perla Brito and Paloma Sifuentes WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Dept of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a report based on a 2020 survey that provides data on police-public interactio ...

December 28, 2022
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Attorney General Proposes to End Sentencing Disparities on Crack and Powder Cocaine

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|Date: December 18, 2022
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Attorney General Proposes to End Sentencing Disparities on Crack and Powder Cocaine

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC - One of the biggest legacies of the so-called war ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC - One of the biggest legacies of the so-called war on drugs and the crack hysteria of the 1980s was federal sentencing disparities that punished p ...

December 18, 2022
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US Dept. of Justice Probe of Orange County DA and Sheriff Concludes Agencies Violated Constitutional Rights of Incarcerated

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|Date: October 14, 2022
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US Dept. of Justice Probe of Orange County DA and Sheriff Concludes Agencies Violated Constitutional Rights of Incarcerated

By Cres Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief ORANGE COUNTY, CA – The U.S. Department of Justice ...

By Cres Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief ORANGE COUNTY, CA – The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Thursday released the results of a multi-year investigation of the Orange ...

October 14, 2022
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CA Department of Justice – Already Investigating LA Sheriff – Will Assume Responsibility for LA Sheriff Probe of Peace Over Violence Contracts

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|Date: September 23, 2022
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CA Department of Justice – Already Investigating LA Sheriff – Will Assume Responsibility for LA Sheriff Probe of Peace Over Violence Contracts

By Ava Schwartzapfel OAKLAND, CA — CA Attorney General Rob Bonta confirmed this week the California Depa ...

By Ava Schwartzapfel OAKLAND, CA — CA Attorney General Rob Bonta confirmed this week the California Department of Justice (DOJ) will take on all responsibility for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s De ...

September 23, 2022
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Senate Subcommittee Releases Report on Uncounted Deaths in America’s Prisons and Jails

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|Date: September 20, 2022
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Senate Subcommittee Releases Report on Uncounted Deaths in America’s Prisons and Jails

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – A US Senate Subcommittee released a report Tuesda ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – A US Senate Subcommittee released a report Tuesday morning, “Uncounted Deaths in America’s Prisons & Jails: How the Department of Justice Fa ...

September 20, 2022
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Chauvin Finally Takes Responsibility for George Floyd’s Death in Guilty Plea to Federal Charges

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: December 17, 2021
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Chauvin Finally Takes Responsibility for George Floyd’s Death in Guilty Plea to Federal Charges

By Ozzy Hernandez and Alex Jimenez MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota police officer ...

By Ozzy Hernandez and Alex Jimenez MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota police officer convicted in state court of the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, was in federal court Wednes ...

December 17, 2021
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California Man Arrested for Crimes Committed in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Breach

Posted by Clarissa Rios
|Date: December 01, 2021
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California Man Arrested for Crimes Committed in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Breach

By Clarissa Rios WASHINGTON D.C. – A California man has been arrested for crimes and conspiracy related t ...

By Clarissa Rios WASHINGTON D.C. – A California man has been arrested for crimes and conspiracy related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 when Congress was in the middle of a session and cou ...

December 01, 2021
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Florida Man Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Part in Breach of US Capitol Jan. 6

Posted by Eric Grammatico
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Florida Man Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Part in Breach of US Capitol Jan. 6

By Marcia Barajas and Eric Grammatico WASHINGTON, DC - In light of the unprecedented violence that took ...

By Marcia Barajas and Eric Grammatico WASHINGTON, DC - In light of the unprecedented violence that took place Jan. 6, 2021, in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., more than 535 individuals ...

July 22, 2021
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Federal Charges Filed in the Death of Ahmaud Arbery

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|Date: April 29, 2021
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Federal Charges Filed in the Death of Ahmaud Arbery

By David M. Greenwald Georgia – On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice announced that three Georgia m ...

By David M. Greenwald Georgia – On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice announced that three Georgia men were indicted and charged with hate crimes and the attempted kidnapping of Ahmaud Arbery. Th ...

April 29, 2021
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Biden Call for Resignation of Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorneys Applauded

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|Date: February 16, 2021
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Biden Call for Resignation of Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorneys Applauded

By Hongyi Wen WASHINGTON D.C. – After news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice would ask Trump-ap ...

By Hongyi Wen WASHINGTON D.C. – After news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice would ask Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to resign, Fair and Just Prosecution Executive Director Miriam Krinsky i ...

February 16, 2021
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Analysis: Court Documents and Hearings Show That Most Capitol Rioters Were Trumpists, Looters Weren’t Protesters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2021
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Analysis: Court Documents and Hearings Show That Most Capitol Rioters Were Trumpists, Looters Weren’t Protesters

By David M. Greenwald While there have been conspiracy theories to the contrary, most of the people arres ...

By David M. Greenwald While there have been conspiracy theories to the contrary, most of the people arrested in conjunction with the Capitol Riots from January 6 were in fact devoted Trumpists—while f ...

January 21, 2021
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Criminal Justice Leaders Calling For Injunction Against Federal Troop Deployment to American Cities

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|Date: October 31, 2020
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Criminal Justice Leaders Calling For Injunction Against Federal Troop Deployment to American Cities

Washington, DC – The pushback against Trump administration policies on federal law enforcement deployment ...

Washington, DC – The pushback against Trump administration policies on federal law enforcement deployment and tactics continued to play out this week, with 80 criminal justice leaders – including eigh ...

October 31, 2020
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AG Barr Announces Resumed Scheduling of Federal Executions

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|Date: June 18, 2020
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AG Barr Announces Resumed Scheduling of Federal Executions

by Henry Stiepleman DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – Attorney General William Barr this Monday ordered the Federal ...

by Henry Stiepleman DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – Attorney General William Barr this Monday ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the executions of four men on death row, announced the Department ...

June 18, 2020
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Immigration Courts Move Bay Area Immigration Cases from San Francisco to Southern California

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|Date: January 18, 2020
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Immigration Courts Move Bay Area Immigration Cases from San Francisco to Southern California

San Francisco and Alameda County Public Defenders condemn DOJ decision to remove detention cases out of S ...

San Francisco and Alameda County Public Defenders condemn DOJ decision to remove detention cases out of San Francisco as interfering with their ability to defend detainees, demand transparency and see ...

January 18, 2020
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The First Step Act Freed People – Now Prosecutors Are Trying to Lock Some of Them Up Again

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|Date: August 02, 2019
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The First Step Act Freed People – Now Prosecutors Are Trying to Lock Some of Them Up Again

By Sarah Lustbader Monae Davis, a beneficiary of the First Step Act, left prison on March 7. “Now the U.S ...

By Sarah Lustbader Monae Davis, a beneficiary of the First Step Act, left prison on March 7. “Now the U.S. Justice Department is trying to lock him back up,” reports Andy Sullivan for Reuters. As Davi ...

August 02, 2019
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State DOJ Report Analyzes Use of Force in Sac PD

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|Date: January 30, 2019
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State DOJ Report Analyzes Use of Force in Sac PD

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the release of a California Department of Just ...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the release of a California Department of Justice (DOJ) report on use of force-related polices, training, and practices within the Sacramento ...

January 30, 2019
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