The CARES Act allowed home release of nonviolent inmates during the pandemic. But after it's over, many will have to go back unless their sentences are commuted.
Want to fight your ticket? Welcome to mayor’s court, where your accuser is also your judge.
Ripped for use of excessive force, the Springfield, Massachusetts, Narcotics Bureau is becoming a Firearms Investigation Unit.
Such punitive measures do not make society any safer.
Police unions so often protect their own—at the expense of the public.
Some agencies don't even know ways their employees are using facial recognition.
Judge Thapar writes separately to note such requirements remain vulnerable under existing precedent.
A new law will require a criminal conviction before property can be seized.
The case is yet another instance of law enforcement using hate crime enhancements to punish people for criticizing them.
That's illegal, says a new lawsuit.
Controversy highlights punishing responses to mundane mistakes during post-release monitoring of felons.
The fight over qualified immunity divides "conservative" judges on the 5th Circuit.
"Redress for a federal officer's unconstitutional acts is either extremely limited or wholly nonexistent."
The Court has "failed to justify our enacted policy," he wrote.
The deputy's body camera wasn’t turned on when he fatally shot 17-year-old Hunter Brittain.
Nevertheless, it will at least temporarily stop the federal death penalty.
They're mostly progressives, but their ideas about limiting government power and respecting individual rights sound almost conservative.
Salaythis Melvin's family says they want justice.
We don't have a gridlock problem. We have a spending problem.
Civil liberties advocates call for a moratorium on federal facial recognition.
The only thing FOSTA has done is chill speech and make catching sex traffickers more difficult.
It's likely that soon, almost all Americans will be legally able to carry guns.
The bill would limit petty seizures and require more reporting and oversight of no-knock raids.
The officers might receive qualified immunity, however.
Family and friends protest and look for answers.
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An unusual but welcome move.
"In what legal universe is it not even plausibly unreasonable to knowingly immolate someone?" asks dissenting judge
A new investigation of Pennsylvania prosecutions confirms that the defendants are often friends or low-level dealers.
A North Carolina city council member wants to make feeding homeless people a misdemeanor.
With panic in the air, federal law enforcement seized the moment.
A jury convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of murder and manslaughter in April, nearly a year after Floyd's death set off nationwide protests.
Baltimore kept tabs on citizens' movement across 90 percent of the city, without a warrant, to investigate crimes.
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Realtors, contractors, and insurance agents who engage in bad behavior can be stripped of their licenses. Police officers, on the other hand, rarely get fired.
Law enforcers have plenty of tools; they just want to paw through our data without effort or expense.
Cracking down on "rogue gun dealers" and enforcing background checks won't stop criminals from arming themselves.
Once again, it shows just how hard it is to hold bad officers accountable.
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Holding a sign in a public park should not cause an arrest.
