Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies who responded to the deadly Parkland, Fla., school shooting on Feb. 14 had not been through their department’s active shooter training since 2015 or 2016, reports the Miami Herald. Several deputies took cover behind their cars while gunfire raged inside the...
It’s 10:35 a.m. on a chaotic Monday. You’re working to put the finishing touches on a motion for summary judgment on one case before submitting your pretrial disclosures for a court session at 11:00 a.m. on another. Suddenly, a message pops up on your screen:...
The Connecticut Legislature has sent a bill to the governor’s desk that seeks to end having victims of domestic violence arrested along with their abusers because they fight back during the course of an assault, reports ProPublica. For years, Connecticut’s domestic violence victims have been...
For nearly a decade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has supported a concept known as “justice reinvestment,” which encourages states to manage their prison populations better and invest the money that is saved in programs aimed at reducing recidivism. DOJ has recently been devoting about $25...
In April alone, 93 people were shot in New Jersey — 17 of them fatally. But as Gov. Phil Murphy vows to tighten the state’s already-strict gun laws, data shows more than three-quarters of guns connected to crimes in the Garden State come from beyond...
If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you’re likely considering treatment options. These might include surgery, radiation therapy or chemotherapy with pemetrexed plus cisplatin or carboplatin. In some cases, bevacizumab may be added to that chemotherapy regimen. These therapies are standard of care. They are accepted...
Hours after Miami Police Officer Mario Figueroa was charged with misdemeanor assault Tuesday after film surfaced of the cop trying to kick a handcuffed man in the head, the city’s police union defended Figueroa and insisted he hadn’t broken the law or department policy, reports...
In Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America historian Kevin Gutzman examines the legacy of Jefferson....
In an article headlined “The Man Who Hates Criminal Justice Reform,” The New Republic profiles Bill Otis, a former federal prosecutor and special counsel to President George H.W. Bush who has been nominated by President Trump to the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Otis is a sharp...
Central Americans who travel north to plead for entry at the U.S. border are taking their chances on an immigration system that is deeply divided on whether they can qualify for asylum if they are fleeing domestic violence or street crime, rather than persecution from...