Nevada prison officials got the go-ahead Thursday to execute the state’s first inmate in 12 years, after the state Supreme Court ruled that defense lawyers and a rights group used the wrong process to stop the lethal injection, the Associated Press reports. Justices sidestepped the...
A total of 93 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty last year, the FBI reports. Of those deaths, 46 were felonious and 47 were accidental. Both totals decreased from 2016, when 66 officers were feloniously killed and 52 were accidentally killed,...
Some lawmakers in Baltimore are voicing concerns about the federal tax charges against Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa, breaking with the mayor and joining the police union in saying De Sousa’s apology for his failings was not enough, the Baltimore Sun reports.“In what world...
A group of 30 criminal justice activist organizations urged New York’s City Council Friday to yank all programs that make money off of people in jail, reports the New York Daily News. Currently, the city collects cash from fees tied to inmate telephone calls, commissary...
The rate of growth for female incarceration has outpaced that of males by 50 percent since 1980–and over 60 percent of women in state prisons have a child under 18, according to a national advocacy group report released just ahead of Mother’s Day. According to an...
White House adviser Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, will travel to Texas on Friday with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), a chief sponsors of prison reform legislation aimed at reducing recidivism and rehabilitating low-risk offenders, reports the Houston Chronicle. Kushner will tour Seagoville Federal Correctional Institution outside...
LinkedIn isn’t just another social media, it’s a way to build professional connections. But are you using LinkedIn to its full potential? In this episode of the Kennedy-Mighell Report, hosts Dennis Kennedy andTom Mighell introduce a LinkedIn connection competition with guests Julie Tolek and Laurence...
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a nearly 112-year prison sentence for high school shooter Kip Kinkel isn’t cruel and unusual punishment given the breadth and severity of his crimes, The Oregonian reports. Kinkel was 15 when he killed his parents in their home in 1998,...
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a nearly 112-year prison sentence for high school shooter Kip Kinkel isn’t cruel and unusual punishment given the breadth and severity of his crimes, The Oregonian reports. Kinkel was 15 when he killed his parents in their home in...
Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, was close to resigning after President Trump berated her this week in front of the entire cabinet for what he said was her failure to secure the nation’s borders, the New York Times reports. Nielsen, a protégée of White...