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Law and Government
Man charged with murdering teen 2 days after being released from prison due to COVID-19
Both men were charged with first-degree murder and first-degree conspiracy to commit murder.
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Law and Government
Ocasio-Cortez: Let’s abolish prisons, which are ‘designed to trap black and brown men’
'I’m gonna tell you the truth. The real issue is we have a vicious cycle of bad actors who do…
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Law and Government
Inmates at Calif. women’s prison given birth control as trans women are transferred in
Their inmates' fears appear to be justified considering that in the 'six months since the enactment of SB 132, the…
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Education
University to offer course on ‘abolishing prisons and the police’ part of ‘hate studies’ curriculum
When I learned back in 2015 that Yale University was offering a course titled "In Defense of Looting," I assumed…
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Science and Technology
Study: Black young adults raised by two parents far more likely to obtain college degree
Compared to peers from homes with two biological parents, black young adults who grew up in a home with only…
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Law and Government
The pandemic didn’t cause the huge increase in the murder rate
Professor Shon Hopwood suggested the rise in America’s murder rate was due to the ‘global pandemic, reduced economic opportunity, and…
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Law and Government
Michael Moore calls for Trump’s imprisonment: ‘We are not done with him’
In an interview with MSNBC Tuesday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insinuated that Trump could be charged as an accessory to…
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Law and Government
Big prison releases likely in Virginia as liberal legislature takes advantage of pandemic
Shorter sentences can lead to an increased crime rate, while longer sentences tend to reduce the crime rate.
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Law and Government
Biden prison plan would give states monetary incentives to release violent criminals
If Biden's $20 billion in grants for reducing incarceration become law, that will give states a financial incentive to start…
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Law and Government
Due to coronavirus, judges release child pornographers from same fed. prison Roger Stone will report to next week
Defining "dangerous felon" down?
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Law and Government
Democrats would release recent killers in HEROES Act
Some inmates are deliberately contracting COVID-19 in hopes of getting released from prison.
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Law and Government
SF DA says his father, convicted murderer and former member of terrorist group, should get out of prison
'My parents’ decisions caused irreparable, cascading harm, but 38 years later, they shouldn’t mean that my father, a model prisoner…
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Politics
Bernie’s newest campaign adviser wants to abolish prisons, floated 9/11 conspiracy theory
The ‘Freedom Papers,’ a manifesto published by the group, claims that police and prisons have no place in ‘justice.’
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Law and Government
Bill allowing release of middle-aged murderers advances
Keeping such inmates in prison rather than releasing them can reduce the crime rate. Parolees commonly commit more crimes after…
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Law and Government
Bill would release dangerous old murderers
Legislators in Virginia have also proposed extending voting rights to inmates.
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Law and Government
Mass incarceration, or under-incarceration?
People who want to cut sentences for violent criminals cite rising U.S. incarceration rates since the 1960s, which they call…
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Law and Government
Jailing violent criminals is appropriate
Turning a blind eye to crimes by blacks is itself racist, given how frequently violent crime is black-on-black. Being soft…
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Law and Government
California governor reprieves all death row murderers
Newsom claimed the death penalty ‘has discriminated against defendants who’ are ‘black and brown.’ Not in California it hasn't. For…
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Law and Government
Open borders activists target private prison finances – to make it harder to hold illegals
Attacking through the back door.
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Law and Government
The Trojan horse of ‘criminal justice reform’
The criminal justice system deters crime from happening in the first place, by giving criminals prison sentences to make would-be…
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Law and Government
Guess which ‘religious leader’ is receiving taxpayer funds for religious studies in prison
As with almost everything else, Farrakhan is a hypocrite as well as a hater. Giving the Nation of Islam money…
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Law and Government
Meet America’s most prolific serial killer and learn about his 93 confessed murders
Serial killers have long fascinated Americans and occupied a space in pop culture.
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Law and Government
Juvenile murderers can seek release in Washington State
Harsh penalties like the death penalty save lives by deterring murder, as several studies have found.
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Law and Government
Civil rights group that accused prison of killing illegal alien inmate retracts claim
The warden disputed the claim that Garache-Munoz fell into a coma, saying that the inmate was provided and ate three…
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Politics
And the hits just keep coming: Ocasio-Cortez supports the prisoners’ strike
As to her claim of a ‘direct lineage’ between ‘mass incarceration’ and ‘slavery & Jim Crow,’ how does she explain…
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