In its conference of March 2, 2018, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether a state court’s denial of capital post-conviction counsel’s request for funds to conduct a mitigation investigation constitutes “cause” to overcome procedural default when the denial operated as an...
Robert Listenbee, former administrator of the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), will be joining the District Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia as the First Assistant DA, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange reports. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said, “By having...
Yoga, aromatherapy, and linens in an earthy shade of green are not expected prison fare. For the last year, Pennsylvania inmates and staff have been testing policies and programs that focus on reducing violence and time inmates spend in solitary confinement, as well as increasing...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions rebuffed criticism from President Trump, vowing to do his job with “integrity and honor” after the president called it “disgraceful” that Sessions asked an internal watchdog to investigate Republicans’ claims of inappropriate behavior by FBI agents, reports Politico. Trump’s tweet blasted...
In 2012, with New Orleans coming off a year in which 200 people were murdered, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s office partnered with a Silicon Valley tech company to collect and analyze data that would inform much of the city’s murder-reduction strategy. Created in 2004 by a...
The rate of gun injuries in the U.S. declines during the National Rifle Association’s annual convention, according to a study led by Harvard Medical School and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, The Guardian reports. Gun injuries nationally declined by 20 percent during...