Last year, reporter David Migoya of the Denver Post was looking into an appeal filed by convicted murderer Aaron Thompson, but could find no mention of the case — either his conviction or the appeal — on any of the public-record computers the state provides...
America’s aging prison population is putting new strains on health care costs for state corrections authorities, according to a study by the Pew Charitable Trusts. In order to cope with the cost of caring for inmates growing older and sicker behind bars, prison officials are taking...
The son of two Chicago police officers, Edward Muhammad Johnson was 12 when he witnessed his father shoot his mother six times before turning the gun on himself. Decades later, he is suspected of attacking and killing Minnesota corrections officer Joseph Gomm. At 42 years...
The Justice Department issued a wide-ranging report describing the cyber threats facing the U.S. and the department’s tactics for investigating, disrupting and deterring those risks, Politico reports. The report contains the first public description of how the DOJ will assess and respond to foreign influence...
A law signed by President Donald Trump this spring to curb sex trafficking have created new risks for sex workers in tribal lands, Native American women and advocates said Thursday. The women, speaking on Native America Calling, a live call-in program dedicated to issues specific to...
While the sale and possession of marijuana remain federal offenses, the state-level impact of legalization on public health and safety has been hotly debated. Two new studies demonstrate that legalization can be a mixed bag: one finds a correlation between legalization and the frequency of serious...