The federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) may be on the brink of reauthorization after years of disagreement and inaction in Congress, reports the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. The law sets the core safety standards for juveniles that states must follow in order...
Three hours before Edmund Zagorski was scheduled to die, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam delayed his execution so the state could prepare to use the electric chair to kill him, reports The Tennessean. Haslam said a short delay would give the state time to accommodate Zagorski’s...
Whites are more likely than African Americans to experience some form of contact with law enforcement, but when police initiate the encounter, blacks are more likely to experience “the threat or use of physical force,” according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The BJS study,...
As the internet has matured, the way we use websites has gradually shifted. In this episode of the Kennedy-Mighell Report, hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell discuss how they use websites and how RSS and social media are eliminating the use of destination sites. They...
In 2006, National Football League players were arrested or cited at least 71 times for various alleged crimes. The problem got so bad that the league cracked down after hiring Roger Goodell as commissioner that August. Another surge of criminal cases disrupted the league in...
“We’re taking a leap,” said Scott Erfe, the warden of the super-max Cheshire Correctional Institution in central Connecticut. The inmates seem to agree the leap is worthwhile. In a live-streamed interview Wednesday, young men who have been living most of this year in a special, insular unit...