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Dozens of instructors at Massachusetts police academies have serious complaints against them, investigation shows
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The Bronx’s former undersheriff was relegated to a cubicle and stripped of his duties for sounding the alarm that the pot raids under Mayor Eric Adams’ initial crackdown were illegal, a lawsuit says.
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The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly assaulted, arrested and detained, the state’s highest court has ordered.
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Kids Should Have the Right to Hug Their Incarcerated Parents. A 13 year old talks about being unable to see her dad in person.
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Arizona - ‘Dying in the dark’: Investigation finds ‘astronomical’ death rate in Maricopa County jails
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Florida — An Escambia County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Saturday. 40-year-old Christopher George Turney was booked into the Escambia County Jail Saturday. He is charged with child cruelty and child neglect.
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In Alaska, advocates say reducing prison population is a key climate strategy. In Alaska, advocates say reducing prison population is a key climate strategy Ageing correctional centers and the people within are threatened by floods, extreme heat, and building collapses due to snowfall and thawing
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Plea bargains in the criminal system are often framed as efficient for all parties while also sorting the guilty from the innocent. However, under a range of scenarios (e.g. if prosecutors derive a career benefit from trial wins), the innocent are more likely than the guilty to plea bargain.
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