The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Law enforcement agencies routinely post photos of people booked into the local lockup, potentially wreaking permanent havoc on their lives before they’ve been convicted, prompting many cities and states to question why police release them and whether they should be allowed to at all, reports NBC News.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 2, 2021

As state legislatures begin to recognize that justice-involved juveniles do not fare well in carceral settings, California is leading a national trend in developing alternatives to youth detention. Knight notes that the number of youths referred to California’s juvenile probation agencies declined by 66 percent between 2006 and 2018.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 9, 2022

David Mora Rojas shot and killed his three daughters, a chaperone who was supervising a visit with the girls, and then himself, with a ghost gun, exemplifying the dangerous proliferation of the weapons even as California lawmaker’s rush to ban them, reports The Guardian.

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The Crime Report

JULY 28, 2021

police departments is behind an “aggressive” effort to prevent changes in use-of-force standards, according to a forthcoming paper in the Indiana Law Journal. Local governments, police departments and insurers have long viewed Lexipol as a critically important partner in keeping policies lawful and up-to-date,” the paper declares.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

The Department of Justice will use every available federal tool—including criminal, civil, and administrative actions—to combat and prevent COVID-19 related fraud. California alone was the victim of $11 billion in siphoned-off benefits.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

However, national crime estimates for 2021 are based on unusually low participation by local law-enforcement agencies, with only roughly 65 percent of law-enforcement agencies submitting at least partial data to the new National Incident-Based Reporting System in 2021, compared with 95 percent in recent years.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Photo courtesy Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. To read about John Wetzel, the former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC), one might think he is the August Vollmer of prison management. Curiously, Wetzel never made it a secret that he was not a data expert. But it’s time to set our sights higher.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 9, 2022

Katherine Lucero is the director of the Office of Youth and Community Restoration, a new agency that will oversee the replacement of California’s youth prison system with community-based services and supports. She is flat out one of the bright lights in California’s judiciary,” ??said Photo by Josie Lepe. Changing the Culture.

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2022

She was one of four panelists in a Brennan Center for Justice discussion on the money collected in the justice system, moderated by CNN legal analyst Laura Coates. The live discussion followed a report from the Brennan Center, which details the many ways the revenue in the justice system thwarts any attempts at reform.

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The Crime Report

JULY 9, 2021

Despite a record rise in reported hate crimes, and an increase in convictions, the number of hate crime investigations fell 8 percent over the 15-year period between 2005 and 2019, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The decline occurred against a background of rising hate crimes. During the 15-year time frame, U.S.

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The Crime Report

JULY 27, 2021

The systems in place to provide addiction resources are falling short, largely due to a lack of interoperability between agencies responsible for overseeing successful recovery and rehabilitation of currently and post-incarcerated individuals. Department of Health and Human Services, in 2019, an estimated 10.1 According to the U.S.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JULY 28, 2023

Department of Commerce Department of Commerce and Department of Defense sign Memorandum of Agreement to strengthen U.S. The Department of Commerce is calling for nominations for the 2023 Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors program. defense industrial base.

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The Crime Report

JULY 28, 2021

student in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, based its conclusions on an analysis of use-of-force complaints by civilians between 2014 and 2017. Body-worn cameras were first introduced in a pilot project for the Chicago Police Department (CPD) in 2015. police agencies.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

At a press conference two days later, Newport Beach Chief Jon Lewis credited an unusual source for helping with the investigation: the true-crime podcast “Countdown to Capture,” launched by his California police department a year earlier. What this podcast did was increase awareness and generate leads for us.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 6, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission , the justices are again asked to rein in the power of the SEC, in what the petitioners claim is a “power grab” to exercise authority that Congress did not grant to the agency. Last year, the Supreme Court limited an SEC practice of seeking disgorgement awards without deducting legitimate expenses.

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The Crime Report

MAY 5, 2022

The Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, a women-only facility called the “rape club” by many who know it, has finally gained the attention of a task force of senior agency officials and outside scrutiny, but that seemingly positive direction may already be stalling, reports the Associated Press.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Lundgren , the justices grappled with whether the “immovable-property exception” applies to tribal sovereign immunity. After a majority decided to send that case back to the Washington Supreme Court on procedural grounds, a new petition in a different case now asks the justices to take the question up again. The case is Self v.

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The Crime Report

JULY 26, 2021

The Justice Department dropped cases against five visiting researchers accused of hiding their affiliations with China’s military, in a major setback to a landmark effort to root out alleged Chinese intelligence-gathering in the U.S., reports the Wall Street Journal. since their arrest a year ago. since their arrest a year ago.

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Intelligize Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Now, a new round of proposed merger guidelines released by the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission might turn down the temperature in an already chilly market even more. “As District Court for the Northern District of California against the FTC’s attempt to block Microsoft’s $68.7 antitrust law.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 11, 2021

In 2020, 12 inmates who escaped and are still on the run were from California, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Colorado. This still raises concerns that the agency, which already suffers from mismanagement, misconduct, and a severe staffing crisis, is failing to keep prisoners in.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 14, 2022

But aggressive policing won’t solve the problem, says the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ). of Sociology at the University of Miami; and Jason Potts, a captain of the Vallejo Police Department in California. Partnerships for Peace.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Kentucky can recover $870 million from an online poker platform to recoup Kentuckians’ losses and whether federal approval of Roundup can protect Monsanto from violations under California law. Kentucky, ex rel. Monsanto Company v.

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ALPS

MARCH 8, 2022

In April of 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) created a new Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force designed to coordinate and prioritize the investigation and enforcement activities surrounding ransomware incidents. Cybersecurity regulations for US government agencies and their contractors are expanding.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The existing 1986 law was “written at a time when there weren’t smart home devices,” said Ángel Díaz, a lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles Law School who studies the intersection of technology and civil rights.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 10, 2022

The justices heard oral arguments in three cases. City and County of San Francisco, California : The case revolves around a legal challenge to a federal immigration rule. Supreme Court recently returned to the bench for its February sitting. The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. Texas , 36 F.3d

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The Crime Report

JULY 30, 2021

In a general survey done by the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspectors General, of the 28 percent of employees who responded, 59 percent thought its BOP’s guidance was not clear. But, like the rest of the world, COVID has hugely affected inmates and staff. Corrections Information Council report. Also, 37 percent of D.C.

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Patently O

AUGUST 17, 2022

Senator Barbara Boxer , Senior Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice, and Associate at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP. Additional Leadership Changes: Longtime USPTO leader Drew Hirshfeld left the agency this summer and has now joined the Schwegman firm. by Dennis Crouch. His key role will likely be in helping Dir.

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The Crime Report

JULY 19, 2021

Similarly, the five-page report by New York Police Department officers about the Garner incident failed to mention that one of the officers placed his hands in a chokehold around Garner’s neck, which resulted in his death. Of a minor nature. A split inner lip. Suspect oblivious to pain. ”. Duty to Report.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

see here ), which is expected to decide whether the duty of a child welfare agency to inquire of extended family members and others about a child’s potential Indian ancestry applies to children who are taken into custody under a protective custody warrant. ” Neither of the justices in the Delila D. ” (Link added.)

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 17, 2020

City of Fullerton Police Department , but it depublished the opinion of the Fourth District, Division Three, which affirmed the denial of a petition to remove the petitioner’s name from a gang database that lists him as a suspected gang member or associate. Hula Media Services, LLC. Kho (2019) 8 Cal.5th 5th 111, cert.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) to support the development of four regional “direct air capture hubs” (DAC Hubs)—networks that connect direct air capture projects with sequestration facilities and commercial users of captured carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 directed the U.S. Why Do We Need CO 2 Pipelines?

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The Crime Report

JULY 14, 2022

Despite the June 24 ruling by the United States Supreme Court, which officially reversed Roe v. Wade, in the eyes of many Americans, abortion remains a flexible issue. While there is room for debate about the “timing” of when an abortion can be done or performed and individual circumstances (e.g., Rightfully so. Already in the U.S.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Assuring that “[t]he Goddess of justice is not wearing a black armband today weeping for the California Constitution,” a 2-1 Second District, Division Six, published opinion said “[i]t is our Constitutional obligation to affirm a judgment, where a more favorable outcome will not result upon reversal.”

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2016

Yesterday, there was an article in the Sacramento Bee newspaper , specifically addressing the topic of potential marijuana advertising on broadcast outlets in light of the current ballot proposition in California proposing to decriminalize marijuana in the state.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 13, 2023

where the court agreed last September to decide what constitutes reversible error when a child welfare agency fails to make the required inquiry under the federal Indian Child Welfare Act and state statutory law concerning a child’s potential Indian ancestry. Dependency depublication. The court denied review in Sarah K. ’ ” Bail OSC.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2011

The tenuous legal status of marijuana advertising on broadcast stations just got a little more tenuous as a Federal prosecutor in Southern California has reportedly indicated an intent to prosecute radio and TV stations , as well as newspapers and magazines, that advertise medical marijuana clinics.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Instead of trying to fix individual parts of the justice system, states should create a single regulatory agency that manages and sets standards for police, courts, and corrections, proposes an Oregon Law Review paper. . Our so-called criminal justice system is in fact a disorganized mélange of.

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