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US authorities arrest alleged Japanese crime family member accused of trafficking drugs and missiles

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The US Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York and the US Drug Enforcement Agency announced Thursday that they had arrested four men accused of international narcotics and weapons trafficking offenses.

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A Model for Criminal Justice Reform: How New York City Lowered its Jail Population and Crime Rates

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The Congressional Judiciary Committee last month held a four-hour hearing, “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan” to understand better why New York City’s crime rates were “out of control” and what was wrong with its criminal justice system. But there are specific policies that have accelerated NYC’s declines in crime and jail population.

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‘Planning for Losing’: A Lesson on Justice Reform from Afghanistan

The Crime Report

This dynamic has led to a disparity or “trial penalty” that is so pronounced that, in addition to expending the processing of the guilty, it effectively coerce s many innocent defendants to plead guilty. With the Manhattan D.A.’s The Effect of the ‘Trial Penalty’. Other Alternatives. In fact, the U.S. Getting Transparency.

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Coping With the ‘Crisis of Violence’

The Crime Report

Aborn has been a player in the New York City criminal justice world since 1979, when he began his legal career as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. In 2009, he ran unsuccessfully for Manhattan District Attorney. What’s your sense of what’s really going on out there?

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America’s Justice System Needs a ‘Course Correction’: Jeremy Travis

The Crime Report

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. I spent a day in arraignment court at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan. So the arraignment court was empty, except for the judge, court officers and police officers. There was deep concern about our city’s future viability. That’s Vera’s legacy.

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Can U.S. Policing Be Saved?

The Crime Report

“We have to shift the responsibilities that we currently give to police away from them and, alongside that, build up the network of community based services and government agencies so that we still have a robust response mechanism, but one that is a principally non-law enforcement response mechanism,” he told The Crime Report.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Creative Commons, NYC Manhattan Skyline. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of New York City’s lawsuit seeking climate change damages from oil companies. The Second Circuit’s decision largely followed the reasoning of the district court’s 2018 decision. s consumer protection statute. FEATURED CASE.

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