Kamala Harris’ Complex Record as Prosecutor: What to Know | The ...
Jul 27, 2024 · What These Decisions Tell Us About Kamala Harris’ Approach to Criminal Justice From the death penalty to school truancy and diversion programs, here are some key steps Harris took as a district attorney and attorney general.
The Problem With Labeling Trump a ‘Felon’ - The Marshall Project
Jul 25, 2024 · Since Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies, gleeful headlines have sprouted across the media, with a new descriptor for the former president: “felon.”. The New York Times editorial board condemned him under the pithy banner: “Donald Trump, Felon.”. The Washington Post ran an analysis by senior political reporter Aaron Blake headlined: “Trump is a felon.
I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
Nov 1, 2018 · O nce I got to prison, I was dealing with extreme guilt over my aunt’s death, and fear, because I was still a child and felt desperately alone. I continued to act out, like the teenager I was, by committing all the standard rule infractions, among them insolence to staff and possession of contraband.
5 Things to Know About Kamala Harris’ Criminal Justice Record
Jul 21, 2024 · According to Jamilah King, writing for Mother Jones in 2018, “Harris has long tried to bridge the tricky divide between social progressivism and the work required as a prosecutor — sometimes more successfully than others.” One characteristic example: As San Francisco district attorney, Harris vowed not to seek the death penalty, but as …
Federal Prisons Are Over Capacity - The Marshall Project
Jan 6, 2024 · is a staff writer for The Marshall Project covering prison conditions, experiences of the incarcerated, their families and corrections officers, the federal Bureau of Prisons and the death penalty.
A Boy Among Men - The Marshall Project
Feb 25, 2015 · John didn’t take these letters seriously; he threw many of them away. He settled into GED classes and shifts serving breakfast and lunch. From the prison library he pulled volumes ranging from the poems of Langston Hughes (“They’re so simple, but they explain so much”) to thriller paperbacks by Dean Koontz and James Patterson.
What to Know About How a Florida School Shooter’s Life Was …
Sep 17, 2024 · Drinking during pregnancy can permanently damage the developing baby’s brain, harm that often goes undiagnosed. Cruz’s birth mother drank alcohol virtually every day of the first eight months of her pregnancy and signed hospital paperwork declaring herself an alcoholic.
New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down. - The …
Nov 3, 2023 · Federal reports show similar long-term trends in violent crime, but diverge significantly on year-over-year changes. Both reports show a return to pre-pandemic levels of violent crime since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out three years prior, and a similar pattern: The violent crime rate exhibited significant fluctuations during the pandemic, but by 2022, it had returned to pre-pandemic levels.
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4 Reasons We Should Worry About Missing Crime Data - The …
Jul 13, 2023 · For the 2024 election season, we've updated this reporting to cover the latest changes — and debates — around crime stats.. For more than 100 years, the FBI has been collecting crime data from local police departments across the country through the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which has been the gold standard of national crime statistics.