Tag: Criminal Justice

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Florida bill would give ex-convicts better shot at employment

By Andrew Powell | The Center Square Contributor · January 23, 2024 9:26 am

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va.

Judge denies acquittal, new trial for convicted former ComEd leaders

Washington Examiner · January 5, 2024 7:57 am

A watch tower overlooks the H-Block 4 exercise yard of the former Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, U.K., Monday, Aug. 13, 2007.

Ahead of the Trend

Florida bill would expand prison incentive program designed to reduce recidivism

Washington Examiner · December 30, 2023 7:01 am

Pittsburgh police facing cuts, shortage of officers as enforcement plummets

Washington Examiner · December 29, 2023 6:31 am

Brenna Bird, who was then the Iowa GOP's attorney general candidate, speaks during a 2022 election night rally in Des Moines, Iowa.

Iowa attorney general wants tougher penalties for law enforcement assaults

Washington Examiner · December 29, 2023 6:25 am

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 18, 2023.

Beltway Confidential

‘Swatting’ should carry tougher penalties and be vigorously prosecuted

Zachary Faria · December 26, 2023 10:30 pm

Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about an expected $300 million-plus surplus Louisiana will have from the last budget year, while Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne and Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson listen to his remarks, on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La.

Beltway Confidential

Criminal justice reformers can’t stop misleading the public

Zachary Faria · December 26, 2023 3:04 pm

Twelve Days of WEX-mas: Democrats rebranding candidates as tough on crime ahead of 2024 race

Barnini Chakraborty · December 26, 2023 6:00 am

Delaware court says expungement law doesn’t include out-of-state offenses

Washington Examiner · December 20, 2023 2:14 pm

Utah felon receives 20-year sentence for illegal firearm possession

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2023 12:05 pm

FILE - This June 27, 2012, file photo shows an American flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. It's crunch time at the court, where the justices are racing to issue opinions in 17 cases over the next two weeks. The religious rights of corporations, the speech rights of abortion protesters and the privacy rights of people under arrest are among the significant issues that are so far unresolved as summer beckons Supreme Court justices. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Supreme Court divided on how firearm sentencing law applies to criminal drug offenders

Kaelan Deese · November 28, 2023 1:11 am

"I Voted" stickers await voters in the South Carolina Democratic primary at a polling place at Sanders Middle School in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Policy group wants South Carolina to update its civil liability system

Washington Examiner · November 19, 2023 1:45 pm