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The Biden administration guaranteed attorney access for all migrant screenings. Most don’t have it
By Elliot Spagat On July 2, 2023 SAN DIEGO (AP) — As the Biden administration prepared to launch speedy asylum screenings at Border Patrol holding facilities this spring , authorities pledged a key difference…
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Almost all Louisiana death row prisoners ask John Bel Edwards to spare their lives
By James Finn On June 13, 2023 Edwards recently said he opposes the death penalty and believes it should be banned in Louisiana. Nearly all of the 57 people on Louisiana’s death…
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Justice Department to investigate jail conditions in Georgia’s most populous county
By James Brumback On July 13, 2023 ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into jail conditions in Georgia’s most populous county, with…
Read MoreGovernor Murphy Signs Bill Eliminating Public Defender Service Fees
On June 30, 2023 Continues Steps Towards Creating a Fairer Criminal Justice System TRENTON – In another monumental step for one of the most progressive criminal justice systems in the nation,…
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4 Reasons We Should Worry About Missing Crime Data
By Weihua Li and Jasmyne Ricard On July 13, 2023 The FBI’s crime data is still incomplete — and politicians are taking advantage. For more than 100 years, the FBI…
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‘This is Major Trauma’: New Accounts of Abuse at Federal Prison Prompt Calls for Investigations
By Christie Thompson and Joseph Shapiro On July 6, 2023 More than 120 prisoners held at a special unit in Thomson Penitentiary reported mistreatment, lawyers’ committee report says. Months after…
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Seeking the Path to Justice
By Yvonne Abraham Globe Columnist,Updated July 12, 2023, 6:16 p.m. Whose job is it to make sure everyone hurt by rogue police officers gets justice? Three years after an explosive report…
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Measuring Health Equity: A State Measure Set to Assess and Improve Equity
Jun-15-2023 Kanneganti D , Mar J , and Bailit M DOWNLOAD REPORT DOWNLOAD SUMMARY The State Health Equity Measure Set provides a standard set of health equity measures that states can use to assess their performance against other…
Read MoreIslamic extremists kill 8 farmers and abduct 10 in latest attack in northeastern Nigeria
By Haruna Umar On June 24, 2023 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists killed eight farmers and abducted 10 in an attack in northeastern Nigeria, officials said Friday — the…
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