Can a New Twist on a Native American Tradition Help Solve America's Prison …
Can a New Twist on a Native American Tradition Help Solve America's Prison …
But three-strikes and mandatory drug sentencing laws led to soaring prison populations and ballooning budgets, and in the wake of the Great Recession, even tough-on-crime conservatives have begun reassessing the penological status quo. “The most …
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Quadruple homicide: Judge orders trial in Kansas
At the conclusion of a two-day preliminary hearing, Franklin County Judge Thomas Sachse (sok-see) ordered Kyle Flack to stand trial on charges of capital murder, first-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm. The judge said he dismissed a …
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Man Accused Of Disrupting Chicago-Portland Flight
The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/waf3eo) that 29-year-old Jared McKay appeared Tuesday in federal court, accused of interfering with a United Airlines flight crew after the plane left Chicago on its way to Portland. An FBI affidavit said McKay …
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
He got caught with marijuana and tobacco, and is charged with multiple counts related to possessing a controlled substance in a detention facility with intent to deliver the controlled substance to an inmate and with delivery of contraband to inmates …
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