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Minnesota sex offender program declared unconstitutional. Now what?A federal court ruled Wednesday that a Minnesota program which commits dangerous sexual criminals to a mental health facility indefinitely after their prison sentence ends violates the rights of offenders. How is the way sex offenders are treated changing?聽- New York bomb plot case: How surveillance led to arrestsAn FBI investigation uncovered聽efforts to set off an explosive device at a New York City landmark on behalf of the Islamic State, according to court documents.聽
Prosecutors fight for Eric Garner grand jury record secrecyA NAACP attorney said disclosure was needed because allowing secrecy 'reinforces the perception, if not the reality, that the system is rigged.'
Progress WatchIn Los Angeles, a national model for how to police the mentally illBy partnering beat cops with mental health clinicians, the Los Angeles Police Department has reduced incidences of force used on individuals with mental illness and has connected thousands of individuals with counseling and support.- Two bombs found at Dallas police headquartersDallas police shot a lone suspect who planted bombs and fired on the Dallas police headquarters Saturday.
- Manhunt continues in Adirondacks as charges filed against prison workerPrison tailor shop instructor Joyce Mitchell was charged with promoting prison contraband - smuggling in聽smuggling hacksaw blades and other hand tools for escaped inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt.聽
Just what is the 'Ferguson effect'? It depends on how you view police.For some, police shootings in Ferguson, Mo., and elsewhere have emboldened criminals to resist police authority. Others say the Ferguson effect describes a political movement where oppressed black Americans stand up for their rights.
Two men charged with conspiracy in Boston ISIS terror plotOne of the pair, David Wright, is the nephew of Usaama Rahim, who was shot and killed by FBI agents and Boston Police last week.
UVA student, whose arrest sparked outrage, will not face chargesMartese Johnson was detained by state liquor agents outside a Charlottesville bar near the University of Virginia campus back in March.
Virginia teen admits to recruiting for Islamic StateOfficials say the case of聽Ali Shukri Amin, a former Virginia high school student, highlights how social media are being used to radicalize individuals and provide a steady flow of supporters to the Islamic State.- Va. teenager pleads guilty in trying to help ISISAli Amin admitted to using Twitter, with the handle @Amreekiwitness, to provide advice, encouragement and resources to Islamic State and its supporters.
Crime spike could throw police reform efforts into doubtThe US has embraced more-liberal ideas of policing in the wake of a number of fatal confrontations between police and black men. But a spike in crime is testing that shift.
Ezell Ford: Why one LAPD cop was 'unjustified' in fatal shootingThe LA Police Commission found that a police officer wrongly approached and stopped Ezell Ford,聽a 25-year-old black man who was fatally shot in the back.聽
Ruling on Texas abortion law sets up potential Supreme Court showdownA federal appeals court reversed a broad injunction issued last year blocking most of the provisions in a 2013 Texas聽law that makes abortions more difficult to obtain. 聽
Former Speaker Hastert pleads not guilty in first court appearanceThe politician-turned-lobbyist stepped before Judge Thomas M. Durkin on charges that he broke federal banking laws by withdrawing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and lying about the money when questioned.
Albert Woodfox and the rethinking of solitary confinement in AmericaThe ordered release of Albert Woodfox after four decades in solitary confinement in Louisiana comes as states are curtailing the ubiquitous use of 鈥榯he box鈥� as prison punishment.
White House press room evacuated over bomb threatSecret Service agents interrupted the live press briefing for about 20 minutes after a bomb threat was called in to the聽Metropolitan Police Department, say officials
Cleveland activists use unusual tactic to seek justice for Tamir RiceA group of community members announced Tuesday that they are appealing directly to a judge for arrest warrants for the officers involved in Rice's death, curbing the county prosecutors' role in the process.
Prosecutors indict S.C. police officer who shot and killed unarmed black manOn Monday South Carolina prosecutors indicted Michael Slager,聽a former North Charleston police officer聽who shot and killed Walter Scott during a traffic stop, on murder charges.聽
Louisiana man ordered released after 43 years of solitary confinementState officials may announce their decision on former Black Panther Party leader Albert Woodfox, who has been in solitary confinement for more than 40 years, as early as Tuesday.
