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This week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder issued new directives to his U.S. attorneys in the field to use prosecutorial discretion and stop pursuing low-level drug possession cases that carry high minimum mandatory prison sentences. While state prison populations are finally slowly going down, the federal prison system continues to grow with non-violent drug convictions. Also this week, Judge Shira Scheindlin, a federal district judge in New York, ruled that New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy was clearly biased in stopping black and Latino people out of proportion to the initial behaviors that made police instigate their searches. Thousands of innocent young black and Latino men were being prejudged by the police, losing their Constitutional rights and liberties based more on their race than on evidence.
Some 2,000 telephone workers in Puerto Rico recently voted to affiliate with the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU). The members of the Independent Union of Telephone Workers (UIET) voted by a 10–1 margin to become part of OPEIU.
A German tourist lost her arm in what appears to have been a shark attack off a Hawaiian beach on Wednesday, Maui County spokesman Rod Antone told the Honolulu Star Advertiser.The woman was with two friends before the apparent attack, according to the paper, and was taken to Maui Memorial Hospital.
Weather forecasters warned Thursday that more wildfires could break out as firefighters battled 44 large blazes from Alaska to Arizona.The National Weather Service issued warnings early Thursday that wildfires could break out in parts of Utah and Idaho.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- A prosecutor began her closing argument in the "alphabet murders" case against 79-year-old suspected serial killer Joseph Naso by quoting from what she said were his journal entries about sexual assaults and his list of victim dumping grounds on Wednesday."Kansas City girl.
James Lee DiMaggio tortured close family friend Christina Anderson and her eight-year-old son Ethan before killing them in his home and abducting her 16-year-old-daughter Hannah, according to court documents unsealed late Wednesday.
James Lee DiMaggio tortured close family friend Christina Anderson and her eight-year-old son Ethan before killing them in his home and abducting her 16-year-old-daughter Hannah, according to court documents unsealed late Wednesday.
A Texas teen faces six murder charges after allegedly driving a stolen truck through a red light in a high-speed chase with police, causing a crash that killed six members of a family including four children, authorities said on Wednesday.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Native Americans on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation have voted to end prohibition and legalize alcohol so the tribe can use the profits for education and treatment.
Suspected murderer and kidnapper James Lee DiMaggio tortured a mother and her son before killing them, setting them ablaze in his own home and abducting the woman’s 16-year-old-daughter, according to court documents unsealed late Wednesday.
