The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice is asking the Justice Department to reopen its investigation into the Cleveland boy’s 2014 shooting by police.
Author: Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY
Matt Gaetz’s associate is expected to plead guilty in sex trafficking: What that means for the congressman
A potential plea deal between prosecutors and Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg “will almost certainly be very bad” for the Florida Republican, said a former federal prosecutor.
Supreme Court refuses to step in to stop turnover of Trump financial records
The development is a brutal defeat for the former president. Trump has dismissed the Manhattan prosecutors’ investigation as a political “witch hunt.”
Trump’s judicial appointments will impact LGBTQ rights far beyond presidency, group says
Nearly 40% of judges Trump has appointed to federal appeals court have a history of hostility toward LGBTQ rights, Lambda Legal advocacy group says.
Justice Department declines to charge Cleveland officers in fatal 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice
The Justice Department said there was not enough evidence to prove that Cleveland police officers used excessive force against 12-year-old Tamir Rice.
DOJ says it’s ready to prosecute Pakistani man for 2002 death of Wall Street Journal reporter
Omar Sheikh was previously convicted and later acquitted for the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
Trump’s execution spree reflects death penalty system ‘shaped by racial bias,’ critics say
The Trump administration’s execution spree highlights longstanding inequalities in a criminal justice system that continues to disproportionately treat Black prisoners as the worst of the worst criminals, death penalty experts and advocates say.
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Ex-election security chief Christopher Krebs confronts GOP on false fraud claims: ‘It’s got to stop’
“I would appreciate more support from my own party, the Republican Party, to call this stuff out and move on,” Chris Krebs told senators Wednesday.
‘Abuse of the rule of law’: 1,000 ex-judges, attorneys slam Trump’s false claims of voter fraud
“Court challenges … must be based on facts, on evidence,” says the letter from 1,000 attorneys, including retired judges, former AGs and law professors.
Barr OKs investigations of voting irregularities despite lack of evidence of massive fraud
Attorney General William Barr has authorized U.S. attorneys to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities during the 2020 elections, contradicting longstanding Justice Department practice of not taking steps that could impact the results…