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The True, Massive Cost of Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans
2024年10月26日 · Some law enforcement leaders have already declared that they will not participate in mass deportation efforts. Even officials who have raised concerns about the challenges created by large influxes of migrants are not necessarily interested in …
New Florida Policy on Trans Care in Prison Like “Conversion …
2024年12月10日 · “I feel like I’m 12 years old again, sneaking around wearing a bra,” said Takach, after her female undergarments were confiscated. The new policy, which requires psychotherapy to treat underlying issues rather than treating the dysphoria, “comes off like conversion therapy,” says Daniel Tilley, the lead attorney from the ACLU of Florida.
See if Police in Your State Reported Crime Data to the FBI
2022年8月15日 · Source: Agency participation data compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Feb. 7, 2023, which was the deadline for local agencies to submit crime data for the Q4 2022 quarterly report.Local agencies had until March 7, 2022 to submit data for the FBI's 2022 national crime report, so the final participation status may change.
The Problem With Labeling Trump a ‘Felon’ - The Marshall Project
2024年7月25日 · Since Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies, gleeful headlines have sprouted across the media, with a new descriptor for the former president: “felon.”. The New York Times editorial board condemned him under the pithy banner: “Donald Trump, Felon.”. The Washington Post ran an analysis by senior political reporter Aaron Blake headlined: “Trump is a …
A Boy Among Men - The Marshall Project
2015年2月25日 · John didn’t take these letters seriously; he threw many of them away. He settled into GED classes and shifts serving breakfast and lunch. From the prison library he pulled volumes ranging from the poems of Langston Hughes (“They’re so simple, but they explain so much”) to thriller paperbacks by Dean Koontz and James Patterson.
I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
2018年11月1日 · A gainst all odds, I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. He completely changed my life. Even though my son was conceived in the most traumatic possible way, his birth was my saving grace. Suddenly, I had a little human to care for, and I became consumed with ensuring that he had the best possible life.
Eyewitness Testimony Is Unreliable… Or Is It ... - The Marshall Project
2015年10月30日 · A new study of the data says it depends on timing. To the swelling chorus of activists and researchers who argue that eyewitness testimony is both fundamentally unreliable and over-relied upon, the Cotton case is a prime example of what can go tragically wrong when court cases hinge on human recollection.
What 24 Hours in Prison Is Really Like | The Marshall Project
2018年7月12日 · At 1:30 a.m., I’m jarred awake in my cell by an officer wielding the brightest flashlight in the world. He gives me 10 minutes to throw on some clothes and escorts me to the isolation cells, where I strip down again for a thorough …
Six Reasons the Death Penalty is Becoming More Expensive
2014年12月17日 · These facts have been well studied in research out of California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.. But the death penalty is also growing more expensive with each passing year. A 2010 report prepared for the Judicial Conference of the United States found that between 1989 and 1997 the ...