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District Attorney Alvin Bragg Diagnoses The Uptick in Crime During COVID
The Manhattan D.A. points to pre-existing conditions for the rise in crime and proposes some solutions.
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Albany Judge Clears BLM Protestor Of All Charges Due To Missing Tapes
The misdemeanor charges that Lexis Figuereo faced in connection to a protest in front of a local police station last April were dropped.
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Rachael Rollins Sworn in as US Attorney for Massachusetts, Becoming First Black Woman to Lead in This Role
Rollins was nominated by President Biden in July and Vice President Kamala Harris was the deciding vote in December
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Court tells Texas AG, “Nah,” On Election Prosecutions
The state’s top lawyer thought he could charge anyone he wanted with election crimes
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Can Justice Be 26 Years Too Late? New Missouri Law May Help Free a Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder
Lamar Johnson may finally get a new day in court after spending over two decades in prison thanks to a bill that goes into effect later this month.
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Andrew Brown Jr.'s Family Asks District Attorney to Recuse Himself From Prosecuting Coworkers
Attorneys for the family of a North Carolina man who was killed by law enforcement officers have asked the district’s top law enforcement officer to recuse himself from investigating and charging his coworkers because…did you even read the sentence? Lawyers representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was slain by Pasquotank County, N.C., sheriff’s…
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Low-Level Offenses, Including Drug Possession and Prostitution, to No Longer Be Prosecuted in Baltimore
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has seen law enforcement and criminal justice agencies across the country make adjustments in what crimes they do and don’t prosecute in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus. In Baltimore, those adjustments will remain permanent as the city prosecutor announced her office will no longer prosecute a multitude…
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Fani Willis Wins Runoff Election to Become Fulton County's First Female District Attorney
On Tuesday evening, Fani Willis proved successful in her bid to unseat longtime Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard. AJC reports that Willis took 73 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s runoff election. Willis is set to become the first woman elected to serve as Fulton’s DA. “Y’all we made herstory,” Willis said. “You have…
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Manhattan DA Investigating Trump and His Company for Possible Bank and Insurance Fraud
Here at The Root, we are very particular about how we talk about people. First, we don’t want to label anyone as something if that isn’t true and, secondly, we don’t want to get sued. But, whenever I hear that Trump is being investigated for anything my first thought is, “He did that shit.” Whatever…