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Attorney General Garland pledges support for war crimes investigations against Russia
Sunday, March 05, 2023
Attorney General Merrick Garland visits Ukraine to pledge support for war crimes investigations against Russian suspects.
Attorney General Merrick Garland attends war crimes conference in Ukraine
Friday, March 03, 2023
Attorney General Merrick Garland has made a surprise visit to Ukraine Friday to attend a war crimes conference and to pledge his support.
Garland supports effort to hold Russia accountable for war crimes
Friday, March 03, 2023
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to "stand shoulder to shoulder" with war crimes prosecutors in Ukraine as he made an unannounced visit to the country.
The ATF director explains what the bureau is doing about gun violence
Friday, February 24, 2023
The director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives speaks out about mass shootings and what his agency is doing to help solve violent crimes.
Sentencing Commission considers what would qualify inmates for compassionate release
Thursday, February 23, 2023
The Sentencing Commission is considering changing how federal prisoners can request compassionate release, a program essential to inmates with a terminally illness or other extraordinary circumstance.
The vast majority of criminal cases end in plea bargains, a new report finds
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
The practice prioritizes efficiency over fairness and innocence, the American Bar Association says, and leads innocent people to be coerced into guilty pleas.
New research could help nurses, police detect bruises on people with dark skin
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
New scientific research is making it easier to detect bruises on people with darker skin, which has big implications for assault and violence cases that go to court.
A California mayor on why the public isn't allowed to visit the super bloom of poppies in her city
Saturday, February 11, 2023
NPR's Scott Simon asks Lake Elsinore Mayor Natasha Johnson why the public isn't allowed to visit the California city's canyons for this year's super bloom of poppies.
The FBI searched the home of Mike Pence after classified documents were discovered
Saturday, February 11, 2023
The FBI conducted a consensual search Friday at the home of former Vice President Mike Pence. One of his aides discovered classified materials there last month.
Assault by prison workers often goes unpunished, study finds
Sunday, February 05, 2023
A new study finds most prison workers who sexually abuse people in their custody face little or no punishment.
Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted Capitol Officer Sicknick sentenced to 6 years in prison
Friday, January 27, 2023
Julian Khater pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon in a D.C. court last September.
Justice Department racks up some important victories in Jan. 6 cases
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Prosecutors won convictions of four Oath Keepers on seditious conspiracy charges, while a separate jury convicted the rioter who put his feet on then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk.
Biden joins Trump under scrutiny of special counsel investigating classified documents
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Both the former and current presidents are under scrutiny now that a special counsel is investigating classified documents found at President Biden's home and former office.
A special counsel will probe documents found at Biden's home and private office
Friday, January 13, 2023
Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed special counsel Robert Hur, who will take charge of an investigation of classified documents found at President Biden's home and private office.
Jurors in the Proud Boys trial hear the start of the seditious conspiracy case
Friday, January 13, 2023
Prosecutors say five defendants "took aim at the heart of our democracy" on Jan. 6, 2021. Defendants' lawyers tell jurors their clients didn't plan the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
A special counsel will probe government documents at Biden's home and private office
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Robert Hur is authorized to probe "possible unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or other records."
A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
The Senate failed to advance a bill that would have reduced one of the most persistent racial disparities in criminal justice: punishment for crack cocaine.(Story aired on ATC on Jan. 9, 2023.)
A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate
Monday, January 09, 2023
The Senate failed to advance a bipartisan bill that would have reduced one of the most persistent racial disparities in criminal justice: the punishment for crack cocaine.
The ongoing quest for accountability two years after the Jan. 6 riot
Friday, January 06, 2023
Two years ago, rioters who supported Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in order to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It has taken time to hold people accountable.
Encore: President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority
Tuesday, January 03, 2023
President Biden has appointed dozens of judges with lifetime tenure for the federal bench, setting records on professional and racial diversity. Advocates press for more action in 2023.