Former Professor Kills Three in Las Vegas Shooting

A gunman opened fire in a building at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday, killing three people and critically injuring a fourth before dying himself in a shootout with the police,... Read more »

DC Police Hand Out Apple AirTags to Help Tackle Spike in Carjackings

Washington D.C. police have begun handing out free AirTags for iPhone users and Tile trackers for people using Android in their latest effort to tackle the ongoing rise in carjackings in the... Read more »

Prosecutors in Japan Seek Death Penalty for Arsonist

Prosecutors in Japan are seeking the death penalty for the suspect in an arson attack in 2019 that killed 36 people, Justin McCurry reports for The Guardian. Shinji Aoba admitted in court... Read more »

Georgia Prosecutors Seek Jail Time for Trump

Fulton county prosecutors have signaled they want prison sentences in the Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump and his top allies, Hugo Lowell reports for The Guardian. Trump, his former White House... Read more »

Jailing Mentally Ill in Mississippi Leads to Maltreatment, Deaths

Since 2006, at least 14 Mississippians have died after being placed in jail during a civil commitment process, a common practice in the state that is purportedly for their own safety and... Read more »

ACLU Report Sounds Alarm on Increasing Number of Alabama Bills Supporting ‘Prison Pipeline’

A new report released by the ACLU of Alabama estimates that 141 of the 876 bills introduced during the session (16 percent) could potentially increase the number of inmates in Alabama prisons,... Read more »

Philly Defense Lawyers Regularly Failed to Appear in Court, Study Says

A recent study of criminal cases in Philadelphia over ten years found that privately retained or court-appointed private lawyers failed to appear in court at least once in 36 percent of their... Read more »

Georgia Inmate’s Death Highlights Systemic Failures Within Fulton County Jail

A Fulton County, Georgia inmate’s recent death highlights systematic failures within Fulton’s jail and across its criminal justice system, Dylan Jackson reports for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Samuel Lawrence was arrested for arson... Read more »
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