I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
Nov 1, 2018 · O nce I got to prison, I was dealing with extreme guilt over my aunt’s death, and fear, because I was still a child and felt desperately alone. I continued to act out, like the teenager I was, by committing all the standard rule infractions, among them insolence to staff and possession of contraband.
Kamala Harris’ Complex Record as Prosecutor: What to Know | The ...
Jul 27, 2024 · What These Decisions Tell Us About Kamala Harris’ Approach to Criminal Justice From the death penalty to school truancy and diversion programs, here are some key steps Harris took as a district attorney and attorney general.
The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag
Jun 8, 2020 · Parker used the phrase ‘thin blue line’ constantly in his speeches. The phrase was further popularized by the novels of Joseph Wambaugh, and it typified Parker’s philosophy: having served in the military, he wanted to end corruption and professionalize the police force.. In his view, the police “protected Western civilization …
5 Things to Know About Kamala Harris’ Criminal Justice Record
Jul 21, 2024 · According to Jamilah King, writing for Mother Jones in 2018, “Harris has long tried to bridge the tricky divide between social progressivism and the work required as a prosecutor — sometimes more successfully than others.” One characteristic example: As San Francisco district attorney, Harris vowed not to seek the death penalty, but as …
What to Know About How a Florida School Shooter’s Life Was …
Sep 17, 2024 · Drinking during pregnancy can permanently damage the developing baby’s brain, harm that often goes undiagnosed. Cruz’s birth mother drank alcohol virtually every day of the first eight months of her pregnancy and signed hospital paperwork declaring herself an alcoholic.
A Boy Among Men - The Marshall Project
Feb 25, 2015 · 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.
How Federal Prisons Are Getting Worse - The Marshall Project
Mar 2, 2024 · Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters testifies as Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz listens during a U.S. Senate hearing about deaths in federal prisons, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
What to Know About the Rise in U.S. Mass Shootings
Nov 1, 2023 · In 2022, The Marshall Project looked at trends in mass shootings in the U.S. Here is an update of that piece. L ast week, a gunman opened fire in Lewiston, Maine, ultimately killing at least 18 people at a bowling alley and a nearby bar. He was found dead after a two-day manhunt. Maine, which has one of the lowest homicides rates in the nation, remains in shock.
New Data Shows How Dire the Prison Staffing Shortage Really Is
Jan 10, 2024 · Meanwhile, state prison populations are rising.The number of people behind bars steadily declined starting in 2013 and then drastically dropped during the pandemic, when states released people to ease dangerous COVID-19 conditions, and court systems slowed.But by 2022, the number of people held in state prisons started to bounce back to over 1 million people.
4 Reasons We Should Worry About Missing Crime Data - The …
Jul 13, 2023 · For the 2024 election season, we've updated this reporting to cover the latest changes — and debates — around crime stats.. For more than 100 years, the FBI has been collecting crime data from local police departments across the country through the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which has been the gold standard of national crime statistics.