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DOJ Probing Sex Abuse Allegations At Alabama Prisons

AP | ANDY BROWNFIELD | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Criminal Justice, Alabama, Department of Justice, Prison Sexual Abuse, Alabama Prison Sexual Abuse Allegations, Prison, Incarceration, Crime News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Rape, sexual assault and harassment from male guards are a way of life for prisoners at an Alabama women's prison, according to in...

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Prison Rape Standards: A Start, But Only a Start

Eli Lehrer | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Department of Justice, Prison Rape, Rape, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Eric Holder, Crime News

Within a few years, the official rape prevention rules in every correctional facility in the country will be a lot better than they were a decade ago. The problem, however, isn't going to go away until a real cultural shift takes place in America.

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Boehner: 'All Options Are On The Table' In Contentious Investigation

AP | Posted 05.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says "all options are on the table" in the ongoing congressional investigation into the "Fast and Furious" op...

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Obama's War On Leaks

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: The Backstory, Jay Carney, James Risen, Reuters, President Obama, Associated Press, Obama Administration, New York Times, Department of Justice, Jake Tapper, John Kiriakou Leaks, Obama Leaks, John Kiriakou, Reporter's Privilege, Thomas Drake, Media News

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Obama administration Friday morning continued its headlong attack on the right of reporters to protect their confidential sources...

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Justice Department Should 'Step Up' on Flawed Forensic Evidence

Ginny Sloan | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Brady v. Maryland, Department of Justice, Hair Evidence, Ted Stevens Conviction, Forensic Evidence, Henry Schuelke, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Armchair Detective, Politics News

If the DOJ thinks there may be problems with hair evidence in District of Columbia cases, why should we believe there are not similar problems with hair evidence compiled by the FBI lab and used to obtain convictions in other jurisdictions?

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Obama Administration Expands Prison Rape Elimination Act To Protect Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Cca, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Doj, Prea, Prison Rape, Prison Abuse, Sexual Assault, T. Don Hutto Facility, Department of Homeland Security, Video, Detention Center, Corrections Corporation of America, Department of Justice, Dhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Immigrant detainees will no longer be treated differently under the law than prison inmates for purposes of rape prevention, the Obama a...

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State Lawmaker Under Fire For Fraud Charges

Reuters | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Ben Arredondo, Politics News, Video, 2012 Election, Reuters, Paul Ben Arredondo, Elections 2012, Department of Justice, Arizona Politics, Justice Department, Politics News

By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX, May 16 (Reuters) - An Arizona legislator was indicted on Wednesday on bribery, fraud and attempted extortion c...

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Former Executives Convicted Of Defrauding Local Governments

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Fraud, Federal Bureau of Investigation, General Electric, Video, Internal Revenue Service, Reuters, Conspriacy, Antirust Division, Department of Justice, Criminal Investigation Unit, Attorney General Scott D. Hammond, Executives, Business News

NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - Three former executives of General Electric Co affiliates were convicted by a federal jury in New York of conspiracy ch...

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Bank To Pay Hundreds Of Millions To Settle Claims Of Reckless Lending

Reuters | Posted 05.11.2012

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* One of biggest US lawsuits over risky home loans * HUD incurred losses when some of the loans defaulted * Damages to b...

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Justice Department Announces Plan To Move On Arpaio

AP | WALTER BERRY | Posted 05.10.2012

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PHOENIX — Federal authorities said Wednesday that they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights vi...

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Service Cuts Spark Civil Rights Complaint Against DDOT

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Civil Rights Complaint, Ddot, DDOT Cuts, Detroit Bus Civil Rights Complaint, Title VI, North End Woodward Community Coalition, Department of Justice, Detroit Bus Cuts, Detroit Department of Transportation, Video, Detroit News

A transit advocacy group announced Wednesday it will file a Title VI Civil Rights complaint against the Detroit Department of Transportation, alleging...

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Feds: Alabama Immigration Law Will Have 'Continuing And Lasting' Consequences

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Equal Education, Alabama Public Schools, Alabama Immigrant Students, Undocumented Immigrants, Equal Access to Education, Immigration, Undocumented Students, Latino Students, Alabama Schools, Alabama Undocumented Students, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez, Video, Immigrant Students, Department of Justice, Alabama Immigration Law, Thomas Perez, Alabama Hispanic Students, Hispanic Students, Education News

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a stark warning against Alabama's controversial immigration law, which feds say has caused "increased hostil...

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House Ready to Give Finger to Violence Against Women Act?

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Lgbt, House, Native American Women, Criminal Justice, V.a.W.A., Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Police, Primary Aggressor, Department of Justice, Violence Against Women Act, Senate, Politics News

It is critical that congress reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, including its new provisions that offer help to Native American women, the LGBT community and immigrants, groups that have been denied the full protection of VAWA.

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Forty-Two Years After the Shootings at Kent State University, Key Questions Remain Unanswered

Rep. Dennis Kucinich | Posted 05.04.2012

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What happened as a result of the Kent State shootings is well-documented. What we still don't know, to this day, is why the shootings took place. An audio recording of the events may have answers.

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May 4, 1970: National Guardsmen Kill Four Students At Kent State, 'The Most Popular Murders Ever Committed in America'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.04.2012

Kent State is America's Tiananmen Square. The photo of a young girl kneeling over the body of a dead student is etched on our collective retinas. But all these years later, it is still hard to comprehend. There is no resolution of this tragedy.

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Feds Probe How University Deals With Sexual Assault Reports

AP | MATT VOLZ | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Video, John Engen, Department of Justice, University of Montana, Royce Engstrom, Sexual Assault, University of Montana Rape, Montana University, Missoula, University of Montana Sexual Assault, Crime News

MISSOULA, Mont. -- The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the way Missoula police, prosecutors and the University of Montana hav...

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5 Arrested In Bomb Plot Outside Cleveland

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN and KANTELE FRANKO | Posted 05.02.2012

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CLEVELAND — Five men described by federal authorities as anarchists angry with corporate America and the government were charged Tuesday with pl...

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If You Can't Prosecute The Crime, Go For The Cover-Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 04.25.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A whistleblower who exposed systemic fraud by Countrywide mortgage lenders called on the Department of Justice on Wednesday to prosecute...

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New York AG, Feds On Defensive About Mortgage Fraud Task Force

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Schneiderman Mortgage Task Force, Eric Schneiderman, Financial Reform, Mortgage Crisis, Robert Khuzami, Financial Crisis, Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Eric Holder, Mortgage Task Force, Business News

It's been a little less than three months since President Barack Obama announced the creation of a new task force to investigate the mortgage and bank...

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A Novelist Turns Himself In

Thomas Mullen | Posted 04.18.2012

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Writing does require quite a lot of time and effort and expertise, of course, but it's foolish to think such costs could be passed on to customers. In this digital age, we're told that information should be free.

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Kentucky Cousins Face Life In Anti-Gay Attack, Testing Federal Hate Crime Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Anti-Gay Bias, Gay Rights, Anthony Ray Jenkins, Kentucky Hate Crime, Harlan County, Harlan County Hate Crime, David Jason Jenkins, Hate Crime, Department of Justice, Kevin Pennington, Gay Voices News

Two Kentucky cousins face possible life sentences if convicted of assaulting a gay man in an Appalachian park last year, a case which marks the first ...

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Pro-Life Grandpa Facing D.C. Abortion Clinic Lawsuit

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Clinic, District of Columbia, Crime, Pro-Life Grandpa, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Barack Obama, DC News, Planned Parenthood Protesters, Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, DC Abortion Clinic, Dick Retta, Department of Justice, Jim Henderson, DC News

WASHINGTON — Dick Retta stands outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in downtown Washington three days a week, trying to persuade pregnant women n...

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Cash-Strapped State Gets Enormous Reward For Google Investigation

AP | LAURA CRIMALDI | Posted 04.04.2012

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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — Rhode Island law enforcement agencies that participated in an investigation that resulted in Google Inc. forfeiting ...

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Nikki Haley Not Under Federal Investigation

West Ashley Patch | Jonathan Allen | Posted 03.30.2012

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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley released a copy of a letter she received from the IRS stating it determined an investigation into the Sikh Society of South Caro...

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Poker Millionaire Struggles With Fed Shutdown Of Online Gambling

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Gambling, Online Poker Shutdown, Internet Poker, Video, Cornell University, Poker, Internet Gambling, Viktor Blom, Department of Justice, Brian Hastings, Online Poker, Money News

To be 23 years old and making a fortune as a poker player sounds like the life, doesn't it? Brian Hastings isn't so sure. The money part can be gr...

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