Carrie Johnson
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Politics
The vast majority of criminal cases end in plea bargains, a new report finds
The practice prioritizes efficiency over fairness and innocence, the American Bar Association says, and leads innocent people to be coerced into guilty pleas.
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Politics
A special counsel will probe government documents at Biden's home and private office
Robert Hur is authorized to probe "possible unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or other records."
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Politics
A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate
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.
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Politics
Encore: President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority
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.
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Law & Courts
Senate probe found some federal prison staff abused female inmates without discipline
A new Senate probe finds some men who work for federal prisons have systemically preyed on women in their custody, with few criminal or disciplinary consequences.
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Politics
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial
A federal jury has found Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one other defendant guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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National
Attorney General Garland appoints special counsel to oversee Trump investigations
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a veteran prosecutor to serve as special counsel overseeing the criminal probe of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and the Jan. 6 investigation.
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Politics
A special counsel will oversee Justice Department's Trump investigations
Former DOJ public integrity chief Jack Smith will oversee the case of the national security documents that were found at the former president's Florida estate and key aspects of the Jan. 6 probes.
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Law & Courts
Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes denies he organized the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
He testified that the attack was "nowhere in the mission scope at all" of his group, He and four other members are charged with seditious conspiracy.
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Law & Courts
Guards who sexually abuse inmates haven't been punished harshly enough, DOJ memo says
The Justice Department report urges an overhaul in the way the Bureau of Prisons works to prevent and investigate sexual abuse by prison employees against women in their custody.