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Body Cameras Were Sold as a Tool of Police Reform. Ten Years Later, Most of the Footage Is Kept From Public View.

Published by josie@omahadail... on Fri, 12/22/2023 - 5:00am

It’s been a decade since police departments across the U.S. began outfitting officers with body cameras. But today, the footage from fatal police encounters more often than not remains hidden from the public, a ProPublica survey found. In fact, of the 79 police killings recorded by body cameras in June 2022, footage of 46 has not been released to the public.
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In the last 10 years, taxpayers have spent millions to outfit police officers across the country with body-worn cameras in what was sold as a new era of transparency and accountability. But a survey by ProPublica shows that when civilians die at the hands of police, the public usually never sees the footage.

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Boston Mayor Apologizes To Black Men Wrongly Accused In 1989 Murder That Shone Spotlight On Racism

Published by josie@omahadail... on Fri, 12/22/2023 - 5:00am

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued a formal apology Wednesday to two Black men who were wrongly accused in a 1989 murder of a white woman, a case that coarsened divisions in a city long split along racial lines and renewed suspicion and anger directed at the police department by the city's Black community.

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After 50 Years Of Global Effort To Abolish Torture, Much Work Remains

Published by josie@omahadail... on Fri, 12/22/2023 - 5:00am

A group of Spanish people have filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for torture they and others experienced under the Franco regime from 1939 to 1975. David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images

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Is The Death Penalty Dying? Sentences, Executions Remain Low

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/15/2023 - 5:00am

The number of states imposing or performing executions in 2023 was at a 20-year low, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a group that complies such statistics.

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Epic Wins Its Antitrust Lawsuit Against The Play Store. What Does This Verdict Mean For Google?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/15/2023 - 4:00am

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the company's payments system was anticompetitive and damaged smartphone consumers and software developers.

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The Judiciary Has Policed Itself For Decades. It Doesn’t Work.

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/15/2023 - 3:00am

For decades, judges have relied on a select group to make sure the judiciary adheres to the highest ethical standards: themselves.

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Sandra Day O’Connor’s Experience As A Legislator Guided Her Consensus-Building Work On The Supreme Court

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/08/2023 - 5:00am

Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O’Connor is shown speaking before a Senate hearing on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court in a Sept. 9, 1981 file photo. O’Connor joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation’s first female justice.
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When Sandra Day O’Connor stepped down from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006, she was the last justice to have served as an elected legislator. She previously was a member of the Arizona state Senate and later its majority leader.

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Hate Crimes Are On The Rise — But The Narrow Legal Definition Makes It Hard To Charge And Convict

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/08/2023 - 4:00am

With hate crimes, context is everything, and events outside of the United States – like the war between Israel and Hamas – can have far-reaching and potentially tragic consequences.

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Pipeline Company Prevails Over Two County Ordinances In Iowa

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 12/08/2023 - 3:00am

A federal judge on Monday permanently barred two Iowa counties from enforcing their ordinances that restrict the placement of carbon dioxide pipelines.

Shelby and Story Counties adopted restrictions after two companies proposed to build pipeline systems to transport captured carbon dioxide from ethanol plants and other facilities.

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High Fees, Long Waits Cast Shadow Over New Criminal Expungement Laws

Published by josie@omahadail... on Fri, 12/01/2023 - 5:00am

More states are making it easier for residents to clear or seal their criminal records.

The effort has drawn bipartisan support, as lawmakers across the political spectrum say it will help people find jobs and housing, in turn boosting local economies and reducing reliance on social services.

“Folks that get out of jail or prison with criminal records, it’s like getting out with the handcuffs still on,” Keith Wallington, the director of advocacy with the Justice Policy Institute, a nonprofit criminal justice research and advocacy group, told Stateline.

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Legal News

Body Cameras Were Sold as a Tool of Police Reform. Ten Years Later, Most of the Footage Is Kept From Public View.

Boston Mayor Apologizes To Black Men Wrongly Accused In 1989 Murder That Shone Spotlight On Racism

After 50 Years Of Global Effort To Abolish Torture, Much Work Remains

Is The Death Penalty Dying? Sentences, Executions Remain Low

Epic Wins Its Antitrust Lawsuit Against The Play Store. What Does This Verdict Mean For Google?

The Judiciary Has Policed Itself For Decades. It Doesn’t Work.

Sandra Day O’Connor’s Experience As A Legislator Guided Her Consensus-Building Work On The Supreme Court

Hate Crimes Are On The Rise — But The Narrow Legal Definition Makes It Hard To Charge And Convict

Pipeline Company Prevails Over Two County Ordinances In Iowa

High Fees, Long Waits Cast Shadow Over New Criminal Expungement Laws

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