The Kentucky Supreme Court will consider whether juries must be diverse after a judge dismisses an all-white jury.
Criminal Justice
Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Criminal Justice
White judges dominate state courts, and researchers say that’s a problem
Before Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was in the national spotlight for the recent killings of Alton Sterling and three police officers, it was the city’s court system that was at the center of a prolonged battle over race.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Law Enforcement
Can an algorithm be any better than a coin toss at finding criminals?
A deep dive from ProPublica reporters who wanted to vet whether an algorithm could really determine the likelihood that someone would commit a crime in the future has produced some worrisome findings.
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Teen pimps increasingly charged with trafficking under new state laws
Law enforcement agencies across the country are cracking down on pimps who target and sexually exploit minors – including some who are teenagers themselves.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Left for Dead
New Hampshire police still baffled by one of the nation’s most bizarre Jane Doe cases
Investigators in New Hampshire are promising that new information will soon be available in one of the nation’s strangest so-called Jane Doe cases. Hunters first found the remains of a woman and a girl stuffed in a barrel in Allenstown, New Hampshire, 30 years ago. It took another 15 years for authorities to discover that there was another barrel just 100 yards away containing the remains of two more young girls.