A review of the UN Security Council Resolution 2482, on Organized Crime and Counter-Terrorism.
This article was authored by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Last month, the United Nations Security Council...
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Category: Civil / Criminal Justice Reform
Appeals Court Asks the Right Questions in NSA Surveillance Case
On Monday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York held argument in United States v. Hasbajrami, an important case involving surveillance under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. It is only the second time a federal...
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Atlanta Antifa Outs County Jail Guards as Neo-Nazis, Gets Them Fired
Howard Costner and Jesse Jones were, until Monday, employed as jail guards in Spalding County,...
Read MoreA Chinese Court Has Sentenced an American Football Player to Four Years in Prison
(BEIJING) — A Chinese court sentenced former American football player Wendell Brown to four years in prison Thursday for being involved in a bar fight, a punishment his lawyer and an activist called excessive. Brown, a native of...
Read MoreOklahoma Governor: Vote Opens Door to Recreational Marijuana
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said she respects voters’ wishes but is concerned that Tuesday’s approval of medical marijuana in the state “opens the door” for recreational use. Voters...
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Torture is unacceptable and unjustified ‘at all times’ underscore top UN officials
In his message to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Secretary-General...
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Comparing Democratic Distress in the United States and Europe
Liberal democracy is in crisis where it was long thought most securely established. In both...
Read MoreAfter prisoners debate parole before Illinois lawmakers, state halts class
Last month, Illinois Department of Correctionsofficials abruptly suspended a popular debate class for inmates at Stateville Correctional Center, roughly one month after the participants in the class debated the state’s parole...
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WHATEVER YOU THINK OF THE TRUMP-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, WHISTLEBLOWER REALITY WINNER DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT
BY THIS WEEKEND, Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor accused of releasing national security...
Read MoreDoes detaining an immigrant for a year cost 4 times federal spending on a child in public school?
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., challenged the Department of Homeland Security’s spending practices, saying the agency is “unnecessarily detaining people,” such as pregnant women. Murray offered a comparison of federal...
Read MoreDeVos Education Dept. Begins Dismissing Civil Rights Cases in Name of Efficiency
WASHINGTON — The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has begun dismissing hundreds of civil rights complaints under a new protocol that allows investigators to disregard cases that are part of serial filings or that...
Read MoreIn Chicago, more than $20 million in police misconduct settlements paid out in eight weeks
The city of Chicago paid more than $20 million in settlements for police-involved lawsuits in the first two months of the year, WBBM-TV reported Tuesday, and there could be millions of dollars more paid out in the near future....
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