Crime and Justice News is a daily aggregation of criminal justice stories from across the nation, co-sponsored by ASU, NCJA and Criminal Justice Journalists.
Crime & Justice News is co-sponsored by @ASU, @theNCJA & Criminal Justice Journalists with support from the @academy4justice. For nearly 20 years, Ted Gest has worked with teams to create a daily digest of important crime and justice news.
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Today's newsletter roundup:
A study done by @CouncilonCJ, @GeorgiaStateU and @CJIatCRJ shows that sentencing reforms did not reduce racial disparities in prisons;
Reporting from @jenniferkingson for @axios on retailers using facial recognition tech to deter theft;
Reporting from @nateraymond for @Reuters on a federal appeals court upholding gun bans as bail condition;
Reporting from @kyledcheney for @politico on a federal appeals court ruling that said judges wrongly lengthened sentences for Jan. 6 defendants;
Reporting from @DanWiessner for @Reuters on a judge blocking a Texas law trying to curb illegal border crossings;
Today's newsletter roundup:
Reporting from @colleenslevin & @mrbrownsir for @AP on paramedics changing how they treat people in custody after Colorado convictions;
Today's newsletter roundup:
A @UCDavisCVP study published in the Injury Epidemiology Journal found that stolen guns were 9x more likely to be used in a crime, among other findings;
Reporting from @jmontesWSJ for @WSJ on gangs affiliated with Mexican drug cartels growing under the "hugs, not bullets" policy;
Reporting from @MattVas for @stateline_news on Chicago joining a list of major cities rethinking ShotSpotter tech;
Reporting from @ChrisJStein for @guardian on how a new US background database is unlikely to stop police misconduct;
Reporting from @agomezlicon & @jjcooper for @AP on Biden's rightward shift on immigration upsetting advocates;