ICE: Arrests still up, deportations still down

The Trump administration continues to arrest higher numbers of undocumented immigrants, with especially higher rates of noncriminal immigrants as part of those arrests - but deportations continue to lag behind the rates of the Obama administration, according to new data. Overall, arrests ticked up nearly 40% from 2016 in the first half of this year - but arrests of noncriminal immigrants more than doubled.

Prosecutors: Teenage killer should still get life

Despite a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling limiting life sentences for minors, a drifter convicted of murdering two people when he was a teenager should still be sentenced to life in prison for his "heinous" crime, county prosecutors argued Thursday. Kenneth Carl Crawford III, now 34, is serving life in prison without parole for murdering Diana Algar and Jose Molina in a trailer at a campground in Hollenback Twp.

Many types of forensic evidence have been discredited, but the…

Forensic science is an embattled field. As DNA testing has overturned hundreds of convictions based on flawed forensic evidence, scientists and lawyers are increasingly skeptical that culprits can be accurately identified by matching fingerprints, hair samples, bite marks, bullets, and tread marks to suspects.

Former Jail Administrator Sentenced for Depriving Inmate of Medical Care

Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Mark A. Yancey of the Western District of Oklahoma jointly announced that a former McClain County, Oklahoma, Jail Administrator, Wayne Barnes was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Stephen P. Friot to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for his conviction on a charge that he violated an inmate's civil rights by depriving him of medical care, resulting in the inmate's death. Barnes pleaded guilty to the charge on February 9, 2017.

Man convicted of notorious dragging death gets court review

This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows John William King. A federal appeals court has approved additional review of a claim from King, the condemned killer insisting he's innocent of the notorious slaying nearly 20 years ago of a black man chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged along a bumpy rural East Texas road.

Philippine elections chief files criminal raps against wife

The Philippine elections chief has filed criminal complaints against his estranged wife, who has publicly accused him of amassing unexplained wealth and receiving commissions from a law firm whose clients include a company that provided vote-counting machines in last year's presidential polls. Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista said Wednesday that the allegations made by his wife, Patricia Paz Bautista, and her lawyers "are all lies" and that he's filed complaints that include robbery and extortion against her before a prosecutor's office.

Trump administration sued over sanctuary city plan

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Chicago files lawsuit over rules targeting sanctuary cities

The 46-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, a day after Emanuel said the city won't 'be blackmailed' into changing its values as a welcoming city. Chicago files lawsuit over rules targeting sanctuary cities The 46-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, a day after Emanuel said the city won't 'be blackmailed' into changing its values as a welcoming city.

CBS Inadvertently Admits Gun Restrictions on the Law-Abiding Haven’t Worked in Chicago

On Friday's This Morning show, CBS News reporter Adriana Diaz reported on her seven days on the streets of Chicago's South Side, one of the most dangerous and crime-ridden areas in the U.S. While her report gamely tried to focus on how guns were to blame for the violence, astute observers who know how difficult it is for law-abiding citizens to get guns in the Windy City will notice that, despite those state- and city-imposed barriers, it's still very "easy" for criminals to get guns. Somehow, the network's full video report and accompanying text article never referred to "gangs."

Minnesota mosque explosion a deeper and scariera than threats

The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis , like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. Its leaders say they're more frightened now after an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers.

Minnesota mosque explosion a deeper and scariera than threats updated

The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. But leaders say they're more frightened after a weekend attack in which an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers.

Minnesota mosque explosion ‘deeper and scarier’ than threats

The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. But leaders say they're more frightened after a weekend attack in which an explosive shattered windows and damaged a room as worshippers prepared for morning prayers.

Sessions: US prosecutors will help addiction-ravaged cities –

The Justice Department will dispatch 12 federal prosecutors to cities ravaged by addiction who will focus exclusively on investigating health care fraud and opioid scams that are fueling the nation's drug abuse epidemic, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday. He unveiled the pilot program during a speech in hard-hit Ohio, where eight people a day die of accidental overdoses.

Chicago to sue US Justice Department over funding threat

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday said the city will sue the federal government in defense of its status as a so-called sanctuary city and against threats to withhold U.S. grant funds. Emanuel told "Connected to Chicago" on WLS-AM the city will be in federal court Monday arguing grants can't be withheld from cities the administration says aren't cooperating enough with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

Chicago sues over sanctuary city threat; Sessions fires back

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken his fight against President Donald Trump's immigration policies to court, with Chicago becoming one of the first cities Monday to sue over what many U.S. cities argue are illegal bids to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities. Hours later, Attorney General Jeff Sessions hit back at Chicago, saying the Trump administration "will not simply give away grant dollars to city governments that proudly violate the rule of law and protect criminal aliens at the expense of public safety."

GOP bill would help fund Trump’s border wall

A top Senate Republican unveiled a border and immigration enforcement bill on Thursday with fellow GOP lawmakers that would invest $15 million over four years in border security and help fund President Donald Trump's wall. The bill would authorize the physical border wall and technological advancements at the southern border.