In a July 25, 2019 press release, the U.S. Justice Department (“DOJ”) announced that Attorney General William P. Barr has directed the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to adopt a Proposed Addendum Federal Execution Protocol—a protocol that mirrors the protocols followed…
Month: July 2019
2019
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
There are nearly 7 million people under criminal justice supervision in the United States—2.2 million in prison or jail and another 4.6 million under probation or parole supervision in the general community. Celebrated crime novelist and criminal justice reform advocate…
2019
Category: Sex Trafficking
The administration of Donald J. Trump is particularly good at one thing—issuing executive proclamations. The president has issued roughly 340 proclamations since assuming the office of the American presidency—none of which have translated into meaningful action.
For example, in…
2019
Category: Fraud | Money Laundering
The American Bar Association (ABA) has been accused of trying to block Congressional efforts to close loopholes that enable money laundering, terrorism, human trafficking and a host of other crimes.
What the ABA opposes was spelled out quite succinctly…
2019
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Distribution
A federal judge recently sentenced a man who supplied a San Antonio-based pill mill with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine to nearly 21 years in federal prison without parole.
The defendant was a low-level supplier who provided drugs that were…
2019
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), 10,874 people died in drunk driving related vehicle crashes in the United States in 2017—that’s roughly 30 deaths a day and one every 48 minutes. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) report…
2019
President Donald J. Trump is waging a racist, xenophobic, and Islamophobic war against Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
The president and his political operatives at a July 17, 2019 reelection rally in Greenville, North Carolina orchestrated the now infamous racist…
2019
Category: Constitutional Law | Corruption
President Donald J. Trump has polarized the American judiciary along racial and political lines. He believes the Attorney General of the United States should serve as the president’s personal attorney and that the Federal Judiciary should rubber-stamp the policies of…
2019
Did you know it’s a federal crime to allow your dog to make noise that might scare wildlife in a national park? Raise your hand if your dog’s barking disturbs no one.
Would you believe us if we told…
2019
Category: Child Abuse | Corruption
Migrant family separations under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policies began in the summer of 2017. Then Homeland Security chief John Kelly was actually one of the original architects of the family separation policy that began percolating in March…