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Perjury, faulty eyewitness identification and prosecutorial misconduct are the leading reasons in 873 wrongful convictions studied in a new national database.
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Two shootings in a high-crime neighborhood in West Louisville resulted in three deaths on Thursday. On-scene officers responded to the second shooting while they investigated the first shooting. Read the full story here.
Read More →In 2011, 72 officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty. That number was 16 more than the 56 officers slain in 2010. Also, 50 officers were killed in accidents, a decrease of 22 officers compared with the 72 officers accidentally killed in 2010.
Read More →Cyril Williams, 29, had been convicted of first-degree murder in the June 2010 shooting of Maryland State Trooper Wesley Brown outside a Forestville Applebee's.
Read More →Politicians and law enforcement administrators often credit law enforcement with the safety enjoyed in nicer neighborhoods. We don't deserve the credit. Safe neighborhoods are not made so by quality policing.
Read More →The largest wave of immigration from a single county to the United States has reached a statistical standstill, as the net migration flow from Mexico has stopped, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center.
Read More →Sacramento County, Calif., prosecutors have taken the unusual step of detaining the teenage victim of a serial rapist. The victim has been a no-show at two prior court hearings.
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Chicago homicides spiked 60% in the first three months of 2012. As a result, Mayor Rahm Emanuel called on the state's General Assembly to pass a bill that would allow federal-style racketeering prosecutions of violent gang activity.
Read More →A Sanford (Fla.) Police car parked near the Trayvon Martin shooting scene was found Tuesday morning with several bullet holes in it, according to authorities.
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If you as a police officer can convince the staffs of local churches that security measures are needed, and then help to implement them, you can make it that much more difficult for criminals to take advantage of these establishments.
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