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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2016

No Prison Time for NYPD Officer in Fatal Shooting at Housing Project

The former NYPD officer who fatally shot an unarmed man in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project was not given prison time in his sentencing on Tuesday as scores of his supporters and protesters rallied outside the courthouse.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 15, 2016

California Police Blame Sentencing Overhaul Law for Rising Crime Rate

California communities may be feeling the fallout from a controversial measure that reduced penalties for a range of crimes, as law enforcement report an uptick in everything from robberies to auto theft – and point the finger squarely at what’s known as Prop 47.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2015

Man Gets 18 Months for Hacking Missouri Police Union Website

A man has been ordered to spend a year and a half in federal prison for a cyberattack that disabled a St. Louis-area police union's website during unrest related to the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 27, 2015

Obama Praises Officers, Pushes for Stricter Gun Laws and Sentencing Reform in Speech to IACP Crowd

The President said officers can be made safer and criminal justice reform effected by making sure officers have the resources they need to do the job, through criminal justice reform that will make the system smarter and fairer, and by taking steps to reduce the risk to law enforcement officers, namely more rigid gun laws.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 20, 2015

Man Gets 27 Years for Role in Border Agent's Slaying

The recruiter for the "rip crew" accused of killing Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010 was sentenced to 27 years in prison Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 5, 2015

FLEOA Responds to Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015

The president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) National, Jon Adler, has released the following statement in response to the Senate's introduction of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015:

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 15, 2015

Boston Marathon Bomber Sentenced to Death

A jury of seven women and five men sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death by execution.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 10, 2015

Video: Up To 44 Years for Man in Fatal Pittsburgh Police Dog Stabbing

A man convicted of fatally stabbing Pittsburgh police K-9 Rocco has been sentenced to 17 years, 9 months to 44 years in prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2015

Alaska Man Gets 99-year Sentence for Officer's Murder

A man has been sentenced to 99 years in jail for killing unarmed Alaska Village Public Safety Officer Thomas Madole on March 19, 2013

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2015

Man Gets 30 years for 2013 Shooting of New York Officer

A Chinese national who had faced an attempted murder charge in connection with the August 2013 shooting of a Nassau County, N.Y., police officer in New Hyde Park pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree assault and first-degree burglary in exchange for a 30-year prison sentence.

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