Race & Justice News: Are Judges or Prosecutors Driving Racial Disparity in Post-Booker Sentencing?
From: The Sentencing Project Federal Sentencing While overall federal sentence lengths have decreased since United States v. Booker, blacks and...
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U.S. Army National Guard Soldier Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
WASHINGTON, DC —A soldier in the U.S. Army National Guard pleaded guilty today to federal charges that he conspired with...
MilCon/VA Chairman Kirk Funds Veterans’ Care at Record Levels, Adds New Whistleblower Protections
Bill Set to Head to President’s Desk as Part of Bipartisan Omnibus Agreement WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mark...
One Baltimore Family’s Outcry Against Police Misconduct and Their Civil Rights
In light of the ordeal his family has been facing, Kashaka Olukayode and his wife, Sauda Olukayode, have put their...
President Obama on the Selection of Adewale Adeyemo as Deputy National Security Advisor
President Barak Obama's Statement on selection of Adewale Adeyemo For the past four years, I have relied on Caroline Atkinson,...
Eight Arrested as Federal Authorities Dismantle Violent Gang Members and Associates of the Zheng Organization
Charged with Soliciting Assaults, Narcotics Trafficking, Extortions, and Operating an Illegal Gambling Business A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in...
CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield’s Statement on Commemoration Events Marking 150th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 13th Amendment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) delivered remarks during the Congressional Commemoration in honor of the 150th...
Former Deputy Sentenced to Six Years for Civil Rights Violations and Obstruction of Justice
FORT MYERS, FL—U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell yesterday sentenced Michael J. Ronga (44, Cape Coral) to six years in...
Charles H. Kable, IV Named Special Agent in Charge of Counterintelligence Division of the Washington Field Office
FBI Director James B. Comey has named Charles H. Kable, IV as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence...
President Obama’s Remarks at Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment
U.S. Capitol Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama: “In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.” That’s...
