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The new committee being established by the Trump administration to examine crime and justice will have a broad mandate, but significant differences from a similar panel created during the Obama administration and one appointed a half-century ago. In announcing the panel Monday at the International Association of Chiefs of Police( …

The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act has been in the news this fall, as Democratic nominees for president debate the pros and cons of a law which some fee was a major driver of America’s mass incarceration crisis. About one component of the law, which eliminated Pell …

Two photo albums embrace Bobby Hutt’s 48 years of life. Black-and-white photos demonstrate him as a babe petting a hound, and as a moppy-haired boy playing basketball. The pages lead to young adults Bobby in a blue-blooded jumpsuit standing in a prison garden with two other inmates. Hutt, who died …

On Oct. 1, the first phase of a New York State law known as “Raise the Age” took effect, intending 16 -year-olds can no longer be arrested or tried as adults. A year from now, the law will extend to 17 -year-olds as well. Authorities are just beginning to grapple …