Crime and Justice

Watch: Piers Morgan Schools John Lott Jr. on Mass Shootings

With a few numbers from MoJo's investigation.

Thu Feb. 28, 2013 5:51 PM PST

Newtown "Changed America," But Will Congress Change Gun Laws?

"The way the laws are now, it will happen again," a grieving Newtown father says at a Senate hearing on assault weapons.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 3:44 PM PST

Handcuffing 7-Year-Olds Won't Make Schools Safer

But the Newtown massacre may lead to traumatic crackdowns.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 4:00 AM PST

More Than Half of Mass Shooters Used Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazines

Congress considers banning weapons that have caused carnage in shopping malls, schools, and city streets.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 4:00 AM PST

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"It Seems Like Yesterday That Trayvon Was Here"

At a Manhattan vigil, Trayvon Martin's parents memorialize their son.

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 7:54 PM PST

The Trayvon Martin Killing, One Year Later

The case no longer commands big headlines, but troubling questions remain.

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 4:00 AM PST
DNA

Should Cops Be Allowed to Seize Your DNA?

In 26 states, you have to give police your DNA if you're arrested for a serious crime. The Supreme Court will soon decide whether that violates the Fourth Amendment.

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Rights Groups to GOP: Stop Watering Down the Violence Against Women Act

Advocacy groups say the GOP has weakened the Violence Against Women Act.

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| Mon Feb. 25, 2013 10:55 AM PST

"The Rock" Made a Movie About Mandatory Minimum Sentencing?!

Dwayne Johnson rages against the drug war in "Snitch," based on an episode of PBS' "Frontline."

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| Fri Feb. 22, 2013 9:10 AM PST

Osama Bin Laden Was Killed at Least 6 Different Ways

Two years later there are multiple divergent accounts of the mission—even from Navy SEALs who helped take bin Laden down.

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| Fri Feb. 22, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Big Labor's Lock 'Em Up Mentality

How otherwise progressive unions stand in the way of a more humane correctional system.

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| Fri Feb. 22, 2013 4:00 AM PST
ICE Detainers by Citizenship, 2008-12

ICE Cold: US Citizens Getting Caught in Immigration Dragnet

The embattled agency put immigration holds on more than 800 Americans in the past four years.

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| Thu Feb. 21, 2013 11:16 AM PST
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Former Obama Officials Call for Oversight Over Targeted Killing

Obama's former defense secretary says there should be "some check" on the president.

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| Thu Feb. 21, 2013 6:04 AM PST
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Montana Bill Would Let Sheriffs Arrest FBI Agents for Arresting People

Gary Marbut says Waco would have been averted if his bill had been in place two decades ago.

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| Thu Feb. 21, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Georgia Man With IQ of 70 Granted Stay of Execution (UPDATED)

The state's own doctors say Warren Hill is too disabled for the death penalty. But that may not save him.

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| Mon Feb. 18, 2013 8:04 AM PST

Can Police Be Trusted With Drones?

In California's Alameda County, citizens are far from convinced.

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| Tue Feb. 19, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Charts: The Staggering Cost of Death Row for California Taxpayers

An eye-popping breakdown of the ultimate punishment in the Golden State.

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| Tue Feb. 19, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Under Obama, Feds Holster Gun Cases

New data shows that federal gun prosecutions have dropped to their lowest levels in nearly a decade.

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| Fri Feb. 15, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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How Crazy Is Too Crazy to Be Executed?

The voices told Andre Thomas to gouge out his eyes. But even that hasn't convinced the state of Texas to reconsider his death sentence.

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| Tue Feb. 12, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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13 Men Condemned to Die Despite Severe Mental Illness

If juveniles and intellectually disabled people are ineligible for execution, why not paranoid schizophrenics?

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| Tue Feb. 12, 2013 4:00 AM PST