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Law Films You Won't Want to Miss 01/31/2024 07:00pm • Legal-themed films are Hollywood mainstays. The best of these films both entertain and educate viewers about legal issues and society as a whole. Part of the reason why legal themes are at the center of so many films is the nature of storytelling. "The central requirement in any story is conflict, a Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones reflects on his 38 years on the job 01/31/2024 06:50pm • Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones said his decision to announce that he'll retire, effective July 1, isn't a decision he came to suddenly. Jones told WTOP that not long after he was named chief of the Maryland county's police department in 2019, he considered the long-term plan, "a Could Louisiana soon resume death row executions? 01/31/2024 06:48pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana hasn’t carried out a death row execution since 2010, but between a new conservative governor who is in favor of capital punishment and other states implementing alternative methods to lethal injections, the Deep South state could soon look at ways to resume. Dur Kentucky juvenile facilities have issues with force, staffing, report says 01/31/2024 05:17pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s juvenile justice system has lingering problems with the use of force and isolation techniques and has done little to implement a 2017 state audit’s suggestions for improvement, according to a report released Wednesday. The new report from Kentucky Auditor Allis Maryland leaders propose juvenile justice bill to boost accountability 01/31/2024 04:58pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's top political leaders unveiled legislation Wednesday meant to increase accountability for juvenile offenders and the adults who run the juvenile justice system, which one leading lawmaker said was struggling in an “abundance of confusion" without meaningful overs Maryland leaders promise more accountability regarding juvenile crime 01/31/2024 02:46pm • Maryland leaders, including Gov. Wes Moore, unveiled legislation Wednesday that they said would help to crack down on juvenile crime across the state. It would require police officers to write a report each time they arrest someone who is under 18, something that doesn't currently happen in e South Africa says Israel is already ignoring UN court ruling ordering it to prevent deaths in Gaza 01/31/2024 01:39pm • PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Israel has ignored the ruling by the U.N.'s top court last week by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza, South Africa’s foreign minister said Wednesday, adding that her country has asked why an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjami El Salvador VP acknowledges mistakes in war on gangs but says country is 'not a police state' 01/30/2024 09:36pm • SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s government "made mistakes” in its war against the country’s gangs, but has never undermined the country’s democracy to consolidate power, according to the man likely to be reelected vice president. Félix Ulloa, temporarily on leave as El Salvador’s vice Editorial Roundup: United States 01/30/2024 02:57pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Jan. 26 The Washington Post says Congress is moving backward when it comes to country's ‘dreamers’ Congress’s border deal talks might be ongoing, but in one essential area, legislators are moving backward: The ‘dreamers,’ und Music videos, social media play major role in DC shootings, report finds 01/30/2024 02:25pm • Music videos and inflammatory social media posts have been a driver of shootings in the nation's capital in recent years, according to a report released this week by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, an independent agency in D.C. that identifies local public safety challenges. Researcher 'How can I not do this?': DC organizers work to steer young people away from crime and violence 01/30/2024 07:00am • Concern about crime in D.C. has prompted a number of actions on the local and federal level. The latest crime data from D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department shows a number of categories of crime are down when compared to the same time last year: homicide is down 38% while assault with a dangerou Alex Murdaugh is denied new double-murder trial after judge hears jury tampering allegations 01/30/2024 06:00am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge on Monday denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial after his defense team accused a clerk of court of tampering with a jury. Judge Jean Toal said she wasn't sure if Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill was telling the truth that she never spoke to juror Iranian man and 2 Canadians are charged in a murder-for-hire plot on US soil 01/29/2024 09:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An Iranian man who federal prosecutors say operates a criminal network that targets dissidents and activists abroad has been charged alongside a pair of Canadians with plotting to kill two people, including a defector from Iran, who had fled to the United States. The criminal Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands 01/29/2024 09:06pm • ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where ICC prosecutor: There are grounds to believe Sudan's warring sides are committing crimes in Darfur 01/29/2024 07:02pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor told the U.N. Security Council Monday his “clear finding” is that there are grounds to believe both Sudan’s armed forces and paramilitary rivals are committing crimes in the western Darfur region during the country’s cur