Department of Justice

August 10, 2016 (Fault Lines) — The colonial wing of a British newspaper, the Guardian, reported last week that police will be required to report officer-involved deaths under a new system in the U.S. That is...

Feb. 1, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Morning people. Here are your links: Kevin Cooper is set to be the first person to be executed since California’s moratorium on executions ended in November. Cooper was convicted of the brutal murder...

Dec. 15, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, the links today: A Chicago judge negated a $3.5 million verdict in the fatal shooting of unarmed Niko Husband by former Officer Marco Proano in July 2011 after...

Oct. 23, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — It’s Friday people, your final update of the week: The Justice Department is requesting a judge to order attorneys involved in the Kendrick Johnson civil suit to suspend collecting evidence pending the federal...

Oct. 7, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Morning people, here’s what you need to know – The Justice Department has announced the early release of about 6,000 inmates in a push to curb overcrowding in prisons and...

Mimesis Law (Apr. 20, 2015) — Of the defendants convicted, 32 ended up on death row, and 14 have either been executed or died in prison.  But hey, better dead than red, right? Via the Washington...