by ripplepop | May 21, 2020 | News
From the Washington Post and St. Louis Post Dispatch WASHINGTON — When COVID-19 began tearing through Detroit’s county jail system in March, authorities had no diagnostic tests to gauge its spread. But the toll became clear as deaths mounted. First, one of the...
by ripplepop | Feb 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House on Wednesday gave first-round approval to a measure that would make trafficking fentanyl punishable by at least five years in prison. The proposal would make it a class B felony to knowingly distribute, manufacture, or attempt to...
by ripplepop | Jan 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who federal prosecutors recently said should go to jail for lying to the FBI in the early days of the Trump administration, has asked a judge to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea. Read his request below....
by ripplepop | Dec 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Here are four invoking stats about crimes in the US: 1. Violent Crimes Have Fallen Nearly Half Since 1993 Annual data gathered by the FBI and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) shows a general trend towards decreasing crime rates. Compared to 1993, violent crime...
by ripplepop | Dec 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
In today’s microblog, we highlight 4 awful stats about the US prison system. 1. Largest Prison Population in the World With a prison population of almost 2.3 million people as of 2019, the United States holds the unenviable position of being the world’s prison...
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