Justice Department Announces New Package Of Federal Prison Reforms
Justice Department officials announced a package of federal prison reforms intended to better prepare inmates for a safe return to their communities.
Law
Supreme Court To Consider How Long Immigrants May Be Detained Without Bond Hearing
The legal issue before the court tests whether people who are detained for more than six months have a right to a bond hearing. This involves permanent U.S. residents or people seeking asylum.
For Trump's White House Lawyer, Policing Conflicts Will Be 'Massive Undertaking'
President-elect Trump selected Don McGahn, an elections lawyer, to be his White House counsel. The job involves anticipating and preventing scandals.
Supreme Court Tests Role Of Intellectual Disability In Death Penalty Case
The Supreme Court tests how states may determine whether a capital defendant is intellectually disabled and thus cannot be executed.
Former South Carolina Police Officer Takes The Stand In Murder Trial
It was high drama in the Michael Slager murder trial this week. Slager is the former North Charleston, S.C., police officer who was taped shooting Walter Scott as he fled following a traffic stop. Slager took the stand in his own defense in the racially charged case.
Former South Carolina Police Officer Takes The Stand At His Murder Trial
Former North Charleston Officer Michael Slager is on trial for shooting a black man named Walter Scott in the back. Slager testified he "fired until the threat was stopped, like I'm trained to do."
Rep. Elijah Cummings Leads Call To Investigate Trump's Business Entanglements
NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings, ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, about efforts to launch an investigation into potential conflicts of interest associated with Donald Trump's businesses.
Law Professor Explains Why Trump Can't Hold Lease On New D.C. Hotel
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Schooner, professor of government procurement law at George Washington University, about his op-ed in Government Executive magazine calling on the General Services Administration to end the Trump Organization's lease of the Old Post Office Pavilion, the site of the new Trump hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
Suspected S.C. Serial Killer Charged With 3 More Murders
This is in addition to the four murder counts that Todd Kohlhepp is already facing. The 45-year-old real estate agent and registered sex offender has confessed to all seven.
Trump's Flag-Burning Tweet Brings Back 1980s-Era Controversy
With an early morning tweet, President-elect Donald Trump revives an issue that hasn't been front and center in American politics for more than a quarter-century.