Racism, misconduct plague California prison, report finds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A remote California prison has a culture of racism and abuse that is exacerbated by a code of silence among its guards and staff, the state’s inspector general said Wednesday.
Warrant out for ‘affluenza’ Texas teen for suspected probation violation
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A warrant has been issued for a Texas teenager, described at trial as afflicted with “affluenza,” for suspected violation of the terms of the probation deal that kept him out of prison after he killed four people in a drun…
Baltimore on edge after hung jury in policeman’s manslaughter trial
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A mistrial was declared on Wednesday in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man whose killing while in custody sparked riots in April, and the city’s mayor urged calm.
Ex-N.Y. legislator’s son-in-law gets 2 years in prison for fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A son-in-law of indicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of nearly $6 million.
Federal officials meet with Chicago police over practices
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. Department of Justice officials began meeting with Chicago police on Wednesday, three weeks after the release of a video showing a white officer shooting a black teen 16 times, which spurred calls for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resi…
Pennsylvania couple handed long sentences in son’s starvation death
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man and his wife were each sentenced to up to four decades in state prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty in the murder of their disabled nine-year-old son, who was found starved to death in a dark, feces-…
Arkansas judge denies sexual misconduct, including spanking allegation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas judge suspended over accusations made by a state commission that he exchanged judicial leniency for sexual favors, and spanking at least one defendant, on Wednesday submitted court papers where he denied the al…
Talks to reform Ferguson, Missouri police make progress
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice and the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri on Wednesday said that they have made progress on a deal to overhaul the city’s police department following the 2014 fatal shooting of unarmed black teena…
Los Angeles schools reopen after threat prompted closure
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Public schools in Los Angeles reopened on Wednesday, a day after local officials canceled classes for all 640,000 students in the nation’s second-largest school district over a threatened attack with bombs and guns that was late…
No evidence California attackers were part of terrorist cell: FBI head
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There is no evidence a married couple who killed 14 people in California this month were part of a terrorist cell, the head of the FBI said on Wednesday, confirming that investigators believe the pair were inspired but not directed…
