• WATCH: Trump speaks at Justice Department, pledging to 'expel rogue actors'

    WATCH: Trump speaks at Justice Department, pledging to 'expel rogue actors'

    Mar 14, 2025 03:54 PM EDT

    ... And going to also be legendary for the people that are able to seek it out and bring justice. We will restore the scales of justice in America, and we will ensure that such abuses never happen again in our country.” Although there's some precedent for presidents to speak ...

  • News Wrap: Former deputy acquitted on charges for failing to act during Parkland shooting

    News Wrap: Former deputy acquitted on charges for failing to act during Parkland shooting

    Jun 29, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... crowd numbers, with thousands today turning out to protest the police killing of a local young man. The teenager's mother called for this march and helped lead it from a top a flatbed truck. Her son's name echoed with local leaders and in this chant, "Justice for Nahel."

  • Trump suggests firing watchdog was payback for impeachment

    Trump suggests firing watchdog was payback for impeachment

    Apr 05, 2020 01:18 PM EDT

    ... internal or external pressure.” Trump's criticism Saturday came after Atkinson's peers had rushed to his defense. Michael Horowitz, the inspector general at the Justice Department, said Atkinson was known for his “integrity, professionalism, and commitment to the rule of law and independent oversight." He said that included Atkinson ...

  • Rising temperatures can kill Texas prisoners. Corrections ignored that, says federal judge

    Rising temperatures can kill Texas prisoners. Corrections ignored that, says federal judge

    Jul 22, 2017 09:06 PM EDT

    ... Texas prisons have died from the heat in the last 20 years -- yet have failed to impose safeguards. Ellison slammed the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for continuously violating the Eighth Amendment by subjecting inmates at the Wallace Pack Unit south of Navasota to heat indexes that regularly exceed 100 ...

  • The deadly threat of a sweltering apartment

    The deadly threat of a sweltering apartment

    Oct 17, 2016 08:01 PM EDT

    ... several days this summer, Victor Sanchez’s apartment in upper Manhattan got so sweltering hot by 2 p.m. that he had to step outside for relief, despite outdoor temperatures being in the 90s. The glass on his windows was searing to the touch. “I get dizzy; it’s hard ...

  • Justice Department watchdog opens probe of response to riot

    Justice Department watchdog opens probe of response to riot

    Jan 15, 2021 03:22 PM EDT

    ... left the historic symbol of democracy vulnerable to assault by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters. The inquiries, undertaken by the inspectors general for the departments of Justice, Homeland Security, Interior and Defense, carry the potential of yielding searing criticism of the government's handling of a deadly ...

  • WATCH: In Kenosha, Biden tests his promise to unify the nation

    WATCH: In Kenosha, Biden tests his promise to unify the nation

    Sep 03, 2020 02:05 PM EDT

    ... fire. Nobody gets a free pass.” Biden heard similar sentiments inside the church, where residents offered searing accounts of their struggles. Porsche Bennett, an organizer for Black Lives Activists Kenosha, told Biden she's “tired” at just 31 years old and worried for her three young, Black children. “For so ...

  • News Wrap: Justice Department expected to expand limits of racial profiling

    News Wrap: Justice Department expected to expand limits of racial profiling

    Jan 17, 2014 04:04 AM EDT

    ... justice that we called for in Lebanon. GWEN IFILL: Prosecutors are expected to call hundreds of witnesses, and the trial will likely last months. A searing heat wave forced the Australian Open tennis tournament to suspend play for several hours today, as temperatures in Melbourne hit 111 degrees. The world ...

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    Debating Rendition Tactics

    Dec 05, 2005 05:00 AM EDT

    ... save lives, perhaps even thousands of lives. The captured terrorists of the 21st century do not fit easily into traditional systems of criminal or military justice, which were designed for different needs. We have to adapt. Other governments are now also facing this challenge. We consider the captured members of ...

  • News Wrap: Former DOJ employees call for investigation of Barr

    News Wrap: Former DOJ employees call for investigation of Barr

    Jun 10, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    ... here as long as he did. Judy Woodruff: Linick had been the State Department's inspector general since 2013. Elections officials in Georgia are under searing criticism today after voters waited for hours and voting machines failed in Tuesday's primary. Amid the confusion, a Democratic contest for a U ...