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... also raise the bar for proving such claims if judges echo decisions in cases with similar Eight Amendment arguments related to the death penalty and homelessness, Dolovich said. Judges have shifted, she said, toward a “superadding terror, pain and disgrace” standard under the Eighth Amendment — a higher threshold requiring proof ...
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Watch in the player above. Trump indicated that the Midwestern city could receive similar treatment to what he's done in Washington, D ...
... re acting to aid the Trump administration's efforts to take over law enforcement in Washington in the name of cracking down on crime and homelessness. Over the weekend, critics took to the streets to express their anger over what the administration is doing. According to the latest justice department ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the West Virginia National Guard will be deployed the streets of the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in the District of Columbia through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness. WATCH: Trump’s D.C. takeover reflects ...
... of the most sweeping assertions of federal authority over a local government in modern times. While Washington has grappled with spikes in violence and visible homelessness, the city's homicide rate ranks below those of several other major U.S. cities, and the capital is not in the throes of ...
It also marks one of the most sweeping assertions of federal authority over a local government in modern times. While Washington has grappled with spikes in violence and visible homelessness, the city’s homicide rate ranks below those of several other major U.S. cities and the capital is not ...
... of the most sweeping assertions of federal authority over a local government in modern times. While Washington has grappled with spikes in violence and visible homelessness, the city’s homicide rate ranks below those of several other major U.S. cities and the capital is not in the throes of ...
... Taylor said she has seen federal officers around her home and on the subway and worries about their targeting of young people and people experiencing homelessness. “Being homeless isn’t a crime,” she said, emphasizing the need for solutions to the root causes of homelessness or crime rather than policing ...
Atlanta officials and partners say the Downtown Rising plan is a part of the mayor’s larger investments in reducing homelessness and building affordable housing. The goal is to house people, not put them in jail, officials say. In California, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom called on cities to ban encampments ...
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