Class Action Claims I.C.E. Uses Deep South Prisons to Keep Asylum-Seekers From Winning Parole
In one I.C.E. district, parole approvals dropped from 75% in 2016 to less than 2% today.
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FAA Finds More Problems with Boeing 737 MAX 8, Even as CEO Promises It’ll Be Back in Service “Very Soon”
Recent media reports also suggest that bad oversight by Boeing led engineers to believe the MAX 8 was far safer than it really was.
Connecticut Inmates Potentially Exposed to Hepatitis C, HIV Win Small Settlement from State
Some inmates won only $750, when they’d initially been seeking at least $1 million each.
Idaho Immigrant Sues Canyon County Jail for Accepting Bond, Refusing Release as ICE Moved in for Arrest
Ramon Espinoza-Rodriguez says Canyon County let his daughter pay a $1,000 bond, but then kept him locked up for ICE.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Signs Off On Auto Insurance Overhaul
The signing follows months of tenuous negotiations and bipartisan back-and-forth.
Family of Naked Oklahoma Teen Shot Dead By Edmond Police Sues City
Attorneys say police should’ve tried to de-escalate–instead, they chased, shot and killed a clearly disturbed young man.
Family of Texas Woman Settles with Mineral County Sheriff Randy Adams After Baffling Detox Death
Kelly Coltrain died during withdrawal, left in a pile of her own vomit as deputies ignored her repeated pleas to see a doctor.
Family of Terrill Thomas Settles with Milwaukee Jail for Dehydrating Inmate to Death
Thomas died after jailers decided to punish him by cutting off his cell’s access to water, then forgetting to reconnecting it.
Bucks County to Pay $67m to Former Inmates Whose Expunged and Private Records Were Put Online
The class action’s lead plaintiff found his record online some fifteen years after it was expunged.
Stanford Study Finds E-Cigarettes and Flavors Could Boost Risk of Heart Attacks and Disease
The conclusions are tenuous, but Dr. David Wu says it should give e-cigarette aficionados reason to pause and ponder.