Crime, Law and Justice

Religion, abortion, guns and race. Just the start of a new Supreme Court menu
Conservatives now have a 6-to-3 majority — a vote to spare on any given issue. Experts expect the new majority to move aggressively on an agenda more conservative than any seen since the 1930s.
Columbus, Ohio, officer who shot and killed Andre Hill is fired
"This is what accountability looks like," Police Chief Tom Quinlan said Monday. "Mr. [Adam] Coy will now have to answer to the state investigators for the death of Andre Hill."
South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform
Junauda Petrus is an activist, experimental performance artist and filmmaker. Petrus wrote the poem "Give The Police Department to the Grandmothers" after Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in 2014. 
Minneapolis volunteers collect remembrances for George Floyd permanent memorial
Thousands have left remembrances at the Minneapolis street where George Floyd was killed. Now residents and volunteer art conservators are working to preserve them for a potential permanent memorial.
As COVID-19 ravages U.S., shootings, killings are also up
Homicides in Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and other cities have topped 2019 numbers as violence surged while much of the U.S. struggled during the coronavirus pandemic.
Lori Loughlin released after prison term in college scam
“Full House” actor Lori Loughlin was released from prison Monday after spending two months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get her two daughters into college.
Homicides go unsolved as killings in Minneapolis rise
This year’s low homicide solve rate poses another challenge to the department’s legitimacy in communities most impacted by crime and violence. 
Federal officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blast
The man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing that tore through downtown Nashville blew himself up in the explosion, and appears to have acted alone, federal officials said Sunday.