Crime, Law and Justice

Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes
Cesar Sayoc pleaded guilty to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Trump in a wave of attacks that harmed no one but spread fear of political violence across the U.S. for days leading up to last fall's midterm elections.
New Zealand banning weapons like those used in mosque attacks in Christchurch
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday that the government will ban "military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles" to avert "the kind of horror and attack that we saw on Friday."
Supreme Court justices seem incredulous at repeated racial bias in jury selection
In a Mississippi death-penalty case, the justices were skeptical of the way the state picked and dismissed black jurors and appeared ready not to uphold the conviction.
'Hear me by any means necessary': Charlottesville is forced to redefine civility
After a deadly white supremacist rally in 2017, once-marginalized voices in Charlottesville, Va., are demanding to be heard by the City Council. That has led to a debate over civility.