Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has devised a plan to address overcrowded jails by granting early release to some sick and aging inmates, the Washington Times reports. The new so-called “compassionate release rules” would save the Justice Department about $3.2 million. But the Justice Department cautioned “that releasing inmates … could result in some…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Justice is joining Major League Baseball in searching for the source of synthetic testosterone found on San Francisco Giants All-Star outfielder Melky Cabrera, the USA Today reports. Helping steer the investigation is Jeff Novitzky, a criminal investigator for the Food and Drug Administration who led a separate probe of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is training hundreds of prosecutors to combat cyber espionage because of a growing threat to national security, senior department officials told the Washington Post. Saying cyber espionage is rapidly on the rise, the Justice Department has begun preparing about 400 lawyers nationwide to prosecute threats to national security. “We…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is endorsing a plan that would speed up the release dates for well-behaved prisoners in a plan aimed at saving on detention costs, NPR reports. Strapped for cash, the Justice Department is looking for ways to handle the overcrowded federal prison system that handles 218,000 inmates. Under the plan,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn said Tuesday he’s optimistic the city can avoid a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit over police reforms, the Seattle Times reports. City attorney Pete Holmes said the DOJ will sue by the end of the month if an agreement on police reforms is not reached. The cause of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder said he did nothing wrong Thursday after a congressional committee charged him with contempt of Congress for withholding records related to a failed gun-running probe known as Operation Fast and Furious. “The action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented,” he said in a statement….
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The Justice Department said it will monitor Milwaukee polling places during Tuesday’ recall election of Governor Scott Walker. Justice Department personnel presence is supposed to protect voter rights and make certain the city meets its responsibility to provide voter assistance in Spanish. The emotionally-charged recall election was demanded in protest of Governor…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI announced on Wednesday the sentencing of three grown men for taunting African-American middle school students in Louisiana. James Lee Wallis, Tony L. Johnson and Brial Wallis admitted to hanging a dead raccoon from a noose on a flagpole in front of Beekman Junior High School, in Beekman,…
