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New Crime Trends Working Group Aims to Improve National Crime Data Reporting

The Crime Report

The Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) is launching a new national Crime Trends Working Group to review and make recommendations for improving crime trend data across the country. CCJ announced the new initiative on Thursday alongside a new study analyzing crime trends in 35 cities. “Our Many have not cooperated.

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How the FBI Caught the Unabomber

The Crime Report

Jim Freeman, Terry Turchie and Donald Max Noel—have produced a new “insiders” version of the case which concentrates on the final two years of the manhunt. Donald Noel: Our first book about the investigation into the Unabomber was pretty much in a textbook format, and it appealed to police agencies and criminal justice institutions.

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New York judge allows lawsuit against NRA to proceed

JURIST

New York Judge Joel Cohen rejected a bid Thursday from the National Rifle Association (NRA) to move or dismiss a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James to dissolve the organization following investigations of “extensive fraud.”

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Unlikely Careers for Lawyers

LegalTalkNetwork

Understanding these different roles can help you make well-informed decisions about your future, opening up new and exciting opportunities outside the traditional legal framework. Jerome Crawford, a prime example, never intended to become a cannabis attorney. and advising them to “take the bull by the horns.”

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

Elevator pitch: For enterprise business teams, Advocat AI speeds up contract intake, generation and negotiation. We apply Natural Language Processing and a semantic knowledge graph to the process that attorneys use to research, analyze and write complex legal documents. Attorney users $199/mo. Headquarters: New York, N.Y.

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OWNER HIT WITH FINES AND MONITOR

NewmanFerraraLLP

The agreement follows HPD’s investigation into tenant complaints of unsafe conditions, prohibited construction, apartment warehousing, gas- and water-service disruptions, and the failure to comply with rent regulations. In two buildings, for example, gas was shut off while unauthorized work on piping was underway.

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As Penalties Ease, Drug Courts Lose Business

The Crime Report

Participation in California’s drug courts decreased statewide by 67 percent between 2014 and 2018. A 2020 paper from the New York-based Center for Court Innovation surveying California drug courts finding participation decreased statewide by 67 percent between 2014 and 2018.

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