Florida, North Carolina Voters Approve Constitutional Amendments For Crime Victims

Voters in Florida and North Carolina have approved new constitutional rights for victims of crime, adopting amendments modeled after California's Victims' Bill of Rights, colloquially known as Marsy's Law, to ensure that victims are afforded rights just as criminal offenders are. Both constitutional amendments guarantee that crime victims and their loved ones are informed about [...]

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Anti-Semitic Crime On The Rise In New York City

New statistics from the New York Police Department show a disturbing increase in hate crimes, even as the general crime rate in the city continues to decrease, the New York Post reports. Reports Of Hate Crime Jump In New York Reports of anti-Semitic crime, especially, are on the rise, increasing by 22% so far this [...]

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Shooting At Thousand Oaks’ Borderline Bar & Grill Leaves At Least 12 Dead

A man armed with a semi-automatic handgun opened fire the night of Wednesday, November 8, 2018 at a country and western dance hall in Thousand Oaks, California, murdering 12 people, including a sheriff's deputy who responded to the scene of the shooting. Police entered the dance hall to find the gunman, 28-year-old Ian David Long, [...]

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California District Attorney Files Suit Against Market Street Manor, Blaming Motel For Criminal Activity

In an attempt to stop what it calls "rampant criminal, drug and prostitution" activity, the Shasta County District Attorney's Office has filed suit against a Redding, California motel, accusing the Market Street Manor of serving as a hub for violent crime. The lawsuit, announced on Thursday, November 1, 2018, claims that the motel is putting [...]

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