At the same time, Connecticut continues to pursue criminal justice reforms aimed at reducing incarceration and expanding diversionary opportunities for offenders.
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Keith Wortz,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
The state's attorney's office is also trying to prevent deaths by requesting detention for felony domestic battery offenders at a much higher rate.
Gerald Ford, who was President during the peak of the arson wave, publicly mentioned the Bronx just once, to go by the American Presidency Project, and that was to commend Merola’s office for locking up recidivists.
Many people copy cryptocurrency wallet addresses before sending digital currency, and those addresses can be valuable to criminals.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, chair of the council, said Monday that immigrants who aren’t criminals should be able to stay in the country, under certain conditions.
In similar manner, the true lawbreakers when innocent folks were brought to our shores between 1808 and 1865 were not the victims themselves.
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Walter E Block,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, municipal courts around the state are adjusting to a new normal after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state statute would allow for the same offenses.
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