For Mentally Ill Inmates at Rikers Island, a Cycle of Jail and Hospitals – New York Times
New York TimesFor Mentally Ill Inmates at Rikers Island, a Cycle of Jail and HospitalsNew York Times“I'm trying to save everybody from the devil with holy water,” he said, according to jail records. Photo. Rikers Island. … Today, they make up nearly 40 percent of the population at Rikers, a total of 4,000 men and women at any given time, more than …
How and why you should record the police – PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHourHow and why you should record the policePBS NewsHourNorth Charleston police officer Michael Slager, right, is seen allegedly shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back as he runs away, in this still image from a bystander's video in North Charleston, South Carolina, taken April 4, 2015. Handout photo …Walter Scott's passenger meets with police as family plans burialCNNSouth Carolina Police Shooting Seen as Crime Strategy Gone AwryNew York TimesIt wasn't just Walter Scott: The North Charleston Police Department has a …SalonHuffington Post -New York Daily News -Times of Indiaall 7,991 news articles »
Ex-Goldman Banker Set to Refuse Jury in Hamptons Rape Trial
A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Managing director accused of raping a woman at his beach house on New York’s Long Island is betting a judge will be more sympathetic than a jury. Declining a jury of one’s peers is an uncommon strategy, often reserved for defendants who feel unbiased jurors can’t be had. For Jason Lee, whose trial begins Wednesday not far from the Hamptons enclave where he …