SELECTED FEATURES
Life After Prison: Opting In or Opting Out (TheCrimeReport.com)
Lorenzo Brooks pays $215 per month for a medium-sized, shared room at the Fortune Society in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. When he first came to the reentry support organization, in October—just weeks out of prison after serving 30 years for second-degree murder—he lived in a room with four other men, but seniority and good behavior have earned him more privacy.
Will “sanctuary cities” survive? (TheCrimeReport.com/CBS.com)
As Congress prepares to consider a crackdown on so-called “sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration rules on reporting undocumented residents, immigration advocates hope the case of Ernesto Galarza will serve as a reality check.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES
New York’s wildest animal laws (CityandStateNY.com)
New York mother says finding slain children was a ‘nightmare’ (Reuters)
Whistleblowers Suffer Setback in Ruling Involving Trade Secret Law 3 (PacerMonitor.com)
Challenges to Consumer Debt Regulations Have Legal Scholars on High Alert 3 (PacerMonitor.com)
Trader accused in $100 million hacking scheme pleads not guilty in U.S. (Reuters)
Animal rights group asks New York judge to free research chimps (Reuters)
Maryland women indicted in ‘exorcism’ slayings of children (Reuters)
Maryland mulls repealing Civil War pro-slavery amendment (Reuters)
Maryland police link convict to decades-old case of missing girls (Reuters)
Police detain Maryland ‘joker’ for violent threats, find 16 guns (Reuters)
Maryland legalizes same-sex marriage; challenge looms (Reuters)