A man in New York City has been charged with attempted murder and assault as hate crimes after using an anti-white slur and then stabbing two teenage sisters at a restaurant in Grand Central Terminal on Christmas day, Ed Shanahan and Chelsia Rose Marcius report for the New York Times. Steven Hutcherson, also known as Esteban Esono-Asue, who is Black, entered the dining area of the restaurant and allegedly stated, “I don’t want to sit with the Black people, … Read the rest
D.C.’s long-troubled crime lab has won back a key accreditation two years after losing it following a 2021 scandal in which an independent panel of forensic experts concluded, among other concerns, that the lab made an error in testing ballistics evidence in two 2015 homicide cases and then refused to acknowledge the mistake, Justin Wm. Moyer reports for the Washington Post. As a result of the suspension, the District lost its ability to use forensic evidence from the lab … Read the rest
After careful consideration and deliberation, John Jay College has made the difficult decision to close The Crime Report. This decision, driven by financial constraints, comes after 15 years of providing a platform for thoughtful and accurate criminal justice journalism.
We want to express our deepest gratitude for your support and contributions, which have played a crucial role in influencing the national conversation on criminal justice issues and helped us to highlight quality journalism in this niche across the country.
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Maxwell Frost
The first member of Generation Z to be elected to Congress, Maxwell Alejandro Frost is proud to represent the people of Central Florida (FL-10) in the United States House of Representatives. As a young Member of Congress and Afro-Latino, Congressman Frost brings a fresh, progressive perspective to an institution formerly out of reach for young, working Black and Latino Americans.
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Sex crime warrants have started to stack up in Wayne County, Michigan, leaving more than 200 victims of alleged sex crimes waiting as their cases stall in the prosecutor’s office, Ross Jones reports for WXYZ Detroit’s 7 Action News. As of a last count in May 2023, 283 sex crime crime warrants had been pending at the prosecutor’s office for at least six months with at least four dating back to 2020.
Johanna Kononen, the director of law and policy … Read the rest
The Congressional Judiciary Committee last month held a four-hour hearing, “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan” to understand better why New York City’s crime rates were “out of control” and what was wrong with its criminal justice system. Putting aside how the hearing spent some time specifically on any possible role Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg played in New York City’s crime rates, the hearing itself was not a bad idea. The problem was the Committee held its hearings about … Read the rest
Some 57% of Americans say addressing crime is a top priority – ranking far higher than issues such as the environment and poverty – and state lawmakers are rightly listening. However, there is a danger, which is particularly acute in southern states, that policymakers may focus on expanding prisons as opposed to preventing crime and reducing recidivism.
Locking up dangerous individuals for the right amount of time is a key part of the public safety equation. However, if incarcerating more … Read the rest
For the last five decades in the United States, the longest-running criminal justice reform has involved Diversion.
Grounded in criminogenic risk/need, which is the science behind crime reduction, along with its companion of crime desistance—two sides of the same coin—Diversion reduces future criminal activity by addressing the underlying drivers of crime.
Practiced by sheriffs, prosecutors, defenders, judges, and probation and parole authorities, Diversion has two immutable limitations.
It cannot intervene sufficiently early in an individual’s potential criminality; it can … Read the rest