Here's a look at legal issues raised by Saturday's police shooting in South Carolina in which video recorded by a bystander shows a black man being shot in the back and killed as he runs away.
Read More »At odds with Google, U.S. seeks new rule on computer access
The Justice Department is at odds with Google and privacy groups over the government's push to make it easier to locate and hack into computers in criminal investigations, a simmering conflict with constitutional and policy implications.
Read More »Menendez case would test Justice Dept. anti-corruption unit
A criminal prosecution of Sen. Bob Menendez would represent a major test for a Justice Department anti-corruption unit that recently scored the conviction of a former Virginia governor, but endured humbling setbacks in cases against two former U.S. senators.
Read More »U.S. clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force
The Justice Department won't prosecute former a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but in a scathing report released Wednesday faulted the city and its law enforcement for racial bias. (Updated)
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Read More »Officials: US report finds racial bias in Ferguson police
A Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson police department — with officers routinely discriminating against blacks by using excessive force, issuing petty citations and making baseless traffic stops, according to law enforcement officials familiar with the report.
Read More »U.S. to make Ferguson announcements soon
Six months after 18-year-old Michael Brown died in the street in Ferguson, the Justice Department is close to announcing its findings in the racially charged police shooting that launched "hands up, don't shoot" protests across the nation.
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Read More »Justice Dept.: No federal charges in Trayvon Martin death
George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin in a 2012 confrontation with the teenager, will not face federal charges, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
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Read More »Holder argues for success of drug sentencing policies
Federal prosecutors are changing the way drug defendants are charged and punished, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday, unveiling statistics that show sentences are increasingly being based less on rigid formulas and more on the circumstances of each crime.
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Read More »Source: FBI completes federal probe of Ferguson shooting
The FBI has completed its investigation into the police shooting of an unarmed, black 18-year-old in Ferguson, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
Read More »No plea deal likely in Boston Marathon bombing case
The focus of the Boston Marathon bombing trial figures to be as much on what punishment Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could face as on his responsibility for the attack.
Read More »Holder calls for better data on police use of force
Attorney General Eric Holder called Thursday for better record-keeping on how often police officers use force or are themselves attacked, saying current efforts to compile the data are incomplete.
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