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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - There are safe places in Lubbock and across Texas to take a baby if the mother cannot care for it. The child will be cared for, no questions asked, if taken to one of these places unharmed. It is called the Baby Moses Law. An EMS station near 73rd and University Ave. is one of those places. Each location has a yellow “Safe Baby Site” sign posted outside of the building...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Some Long Island lawmakers are calling on Democratic leaders in Albany to repeal the state’s cashless bail law. They argue it has eroded public safety, CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday. READ MORE: Nassau’s Republican-controlled legislature and County Executive Bruce Blakeman were sworn into office Monday afternoon on the coattails of bail reform. “Criminal...

from the [sound-of-celebratory-gunfire-being-pumped-into-family-pets-at-close-range] dept In case you missed it by doing literally anything else, January 9th was National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day! The event was apparently created in response to the public's reaction to a white police officer killing an unarmed black man. In 2014, law enforcement in America was changed forever after ...

Hear about the successes and challenges that civilian oversight practitioners are managing across Texas and learn how four large Texas cities are planting seeds of change and accountability in law enforcement during an upcoming virtual panel discussion. The Changing Landscape of Civilian Oversight in Texas will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 29, via Webex. Register online by Jan....

I am the first formerly incarcerated person elected to the Washington House of Representatives and carry the weight and hope of the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated community with me. This is not an easy weight to carry because incarcerated people, like me, are flawed and have in some cases caused great harm. But I also know that our criminal legal system is quick to give up on people. ...

(Photo by John Bohn/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) The first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School, Lani Guinier, recently passed away. Guinier’s nomination by President Clinton for what position was withdrawn over criticism over a law review article titled, “The Triumph of Tokenism: The Voting Rights Act and the Theory of Black Electoral Success”? Hin...

Judge Judy Primetime The TV judge, 79, recently donated $5 million toward a scholarship fund at New York Law School, the same Tribeca-based school that she attended years ago, according to a press release from the school. The scholarship fund will cover full tuition and book expenses for 10 women enrolled at the school. In addition, "Judge Judy" Sheindlin will also offer a summer fellowship t...

A bill passed unanimously by Baltimore City Council requiring additional reporting on American Rescue Plan spending will become law without Mayor Brandon Scott’s signature. The bill, sponsored by Council President Nick Mosby, requires Baltimore officials to provide reports to the council on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis about how the city spends its $641 million allocation in federal ...

Geneva man sent to prison for fleeing from law enforcement in York  York News-Times

HARTFORD — A Hartford man was sentenced to 16 months in prison Monday in federal court for stealing a law enforcement vehicle packed with ammunition, a bulletproof vest and other equipment. Jose “J-Money” Nunez-Torrez, 21, was accused of stealing government property and charged with possession with intent to sell the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Law enforcement records presented in court accuse...