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By SpotCrime April 06, 2017

Sessions DOJ shake up, Trump eases scrutiny of police, making law and data more accessible, Joe's Tent City shuts down, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT
Sessions orders Justice Department to review all police reform agreements (Washington Post)

Police Unions Hail Trump’s Easing of Scrutiny. Local Officials Worry. (NYTimes)

Law and the New Order: A Fresh Wave of District Attorneys Is Redefining Justice (Governing)

Large Majority Favors Criminal Justice Reform Belief that crime is increasing grows by ten percentage points since 2015 (Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs - LSU)

CRIME RATE

Governors from 4 states with legal marijuana ask Trump administration to leave them alone (Business Insider)

Analysis: Undocumented Immigrants Not Linked With Higher Crime Rates (Governing)

Why Solving Old Murders Can Help Prevent New Ones (TheCrimeReport.org)

This company’s drugs helped fuel Florida’s opioid crisis. But the government struggled to hold it accountable. (Washington Post)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

If you publish Georgia’s state laws, you’ll get sued for copyright and lose. In some states, you can't read the law without paying a corporation. (ArsTechnica.com) See also: How private contractors are taking over data in the public domain (Reveal)

How one nonprofit aims to make the law more accessible (BizJournals.com)

‘CRIM-TECH’

Using Blockchain to Keep Public Data Public (Harvard Business Review)

Welcome back, speed cameras (Baltimore Sun)

New Orleans is installing more traffic cameras, but we don’t know if they make our streets safer (TheLensNOLA.com)

Data: Californians Overwhelmingly Support Body Cameras for Law Enforcement (TechWire)

AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM

Joe Arpaio's Infamous Tent City Jail In Maricopa County Will Shut Down (NPR)

Accounting for Violence: How to Increase Safety and Break Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration (Vera.org)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Annapolis man threatens employees of downtown bar with machete (EyeOnAnnapolis.net)

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