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Oct 9, 2012 — In community policing, law enforcement emphasizes local citizen involvement as a way to deter and prevent crime. But as local budgets are slashed and police face layoffs in departments across the country, fewer and fewer resources are dedicated to it.
Sep 26, 2012 — Federal prosecutors and law enforcement are working to eliminate human trafficking. How that happens and how they help victims, from the sex trade to agricultural work, differs. Writer Noy Thrupkaew, WGBH reporter Phillip Martin and Amy Bennett Williams of The News-Press explain.
Sep 11, 2012 — Sixteen members of a conservative Amish church group have been charged with hate crimes after forcibly cutting off the beards of members of a breakaway Amish group. In a piece for Bloomberg View, Harvard law professor Noah Feldman argues that while the attacks should be punished, they aren't hate crimes.
Aug 19, 2012 — Ukraine's newly passed language law, which gives Russian status as the the country's official language, is a very emotional issue. The law illustrates how Ukraine remains a divided nation, with a Russian-speaking, Moscow-leaning east and Ukrainian-speaking, Hapsburg- and Polish-influenced west.
Aug 17, 2012 — Advocates say a public prayer amendment to the Missouri state constitution will strengthen the right to pray in public. But critics say it'll marginalize non-Christians. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks with Missouri State Rep. Mike McGhee who sponsored the initiative, and the Anti-Defamation League's Karen Aroesty, who opposes it.
George Prendes, outside the apartment he lived in before he went to prison, on 107th Street and Central Park West.
Fifteen years behind bars under Rockefeller drug laws
New York, NY, Jan 25, 2013 — Imagine for a moment the dumbest thing you've ever done in your life. The worst mistake, the biggest lapse in judgment. Now imagine that that one blunder cost you fifteen years of your life.
This week, we're launching our Prison Time Media Project, exploring the legacy of the Rockefeller drug laws.
The controversial sentencing rules created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller 40 years ago sent tens of thousands of men and women to prison, with many serving 15 to 25 years behind bars.
George Prendes was one of those people. Go to full article
This week, we're launching our Prison Time Media Project, exploring the legacy of the Rockefeller drug laws.
The controversial sentencing rules created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller 40 years ago sent tens of thousands of men and women to prison, with many serving 15 to 25 years behind bars.
George Prendes was one of those people. Go to full article
How the Rockefeller drug laws changed America
Jan 24, 2013 — Forty years ago this month, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller launched his campaign for what came to be known as the Rockefeller drug laws.
Rockefeller demanded tough prison sentences, even for low-level drug dealers and addicts. It was an idea that quickly spread, influencing state and Federal law across the US.
In the decades since, the nation's prison population has grown seven-fold -- with more than two million men and women now behind bars.
Over the next year, North Country Public Radio will be looking at ways the Rockefeller laws changed America -- from their impact on race relations to the growth of a booming prison industry here in the North Country.
We're calling it the Prison Time Radio Project. We start our series by going back to the beginning, when Americans were demanding solutions to a heroin epidemic that was scarring urban neighborhoods. Go to full article
Rockefeller demanded tough prison sentences, even for low-level drug dealers and addicts. It was an idea that quickly spread, influencing state and Federal law across the US.
In the decades since, the nation's prison population has grown seven-fold -- with more than two million men and women now behind bars.
Over the next year, North Country Public Radio will be looking at ways the Rockefeller laws changed America -- from their impact on race relations to the growth of a booming prison industry here in the North Country.
We're calling it the Prison Time Radio Project. We start our series by going back to the beginning, when Americans were demanding solutions to a heroin epidemic that was scarring urban neighborhoods. Go to full article
Governor continues downsizing of state prison system
Albany, NY, Jan 23, 2013 — Governor Andrew Cuomo says New York's state prison system needs to shrink again. In his speech Tuesday, Cuomo unveiled plans to eliminate two downstate correctional facilities.
The move spares prisons and prison jobs here in the North Country, at least for the time being.
But the move comes as part of a continuing shift in the state's criminal justice policy that has meant new uncertainty for prison workers. Go to full article
The move spares prisons and prison jobs here in the North Country, at least for the time being.
But the move comes as part of a continuing shift in the state's criminal justice policy that has meant new uncertainty for prison workers. Go to full article
New York leaders call for gun control
Albany, NY, Dec 17, 2012 — New York's top politicians reacted quickly to Friday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut.
New York Gov. Cuomo is pledging to work for gun... Go to full article
New York Gov. Cuomo is pledging to work for gun... Go to full article
Police investigate serial killer Keyes' North Country connections, activities
Dec 06, 2012 — Brian Mann joined Martha Foley on the line Thursday morning to talk about the new developments in the ... Go to full article
Three Lawsuits target Jefferson County Sheriff's Dept
Watertown, NY, Nov 28, 2012 — Three women with the same attorney have filed lawsuits against the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department and members within it for allegations relating to sexual misconduct... Go to full article
Local broker barred for fraud
Saranac Lake, NY, Nov 19, 2012 — An investment banker and securities broker from Saranac Lake has been barred from the securities industry for defrauding his customers out of hundreds of thousands of... Go to full article
Saranac Lake fight leads to hate crime charge
Saranac Lake, NY, Nov 13, 2012 — A Franklin County man has been arrested in connection with a racially charged incident that happened outside of Saranac Lake bar late in October.
The arrest... Go to full article
The arrest... Go to full article
Hunters asked to help in Gillis search
Tupper Lake, NY, Oct 25, 2012 — State officials are asking hunters in the town of Piercefield in southern St. Lawrence county to be on the look out for any sign of Colin Gillis.
The 18 year old... Go to full article
The 18 year old... Go to full article
Counties face costs of jailing state parole violators
Watertown, NY, Oct 16, 2012 — Right now, county jails, and ultimately, local property taxpayers, are footing the bill for housing state parole violators while they wait for the state to pick them up.... Go to full article
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