<p>Following a Verite News and ProPublica investigation, a district judge vacated the death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, whose 1998 murder conviction was based on allegedly fabricated bite mark analysis. It remains unclear if Duncan will walk free.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-murder-conviction-nullified-death-row?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-murder-conviction-nullified-death-row?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jim</span><span class="invisible">mie-duncan-murder-conviction-nullified-death-row?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/forensics/" rel="tag">#Forensics</a> <a href="/tags/court/" rel="tag">#Court</a> <a href="/tags/judge/" rel="tag">#Judge</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
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<p>Over the past 27 years, nine prisoners have been set free after being convicted in part on inaccurate evidence given by an infamous forensic pathologist and dentist team.</p><p>Duncan was the last person awaiting an execution based on the pair’s work.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-murder-conviction-nullified-death-row?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-murder-conviction-nullified-death-row?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jim</span><span class="invisible">mie-duncan-murder-conviction-nullified-death-row?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/court/" rel="tag">#Court</a> <a href="/tags/judge/" rel="tag">#Judge</a> <a href="/tags/forensics/" rel="tag">#Forensics</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
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<p>Louisiana’s governor eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those arrested before.</p><p>Then he tossed those rules aside for one group: undocumented immigrants. Why? To have them deported.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-parole-deportation-jeff-landry-operation-geaux?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-parole-deportation-jeff-landry-operation-geaux?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-parole-deportation-jeff-landry-operation-geaux?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
<p>Join the Texas Observer in conversation with author Jessica Pishko on February 5th for this FREE event at Alienated Majesty Books.</p><p>We'll discuss Pishko's provocative and important book about the dangers posed by extremist sheriffs in the United States. </p><p>RSVP: <a href="https://buff.ly/4gzkA5r" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>buff.ly/4gzkA5r</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/events/" rel="tag">#events</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/austin/" rel="tag">#Austin</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
<p>From our magazine: Over 72 hours, Austin police reported more than 70 overdose calls. Records from Travis County, which includes most of Austin, and neighboring Williamson County indicate that as many as 12 may have died. The culprit: a bad batch of crack cocaine. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-wa</span><span class="invisible">r-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/warondrugs/" rel="tag">#WarOnDrugs</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#drugs</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#addiction</a></p>
<p>Alaska Judge Vows to Reduce Trial Delays: “We Must, and We Will, Improve”<br>—</p><p>Chief Justice Susan M. Carney’s comments follow ProPublica and Anchorage Daily News reporting that found the median time to resolve the most serious felonies in Alaska was three years in 2023 — triple the time it took a decade before.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-judge-vows-to-curb-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-judge-vows-to-curb-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-judge-vows-to-curb-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
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<p>Through scandals, failed state inspections and even the illegal use of seclusion to punish children, Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name.</p><p>Only three board members had the power to remove him. Yet for decades, those positions have been held down by his closest friends and allies.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/richard-l-bean-tennessee-detention-center-board?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/richard-l-bean-tennessee-detention-center-board?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ric</span><span class="invisible">hard-l-bean-tennessee-detention-center-board?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
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<p>He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.<br>—</p><p>Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
<p>Jimmie Duncan spent 27 years on death row, convicted in part based on evidence experts now consider to be junk science.</p><p>But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-inmate-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-inmate-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jim</span><span class="invisible">mie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-inmate-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/forensics/" rel="tag">#Forensics</a></p>
<p>An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.<br>—</p><p>A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tig</span><span class="invisible">er-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration<br>—</p><p>Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a></p>
<p>NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#civilrights</a></p>
<p>Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.<br>---</p><p>Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a></p>
<p>Eunice Whitman's boyfriend was indicted for her murder on flawed evidence. A defense witness wrote that police should have treated no fewer than 12 people as suspects of “higher interest.”</p><p>A decade after the killing, no one has been convicted in Whitman’s death <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/eun</span><span class="invisible">ice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/truecrime/" rel="tag">#TrueCrime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>NEW: How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger<br>--<br>Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN and ProPublica found.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-domestic-violence-guns-probation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-domestic-violence-guns-probation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-domestic-violence-guns-probation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#guns</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#domesticviolence</a></p>
<p>Under DOJ standards and requirements, people seeking pardons generally must wait five years after release, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney.</p><p>Trump has largely abandoned that process.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/pardons/" rel="tag">#Pardons</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a></p>
<p>NEW: Louisiana Paroles Its Lowest Number of Prisoners in 20 Years Under Gov. Jeff Landry</p><p>The state parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office. </p><p>Hundreds who would have been released under previous governors remain incarcerated with little chance of earning parole.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-parole-drop-jeff-landry" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-parole-drop-jeff-landry"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-parole-drop-jeff-landry</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/jefflandry/" rel="tag">#JeffLandry</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a></p>
<p>NEW: Rather than turn former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández over to immigration officials when he was released from <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#prison</a> less than four years into a 45-year sentence, the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration paid to transport him 350 miles to a posh <a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#NYC</a> hotel. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-prison-special-treatment" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-prison-special-treatment"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-ice-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-prison-special-treatment</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#drugs</a> <a href="/tags/honduras/" rel="tag">#Honduras</a></p>
<p>NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back</p><p>An <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. </p><p>Why are nearly all of them still in prison?</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#domesticviolence</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a></p>
<p>NEW: If Attorney General Pam Bondi’s team wins this case, thousands of immigrant moms and dads could be exposed to deportation for minor involvement in the juvenile court system, a new realm for President Trump’s deportation regime.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#deportation</a> <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a></p>
<p>NEW: Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files</p><p>“None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americans’ privacy.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cia-law-enforcement-records-privacy-intelligence-community" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-cia-law-enforcement-records-privacy-intelligence-community"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-cia-law-enforcement-records-privacy-intelligence-community</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/cia/" rel="tag">#CIA</a> <a href="/tags/lawenforcement/" rel="tag">#LawEnforcement</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a></p>