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National

30 Years Of Criminal Justice Reporting From Robert Siegel

5:41pm November 24, 2017

The All Things Considered host is retiring in January. He recalls memorable stories on parole boards in Alabama, policing in Baltimore, and the exoneration of a man convicted for murder in New Jersey.

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National

Law Enforcement's Limits To Stopping Shooters

5:08am November 24, 2017

by Martin Kaste

Recent mass shootings have shown how law enforcement can fail to prevent attacks by people who are known threats. The system is limited in what it can do, but there's also room for improvement.

Robert Mueller May Bring An End To Jokes Surrounding Old Law

4:40pm November 23, 2017

by Miles Parks

The little-known Foreign Agents Registration Act was long considered a joke — until Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller brought his first indictments. Legal observers are asking whether he might take a "toothless" old law and give it new fangs.

Only Gov. Abbott, pictured here with Obama, opened the package. But because it was not opened as designed, the homemade device did not explode.

Texas Woman Charged With Mailing Explosives To State's Governor And Obama

4:17pm November 23, 2017

by Maggie Penman

A 46-year-old woman in Texas has been charged with mailing explosives to Gov. Greg Abbott and then-President Obama. Authorities say the devices could have seriously injured or even killed someone.

Abortion rights advocates protesting in the State Capitol in Austin, Texas in 2013.

National

Federal Judge Blocks New Texas Anti-Abortion Law

8:56pm November 22, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Texas sought to ban a common procedure for ending second-term pregnancies. Courts in four other states have blocked similar laws.

Politics & Government

Working In A World After Weinstein

1:28pm November 22, 2017

What will it take to convince people with power and influence to make a permanent change?

Former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is seen in court on June 23 in Mason, Mich., as he stood trial on multiple counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Nassar has pleaded guilty and faces decades in prison.

USA Gymnastics Doctor Pleads Guilty To Assault, Faces Decades In Prison

1:01pm November 22, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Larry Nassar, the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics, has admitted molesting seven girls. Well over 100 women and girls have accused him of sexual assault.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks at a news conference in October at the Justice Department.

Politics & Government

Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein Supervises Mueller Probe But He's Also A Witness

11:00am November 22, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

As the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference intensifies, legal experts and Justice Department veterans puzzle over why the deputy attorney general is overseeing the probe.

World News

Ratko Mladic Found Guilty Of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity

7:05am November 22, 2017

by Sylvia Poggioli

After 20 years of trying to bring justice to the former Yugoslavia, we look at the International Criminal Tribunal's end with the sentence for Ratko Mladic.

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate enters a San Francisco courtroom led by Public Defender Jeff Adachi for his arraignment in 2015.

National

Jury Deliberations Begin In Kate Steinle's Murder Trial

7:47pm November 21, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Prosecutors argued that the defendant, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, intentionally shot Kate Steinle. The defense argued that the shooting was a tragic accident.