In 2013, Camden County, New Jersey, police started using the gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter. The way Dan Keashen, spokesman for the department, tells it, the tool had an immediate impact.
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Residents of Flint, Michigan, hope lawsuits and criminal prosecutions will hold decision-makers accountable for the poisoning of their water supply.
The water crisis in Flint is unique in many respects, but the city isn’t alone in facing allegations regarding lead in the water supply.
Lawyer Paul LiCalsi argues that “This Land Is Your Land” (as it’s dubbed since a 1956 copyright) and “We Shall Overcome” deserve to be protected from commercial exploitation.
Prison Legal News persists—despite attempts to ban its circulation in prisons and jails—to fight for reform from the inside.