…takeaways: Inmates received 2.13 visits, on average, during their incarceration. Prison sentences lasted an average of 23 months. Younger prisoners received more visits than older ones. On average, a 20-year-old…
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…investigation by The Denver Post found that sentences for child homicide resulting from abuse tended to be less severe than comparable felony charges for adults, which Post journalists suggest might…
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…hone their approach. WHAT JOURNALISTS GET WRONG: Their stories lack context. “Even if it’s two sentences giving you a sense of the scale of the issue,” she said, “having just…
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…entirely clear what he means, but in the past spies have been executed or given long prison sentences. That gives an indication of the type of threat this whistleblower faces….
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…crossing are processed for removal after serving their sentences. The Border Patrol had claimed that Streamline was a more effective way to curb illegal entry than simply returning migrants to…
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…men, most of whom were international college students. In each case, they disappeared before they could be prosecuted or complete their jail sentences. Some were traced back to Saudi Arabia,…
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…it does look like people who are transferred have disproportionately long sentences. On the one hand, it makes sense not to transfer someone who is going to get out in…
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…want to write in active voice, sentences that state the fact of the matter in 8-10 seconds. We don’t like ‘maybe’ and ‘further research needed’ and ‘small sample size’ and…
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…determine whether a case should proceed to a court hearing and recommend dispositions — the equivalent of sentences in the adult system — after adjudication. County probation departments would have…
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…several experiments, researchers asked participants to review the basic elements of news stories — headlines, the first sentences and accompanying images. Half the stories represented actual news coverage while the…
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