Jul 5, 2017
OWH July 5, 2017 Supporters of a program designed to protect youths brought into the U.S. illegally are criticizing Nebraska’s attorney general for asking the Trump administration to reverse its earlier decision to allow those youths to stay legally in the country....
Jun 30, 2017
Diversion programs that gained popularity in the 1970s are now experiencing a resurgence, as many states respond to tough-on-crime policies by reducing nonviolent felonies to misdemeanors. Run by courts, prosecutors and sometimes law enforcement, the programs channel...
Jun 28, 2017
Two years after creating a dedicated human-trafficking unit, District Attorney George Brauchler has hired a recognized expert to help lead it. Denver police veteran Daniel Steele joins the team as a criminal investigator with more than 20 years of experience. At DPD,...
Jun 26, 2017
On the Far North Side, about 70 members of a controversial new community watch group walk the West Rogers Park neighborhood in orange jackets that were paid for, in part, by the Chicago Police Department. The police sergeant who spearheaded the effort sees the watch...
Jun 20, 2017
OWH Persistence is a virtue, Lee Polikov might have thought in March as he sat around a table at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., discussing issues with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Polikov’s road to one of the inner sanctums of American...
