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'Damning' New IG Report, Says ACLU, Shows Just How Far Trump Team 'Was Willing to Go to Destroy' Immigrant Families
A Honduran child taken from his father after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border together in June 2018. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Acting US AG Rosen Urged to Postpone Three Executions Planned for This Week Due to Pandemic
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
College students and community members wearing face masks hold placards while gathering in Bloomington, Indiana to protest against the death penalty and a wave of executions at the Terre Haute federal prison during the final months of President Donald Trump's administration. (Photo: Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The outgoing Trump administration has killed 10 death row inmates since resuming federal executions after a 17-year hiatus.
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Biden Attorney General Pick Merrick Garland Urged to Establish DOJ Task Force to Probe Trump Crimes
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Federal Judge Merrick Garland delivers remarks after being nominated to be U.S. attorney general by President-elect Joe Biden at The Queen theater January 7, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
"Donald Trump, and his aides and associates, have engaged in a flurry of...
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'Hypocrisy and Horror': Outrage After Trump DOJ Clears Cleveland Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Tamir Rice, 12, was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer while playing with a toy gun on November 22, 2014. (Family photo/handout)
"The Rice family has been cheated of a fair process yet again," said family...
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Protesters in a Black Lives Matter march in Washington, D.C. on June 3, 2020. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)
Civil Rights Groups Urge Biden to Nominate Attorney General Dedicated to 'Bedrock Principle of Equal Justice'
Attorney General William Barr leaves after attending a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on November 9, 2020.
'Disgusting Legacy and Stain on Democracy': As Barr Resigns, Democrats and Rights Groups Say Good Riddance
White House liaison Heidi Stirrup was reportedly barred from the U.S. Department of Justice building in recent weeks. (Photo: Administration for Children and Families)
Trump's "Eyes and Ears" at DOJ Reportedly Banned From Building After Trying to Get Inside Information on Election Fraud
Attorney General Bill Barr leaves the U.S. Capitol after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in his office on November 9, 2020. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
'I Guess He's the Next One to Be Fired': Even William Barr Says No Evidence of Widespread Voter Fraud
President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr arrive together for a presentation in the East Room of the White House May 22, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
'Truly Grotesque': On Way Out the Door, Trump Prioritizes Bringing Back Executions by Firing Squad and Electrocution
Following Outcry, US Government Halts Deportations of Women Who Allege Medical Abuse in ICE Detention—At Least for Now
Protesters with a placard demanding the jailing of President Donald Trump during the Women's March in Manhattan on January 18, 2020. (Photo: Ira L. Black/Corbis/Getty Images)
Let Trump Off the Hook in the Name of Elusive Unity? Some Critics Say That Could Be a Big Mistake
'Heartlessness Mixed With Political Power': Trump Admin Rejected Plan to Provide Mental Healthcare to Separated Families
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) is calling for the investigation and prosecution of President Donald Trump. (Photo: Lingjing Bao/Talk Media News Photo Archives/Flickr cc)
Rep. Bill Pascrell Demands DOJ Prosecution of Trump's "Innumerable Crimes Against the United States"
U.S. Attorney General William Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1, 2019 about the Justice Department's investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
'Naked Political Ploy': Outrage—and a Top DOJ Official Resigns—After Barr Memo Aims to Bolster Baseless Trump Fraud Allegations
A Guatemalan father and son embrace after entering the US following a long and harrowing journey through Mexico. (Photo: Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images)
Lawyers Can't Reunite 666 Seized Migrant Children With Parents—121 More Than Previously Believed
A police officer watches voters, election officials, and poll watchers at the Captain Samuel Douglass Academy polling station in Brookline, New Hampshire on November 3, 2020.
'This Is Disturbing': Trump DOJ Claims Armed Feds Are Allowed to Inspect State Vote-Counting Locations

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ACLU Comment on Scathing Family Separation Watchdog Report
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Former Corrections Officers Petition Acting AG Rosen to Halt Federal Executions
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
Justice Department Argues Trump Lost the Election DOJ Claims Suit Against Illegal Trump Appointees Will Be Moot on January 20th
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Attorney General Barr Acknowledges Reality, Says Justice Dept. Has Not Seen Evidence of Fraud in 2020 Election
Drug Policy Alliance
Drug Policy Alliance Outlines Priorities for the Biden-Harris Administration’s First 100 Days
Demand Justice
Reps. Davidson, Jayapal, and Three Dozen+ Allies Demand Critical Answers Regarding Unauthorized, Mass Domestic Surveillance
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