April Articles 2

   Technology
     In Wake of Attack, U.K. Officials to
     Push Against Encryption Technology  Read  
       The New York Times (03/27/2017)

     Smile! You’ve Just Been Identified by Face Recognition  Read  
       New York Daily News (03/27/2017)

   Drugs
    Largely White Opioid Epidemic Highlights
    Black Frustration with Drug War  Read  
     USA Today (03/27/2017)

   The Children Left Behind:
   As One Generation Dies, The Next One’s in Peril  Read  
     Portland Press Herald (03/29/2017)

   Crime
    Federal Criminal Prosecutions Fall to
    Lowest Level in Nearly Two Decades  Read  
     Pew Research Center (03/28/2017)

   The Prison Scam That Leads to Violence  Read  
     The Crime Report (03/28/2017)

   Prevention
    How Truckers, Hotel Workers Can Fight Sex Trafficking  Read  
      The Pew Charitable Trusts (03/28/2017)

  Policing
   NYPD ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensors
   Improve Rate of 911 Calls  Read  
     New York Daily News (03/28/2017)

  Procedure
   Justice Department Watchdog Finds
   DEA Cash Seizure Program May Pose Risk to Civil Liberties  Read  
     Los Angeles Times (03/29/2017)

   Making Freedom Free — Some of the nation’s district attorneys are using their power to  end the cash bail system.  Read  
   Slate (03/29/2017)

 

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