She is among more than 24,000 federal prisoners who were allowed to serve their sentence through home detention to slow the spread of COVID-19 behind bars.
Author: Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY
FBI secretly ran phone encryption program used by organized crime, global sting yields 800 arrests
Over the past 18 months, the FBI provided phones via unsuspecting middlemen to more than 300 gangs operating in more than 100 countries.
USA TODAY fights FBI subpoena demanding records that would identify readers of Florida shooting story
Gannett, USA TODAY’s parent company, is fighting the FBI’s subpoena, calling it a First Amendment violation.
Derek Chauvin, 3 other former Minneapolis police officers indicted on civil rights charges in George Floyd’s death
A federal grand jury has indicted Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers for civil rights charges over the death of George Floyd, according to an indictment released Friday.
Trump’s judicial appointments will impact LGBTQ rights far beyond presidency, group says
Nearly 40% of judges Trump has appointed to federal appeals court have a history of hostility toward LGBTQ rights, Lambda Legal advocacy group says.
‘Damaging to our democracy’: Trump election lawsuits targeted areas with large Black, Latino populations
Though Trump has lost his legal battles, his targeting of counties with large Black and Latino voting numbers is damaging to democracy, experts say.
All states prohibit ‘militia extremists’ and paramilitary activities. So why aren’t they stopped?
Local law enforcement may choose not to go after heavily armed groups, said a former Homeland Security analyst who studied right-wing extremists.
Police misconduct is the leading cause of wrongful convictions, study finds
Police misconduct, including witness tampering and falsifying evidence, lead to the majority of wrongful convictions, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.
Appeals court denies ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn’s request to force dismissal of case
The criminal case against Michael Flynn should not be dismissed, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., ruled Monday.
Feds seize millions of dollars in cryptocurrency raised by major terrorist groups, DOJ says
The Justice Department said al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the al-Qassam Brigades solicited cryptocurrency donations to fund their terror activities.