Heated argument over ‘Bail Bill’ included multiple ‘F-Bombs.’ By Lee Williams A meeting between the state’s top cop and its chief public defender became so heated, so loud and so profane Thursday, that a worried Senate staffer called the Capitol Police to intervene, the Caesar Rodney Institute has learned. Attorney General Beau Biden and Delaware [...]
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Capitol Police investigate disturbance in Legislative Hall involving Beau Biden and Brendan O’Neill
Posted in Beau Biden, Criminal Justice Reform, Transparency on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another accused murderer goes free in Delaware
Posted in Beau Biden, Criminal Justice Reform on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Attorney General’s Office lost another one. Malik S. Brown was acquitted of murder yesterday by a Wilmington jury. He had been charged with the 2008 killing of Adrian Malone.
Beau Biden supports governor’s probe of criminal justice system
Posted in Beau Biden, Criminal Justice Reform, Markell, Transparency on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
From the Governor’s office: Markell Names Widener University Law School Dean Linda L. Ammons to Lead Independent Review of Delaware’s Statutory and Administrative Procedures Governing Child Abuse and Exploitation Dover, DE – Governor Jack Markell announced today that he has named Widener University School of Law Associate Provost and Dean Linda L. Ammons, Esquire to lead an [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Two inmates commit suicide on same day
Posted in Carl Danberg, Criminal Justice Reform, Department of Correction, Inmate Abuse on January 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Two inmates housed at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC) near Smyrna died Thursday of apparent suicides. According to press releases from DOC spokesman John Painter, both inmates hung themselves. Brian Smith, 40, of Lansdowne, PA, was being held in default of bail on charges of Rape 1st, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Possession of [...]
Can there be a bi- or tri-partisan alliance on criminal justice reform?
Posted in Criminal Justice Reform on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Radley Balko gives his take at Reason.com.
