Illinois law bans schools from fining students. So local police are doing it for them.
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Black children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. Almost nothing happened to the adults in charge.
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Shared parenting is usually better for children — but the model fails for many women forced to co-parent with their abusers
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New Jersey police union contracts fund six-figure “sick day” payouts, $2,500 “perfect attendance” bonuses and lucrative “extra duty” assignments
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Arizona is known as the best state in the US for people with developmental challenges. But its Division of Developmental Disabilities has turned down thousands of people because of paperwork issues.
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The true cost of dollar stores - Discount chains are thriving, but fostering violence and neglect in poor communities
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A group of agents rose through the ranks to lead the Border Patrol, and now they’re retiring and leaving it in crisis
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When medical debt collectors decide who gets arrested
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Paul Skalnik is a liar, a con artist and a snitch. The state of Florida is planning to execute a man based largely on his word.
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South Carolina's system for magistrate judges is unlike any state in the country: judges can have less training than barbers but still decide thousands of cases each year
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Blame over justice: The human toll of the US Navy’s relentless push to punish one of its own
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Inmates suffering heart attacks or brutalized in jail beatings have been released so sheriffs wouldn’t have to pay for their medical care. Some were rearrested once they had recovered.
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A Border Patrol agent reveals what it’s really like to guard migrant children
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The village where every cop has been convicted of domestic violence
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Unprotected: "An acclaimed American charity said it was saving some of the world’s most vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation. But from the very beginning, girls were being raped."
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