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- 1From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsJanuary 23, 2023 The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to...
- 2From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsDecember 5, 2022 The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to...
- 3From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsDecember 2, 2022 In recent years, a number of high-profile commercial space flights--some of which included celebrity passengers--garnered widespread media attention. Moving forward, one company aims to provide...
- 4From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsDecember 12, 2022 The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to...
- 5From:The Gale Encyclopedia of Science (Vol. 5. 6th ed.)Probability is a form of statistics used to predict how often specific events will occur, and is used in fields as varied as meteorology, criminal justice, and insurance underwriting. When probabilities are calculated,...
- 6From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsMay 27, 2021 Federal immigration laws provide for the exclusion and removal of non-U. S. nationals ("aliens," as the term is used in the Immigration and Nationality Act [INA]) who lack authorization to enter or remain...
- 7From:AEI Paper & StudiesForeword While the media tends to sensationalize political conflict, 2018 saw a moment of bipartisan collaboration and consensus with the passage of landmark legislation, the First Step Act, which reformed our nation's...
- 8From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsAugust 24, 2018 Central to the calculation of a federal criminal defendant's sentence under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) is the defendant's "relevant conduct." That term, while encompassing...
- 9From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsAugust 8, 2018 In the federal criminal justice system, not all errors justify relief. Notably, under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b), federal courts may, but are not required to, correct an error if a...
- 10From:AEI Paper & StudiesThis brief explains how Congress and the president can best help reduce our country's outsized reliance on imprisonment, a goal with rare, widespread bipartisan support. Successful interventions will need to target...
- 11From:Trafficking in Persons"I see this council really as a shining light for survivors across the country as a way to really empower survivors, that they can be anything that they want to be and they can overcome just about anything that they're...
- 12From:Trafficking in PersonsThe modern anti-trafficking movement commenced in earnest with the adoption of the Palermo Protocol in 2000, and since then has grown substantially. Governments have made progress and continue to work to pass and...
- 13From:Trafficking in PersonsThe most frequently cited global statistics on human trafficking indicate that men and boys represent nearly half of the total number of human trafficking victims; yet the identification and proper care of male victims...
- 14From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsTen years after the Mexican government launched an aggressive, military-led campaign against drug trafficking and organized crime, violent crime continues to threaten citizen security and governance in parts of Mexico,...
- 15From:Trafficking in PersonsAFGHANISTAN: TIER 2 The Government of Afghanistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated increasing...
- 16From:International Narcotics Control Strategy ReportThe DOS Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Office of AntiCrime Programs helps strengthen criminal justice systems and the abilities of law enforcement agencies around the world. Through...
- 17From:International Narcotics Control Strategy ReportA. Introduction The Kyrgyz Republic lies along a significant transit route for illegal drugs moving north from Afghanistan to Russia and beyond. Illicit drugs are often smuggled into the country from Tajikistan...
- 18From:International Narcotics Control Strategy ReportA. Introduction Guyana is a transit country for cocaine destined for the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and West Africa. Cocaine originating in Colombia is smuggled to Venezuela and onward to Guyana by...
- 19From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsUpdated January 10, 2017 Summary The prominence of immigration enforcement issues during the 2016 presidential election as well as publicity surrounding crimes committed by some unauthorized aliens have reignited...
- 20From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsCongress has long supported efforts to identify, detain, and remove criminal aliens, defined as noncitizens who have been convicted of crimes in the United States. The apprehension and expeditious removal of criminal...