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Delaware State University says it has filed a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday to investigate the women's lacrosse team bus stop and search. Here, the main gate of the Delaware State University campus in Dover in September 2007.

Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team

May 19, 2022
Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.
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National
Attorney General Merrick Garland, in a 2021 photo, said a Missouri gun rights law impedes law enforcement in the state. The Department of Justice sued Wednesday to enjoin the law.

Department of Justice sues Missouri over gun rights law

Feb 17, 2022
The federal government alleges Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act has endangered public safety by prohibiting local law enforcement from cooperating with federal agencies.
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Law
Kenneth Polite, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, speaks during a news conference at the department in October.

His brother was killed in 2004. Now he fights violent crime as a top Justice official

Jan 28, 2022
Kenneth Polite, head of the Criminal Division since July, wants to take the most dangerous people off the streets and spend more on preventing violence.
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A picture shows the headquarters of publishers Random House in Central London on October 29, 2012 before it merged with Penguin. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. Department of Justice seeks to block a book publishing 'behemoth'

Nov 02, 2021
The Department of Justice is suing to block a proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster
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National Security
The Virginia-class attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) underway during sea trials in Atlantic Ocean on June 30, 2011.

A former Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been arrested on espionage charges

Oct 10, 2021
The Department of Justice says Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Diana Toebbe, allegedly sought to sell sensitive military secrets about submarines to a foreign entity.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
The Justice Department announced Tuesday it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice (pictured in a memorial).

Justice Department Declines To Prosecute Cleveland Officers In Death Of Tamir Rice

Dec 29, 2020
The department announced that it found insufficient evidence to "support federal criminal charges" against Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback.
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National
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Walmart, alleging that the company's unlawful actions resulted in hundreds of thousands of violations of the Controlled Substances Act.

Justice Department Sues Walmart, Alleging It Illegally Dispensed Opioids

Dec 22, 2020
Damages could total in the billions. "Walmart had the responsibility and the means to help prevent the diversion of prescription opioids. Instead, for years, it did the opposite," the government said.
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National
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections over poor conditions within men's prisons.

Justice Dept. Sues Alabama Over Prison Conditions

Dec 10, 2020
The federal lawsuit is an effort to get the state to improve prison conditions after negotiations with officials failed to result in voluntary change.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was ordered to respond to the suit filed by Republican state Rep. Darren Bailey by Thursday. Instead, he moved the case to federal district court.

Justice Department Backs Challenge To Illinois Stay-At-Home Order

May 22, 2020
The government says the order significantly impairs the ability of residents to maintain their economic livelihoods. And, it claims Gov. J.B. Pritzker is bound by state limits on emergency measures.
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U.S. Attorney For Nevada Talks Gangs, Opioids, And Cannabis

Oct 29, 2019

Nicholas Trutanich has been U.S. attorney for Nevada since January, after being unanimously confirmed by the Senate.

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DOJ Says Utah Isn't Following Federal Guidelines About Prison Rape

May 16, 2017

A new federal report shows that Utah is one of two states not following federal recommendations for preventing prison rape.

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