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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Defense Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin answers questions during his confirmation before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images)

Defense secretary to recommend prosecution of sexual assaults in the military be taken out of commanders' hands

Regina LaBelle, acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled Examining Federal Sentencing for Crack and Powder Cocaine, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.

Biden administration backs end to the disparity of cocaine sentences

NIANTIC, CT - MAY 24: A prison inmate makes one of her daily allotment of six phone calls at the York Community Reintegration Center on May 24, 2016 in Niantic, Connecticut. The center is part of the York Correctional Institution, which houses all of the state's more than 1,000 female inmates. The unit is designed to prepare prisoners for successful reintegration into society after serving out their sentences. Criminal justice and prison reforms are taking hold with bi-partisan support nationwide in an effort to reduce prison populations, while saving taxpayer money. The state's criminal justice reforms are part of Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy's 'Second Chance Society' legislation. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Connecticut become first state to make calls free for inmates and their families

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Texas grand jury declines to indict jailers involved in Marvin Scott in-custody death

Police officers investigate the scene of an early afternoon shooting in Olde Town Arvada on June 21, 2021 in Arvada, Colorado.

Police chief says slain Colorado officer was 'targeted' in Monday shooting

Suspected shoplifter from viral video at San Francisco Walgreens arrested in spree of thefts

MIAMI, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 02: Frank Clark #55 of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on before in Super Bowl LIV against the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

An NFL player was arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly having a submachine gun in his car

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 15: Police secure the scene of a shooting on June 15, 2021 in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Four people were killed at a home during an early-morning shooting and four others who were injured were transported to the hospital. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chicago is throwing its 'whole government' at summer violence

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JUNE 15: Police secure the scene of a shooting on June 15, 2021 in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Four people were killed at a home during an early-morning shooting and four others who were injured were transported to the hospital. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chicago community leaders work slow gun violence

We spent two nights on patrol with the NYPD. Here's what they told us about spiking crime in the city

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Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison: we need more boots on the ground to fight the worsening crime wave

Accused Valerie Bacot (C/yellow scarf) arrives flanked by her family and surrounded by journalists the Chalon-sur-Saone Courthouse, on June 21, 2021, central-eastern France, prior to the opening hearing of her trial on charges of murdering her stepfather turned husband, who she claimed abused her since she was 12. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)

Woman's bestselling book admits she killed abusive husband

Brazen thefts on the rise in San Francisco

A Colorado police officer was killed in a shooting in the city of Arvada

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 19: Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers awaits to address the virtual Democratic National Convention, at the Wisconsin Center on August 19, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is now taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Melina Mara - Pool/Getty Images)

Wisconsin bans use of chokeholds among raft of policing bills

The best security system of 2021

He inspired an Oscar-nominated film. Now, he could face life in prison