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• Justice: Prisons to step up anti-rape efforts

  May 17, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is ordering federal, state and local prisons to increase efforts to stop prison rape by issuing mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations in hopes of … 12

• Seattle police object to DOJ proposal

  May 15, 2012 in Region The Seattle Police Department is objecting to reforms proposed by the Justice Department as wildly unrealistic and expensive, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press. 31

• Justice Dept.: Seattle police used excessive force

  December 16, 2011 in Region Seattle police have engaged in excessive force that violated federal law and the Constitution, the U.S. Justice Department said today. 17

• Bogus coins, bullion seized in CdA focus of federal action

  April 3, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Federal prosecutors go to court in North Carolina on Monday in an attempt to obtain government ownership of an estimated $7 million in “Liberty Dollars” and silver bullion seized as … 19

• Justice Department targets violent crimes on reservations

  January 12, 2010 in City on Page A6 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department on Monday ordered prosecutors in 33 states to step up their efforts to combat persistently high violent crime on Indian reservations, particularly offenses against women …

• Linda P. Campbell: Listless terror list puts U.S. at risk

  January 12, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 At the end of the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” after swashbuckling archaeologist Indiana Jones has retrieved the fabled Ark of the Covenant from the evil Nazis, the treasure, …

• Feds back off medical marijuana

  October 20, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder directed federal prosecutors Monday to back away from pursuing cases against medical marijuana patients, signaling a broad policy shift that drug reform advocates interpret … 1

• Feds to issue new medical marijuana policy

  October 19, 2009 in Nation/World, City Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by … 1

• Boeing pays $25 million to settle U.S. probe

  August 13, 2009 in Region Boeing Co. agreed Thursday to pay the U.S. government $25 million to settle claims the company did defective work on critical military refueling planes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

• Detainee disclosure ordered by judge

  June 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A federal judge ordered the United States on Monday to publicly reveal unclassified versions of its allegations and evidence justifying the continued imprisonment of more than 100 detainees …

• Apartment developer settles Fair Housing suit

  May 22, 2009 in City on Page A11 A Spokane-area developer has settled a lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department over four apartment complexes built without proper access for people with disabilities. As part of the settlement, Developer …

• Interrogation memos released

  April 17, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Justice Department documents released Thursday offer the fullest account to date of Bush administration interrogation tactics, including previously undisclosed strategies of slamming a prisoner into a wall and …

• Criminal probe of lawyers who botched Stevens case

  April 7, 2009 in Nation/World A seething federal judge dismissed the corruption conviction of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens on Tuesday and took the rare and serious step of ordering a criminal investigation into prosecutors …

• Hundreds arrested in cartel probe

  February 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced Wednesday that authorities have arrested more than 730 people across the country in a 21-month investigation targeting Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel and its infiltration …

• Holder challenges nation to tackle race relations

  February 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – For eight years, the Justice Department and Bush administration were relatively quiet on the issue of race, its place within the social fabric of America and the enforcement …

• Rove subpoenaed to testify in firings

  January 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 The House Judiciary Committee chairman subpoenaed former White House adviser Karl Rove on Monday to testify about the Bush administration’s firing of nine U.S. attorneys and its prosecution of a …