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Ohio Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Firebombing a Church that Planned to Host Drag Show Events

White Supremacist Group Member Convicted of Federal Hate Crime for Defacing Michigan Synagogue with Neo-Nazi Symbols

A jury Thursday, Jan. 11, in Greensboro, convicted Marian Hudak, 52, for committing a hate crime against a Black man and a Hispanic man on separate occasions.

Justice Department Releases Information on Efforts to Protect the Right to Vote, Prosecute Election Crimes, and Secure Elections

A former Bureau of Prisons supervisor, Kevin X. Pearce, 39, was sentenced recently to 66 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for leading two coverups of assaults of inmates held at U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy. 

NASHVILLE — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has filed what he said is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against investment giant BlackRock, charging the firm is harming consumers by being socially conscious.

Sean Tonkin, 36, is accused of committing a racially motivated hate crime resulting in the death of a Black man.

From Tribune staff reports BIRMINGHAM -- An Alabama prison guard was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on Tuesday for multiple incidents of assaulting inmates and then lying to cover up his crimes. According to Stacy Crane, Public Information Officer for the U.S. Attorney Northern District of Alabama, a former Alabama Department of Corrections

Former Kentucky Federal Corrections Supervisor Sentenced to 66 Months for Leading Cover-Ups of Inmate Assaults and Making False Reports

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — A federal grand jury in Charleston returned an indictment Thursday charging five former correctional officers — Mark Holdren, 39; Cory Snyder, 29; Johnathan Walters, 35;