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Legislative Research Commission/In the “Safer Kentucky Act,” Louisville Republican legislators proposed 18 measures that would increase penalties for existing crimes, place restrictions on nonprofit bail funds and ban on “street camping” and homeless encampments in public areas. -
Thinkstock/via WKYUKentucky led the nation 27 years ago when it created a crime victim notification system called VINE. Now, that potentially life-saving service is no longer working.
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Researchers with the Vera Institute for Justice found the expansion in Kentucky’s criminal justice system has coincided with economic decline as coal and manufacturing jobs left the state. -
A former Murray State cheerleader entered an Alford plea Wednesday in Calloway County Circuit Court for a 2019 case where he was originally arraigned on a first-degree rape charge.
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In the wake of a controversial video posted to social media by a Hopkinsville Police Department officer, many in the community have called for action and expressed concerns about perceived racist symbols.
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Tim Mapes was charged with lying to grand jury investigating Madigan and his inner circle
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The former superintendent of Owensboro Public Schools will be arraigned on Wednesday for allegedly committing sex crimes.
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Louisville Metro Police Officer Nickolas Wilt returned home Friday after more than three months in the hospital. His departure from the Frazier Rehabilitation Institute is a milestone for his long-term recovery.
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Formerly-incarcerated advocates say the process to clear criminal records is cost and time-prohibitive. A bill in the Kentucky legislature aims to automate the process.
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Illinois State Police announced Thursday it is investigating an in-custody death of an inmate at the Massac County Jail.
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Young people at a southern Illinois juvenile detention facility are confined to cells the size of parking spaces up to 23 hours per day alone, with fluorescent lights that never turn off.
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Experts say Louisville police’s new unit dedicated to investigating nonfatal shootings is a move in the right direction, but its success would rely on treating those cases on par with homicide investigation and cultivating community trust.
