Nominated to lead the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Kristen Clarke answered questions from senators on both sides of the aisle during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

  A former career U.S. Department of Justice employee received a seven-year prison sentence on Thursday for traveling across state lines to engage in a sexual act with a minor foxbaltimore.com reports. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander handed the sentence down to 55-year-old James Cicala of Columbia, Md. Cicala pled guilty to the charge. An […]

It’s no secret that slavery didn’t end after the Civil War and instead evolved into something known as Slave Codes. The laws were designed to…

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A day after it was announced that the U.S. Department of Justice is unlikely to pursue a civil rights case against ex-Ferguson, Mo., Officer Darren…

The Department of Justice has confirmed that it is reviewing the State of Florida’s case against George Zimmerman, 29, as well as information gathered from…