Tag: halted
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DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling
The Justice Department has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to suspend its longstanding practice of searching passengers at airports — and seizing their cash — after the department’s internal watchdog raised concerns that it was fueling widespread civil rights violations and potential racial profiling. In a management directive issued on Thursday, the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General said it…
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Robert Roberson, whose Texas execution was halted, may appear in person at legislative hearing
Robert Roberson, the condemned man whose execution was halted late Thursday because of an unprecedented legal gambit by Texas lawmakers, is expected to appear in person Monday at a legislative hearing in Austin, his legal representatives said. Roberson, who was set to become the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a “shaken…