83-year-old Boston mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger was found guilty on 31 of 32 counts on Monday. Some of the charges he was found guilty included extortion, money laundering, drug dealing and weapons possession. He was also held responsible for the murder of 11 people.
New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg blasted a federal judge's rebuke of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy as discriminatory, and warning that the decision could instigate a spike in high violent crimes in the city
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the Justice Department will avoid charging certain low-level and nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that carry mandatory minimums. The policy shift will enable certain defendants who do have ties to large scale gangs or cartels, to avoid "draconian mandatory minimum sentences."
A federal judge ruled that the New York City Police Department's controversial stop-and-frisk policy violates individuals' constitutional rights because it intentionally discriminates based on race. This marks a significant rebuke to the New York mayor's defense that it is a crime -fighting tool used by police department.
