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Sessions issues sweeping new criminal policy to charge defendants with the most serious, provable crimes

May 12, 2017 at 6:29 a.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed his federal prosecutors Thursday to charge defendants with the most...

People march outside the convenience store, where Sterling was selling CDs. The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation Wednesday into the videotaped shooting by police.

Justice Department will not charge Baton Rouge officers in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling

May 2, 2017 at 4:51 p.m.

The Justice Department has decided not to bring charges against the officers involved in the death of Alton Sterling, whose videotaped shooting by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last summer...

Jeff Sessions tells prosecutors to bring more cases against those entering U.S. illegally

April 11, 2017 at 2:55 p.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed federal prosecutors across the country Tuesday to make immigration cases a higher priority and look for opportunities to bring serious felony charges against those who...

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Sessions issues sweeping new criminal policy to charge defendants with the most serious, provable crimes

Justice Department will not charge Baton Rouge officers in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling

Jeff Sessions tells prosecutors to bring more cases against those entering U.S. illegally