Chicago’s Top Prosecutor Minces No Words on His Way Out

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and MITCH SMITH March 14, 2017 On his last day in office, the chief federal prosecutor in Chicago made an impassioned plea for big changes to combat the city’s soaring violence, departing from the Justice...

Trump Signs Orders to Combat Crime, With Little New in Them

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