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Wyoming Juvenile Detention Rates Declines
Wyoming Juvenile Detention Rates Declines
Wyoming Juvenile Detention Rates Declines
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A children's charity says Wyoming is locking up fewer juveniles but still ranks near the top of the nation. The Associated Press reported Wednesday  that the Annie E. Casey Foundation found Wyoming's juvenile detention rate was second-highest in the country, after South Dakota's...
House Showdown Looms Over Indefinite Detention
House Showdown Looms Over Indefinite Detention
House Showdown Looms Over Indefinite Detention
WASHINGTON (AP) — A showdown looms in the House over whether to end the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even U.S. citizens seized within the nation's borders. Democrats and tea party Republicans lobbied their colleagues furiously ahead of Friday's vote, arguing that indefinite detention gives the executive branch extraordinary power that violates the Constitution... Read