Epstein Secrets

penalty when bringing cases against drug dealers and traffickers as part of a strategy to help combat the opioid crisis." The New York Times (7/25, Benner, 18.61M) reports that prosecutors "still seek the death penalty in some federal cases, including for Dylann S. Roof, an avowed white supremacist who

ing prisoners awaiting the death penalty for the first time in 16 years." The AP (7/25, Balsamo, Long) reports Attorney General Barr has instructed the Bureau of Prisons to "resume executing federal death-row inmates...ending an informal, two-decade moratorium." The first five men to be executed are "all accused of

ple, including two children." According to Reuters (7/25, Lynch), "Early in the Trump administration, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to examine what steps might be required to resume the use of the death penalty," and in March 2018, Sessions "also called on federal prosecutors to

ublic Integrity Section. The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.corn/2020/11/11/us/politics/justice-department-barr-public-integrity.html> (11/11, Benner, 18.61M) reports that Attorney General Barr's direction to leaders of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, "which oversees the Public Integri

rison snitch — he helped the government probes of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing — is currently at a federal Bureau of Prisons halfway house in Kansas City, Kan., records show. 'I do not minimize the evil acts Mr. Scarpa committed over the course of his criminal career,' wr

nal, which first reported the complaint." More States Passing Anti-Coercive Control Legislation in Domestic Abuse. The New York Times (1/22, Ryzik, Benner, 20.6M) reports that a string of recent efforts by states passing laws that allow "coercive control behaviors, such as isolating partners, to be in

fested cell of a jail unit where inmates are treated like 'caged animals." Joshua Schulte "has asked a Manhattan federal judge to force the federal Bureau of Prisons to improve conditions at the Metropolitan Correction Center, where he has been held for over two years under highly restrictive conditions usually r

th the Justice Department. The New York Times <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/us/politics/purdue-pharma- opioids-guilty-settlement.html> (11/24, Benner, 18.61 M) reports Deputy Attorney General Rosen said, "The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to a national tragedy of addi

apacity ramps up in each successive week." The Post adds that the "6.4 million doses also includes vaccines that would go to five federal agencies — the Bureau of Prisons, the Defense and State departments, Indian Health Service, and the Veterans Health Administration — that receive allocations directly from the fede

lection, and they ended up making a lousy deal. It doesn't bring justice, it doesn't bring accountability." The New York Times (10/21, Al, Hoffman, Benner, 18.61M) reports that on Wednesday, the Justice Department announced that Purdue Pharma "has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and face pe

, Child Pornography. The Shore News Network (NJ) (10/21) reports former Michigan teacher James Verne Russell "was sentenced to serve 720 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for sexual exploitation of two minors." U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff "stated the offense 'is about as serious as it gets' because of the exten

ident, according to one study. Voter Fraud Decision Exacerbated Tensions Between Barr And DOJ Public Integrity Section. The New York Times (11/11, Benner, 18.61M) reports that Attorney General Barr's direction to leaders of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, "which oversees the Public Integr

ison snitch - he helped the government probes of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing - is currently at a federal Bureau of Prisons halfway house in Kansas City, Kan., records show. 'I do not minimize the evil acts Mr. Scarpa committed over the course of his criminal career; wrot

that Purdue is no longer facing action from the US government, given last week's settlement with the Justice Department. The New York Times (11/24, Benner, 18.61M) reports Deputy Attorney General Rosen said, "The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to a national tragedy of addic

apacity ramps up in each successive week." The Post adds that the "6.4 million doses also includes vaccines that would go to five federal agencies - the Bureau of Prisons, the Defense and State departments, Indian Health Service, and the Veterans Health Administration - that receive allocations directly from the feder

es us that will happen." "Several High-Ranking Prison Officials" Would Have Had To Approve End Of Suicide Watch. The New York Times (8/12, Watkins, Benner, 18.61M) reports that "according to Bureau of Prisons policy, several high-ranking prison officials would have had to have approved Mr. Epstein's re

completely incompetent operation." Post conservative blogger Jennifer Rubin tweeted "Every story and headline about Barr claiming irregularities at Bureau of Prisons facility should include 'that reports to him.'" National security journalist Marcy Wheeler tweeted, "In April Barr testified that understaffing was

ned after a break down in protocols left Epstein unmonitored for a number of hours before he was found dead in his cell." The New York Times (8/13, Benner, Ivory, 18.61M) reports, "The warden, Lamine N'Diaye, will be transferred to a Bureau of Prison office in Philadelphia while the F.B.I. and the Just

said it appears Epstein had been dead one to two hours before he was found." The Hill (8/13, Chalfant, 2.98M) reports, "Some say Barr, who oversees the Federal Bureau of Prisons as part of the Justice Department, bore some of the responsibility in ensuring Epstein was secured — particularly after he was placed on suicide wa

stigators probing Epstein's death are looking into whether a 'criminal enterprise' may have played a role." According to the New York Times (11/22, Benner, 18.61M), "Epstein's death in August at a federal detention center in Manhattan set off a rash of unfounded conspiracy theories on social media that

made that gave Epstein the chance to take his own life." Fox News adds that last week, "during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, the director of the Bureau of Prisons, Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, who described Epstein's death as a 'black eye on the entire Bureau of Prisons,' testified that FBI investigators probing Eps