http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/department+of+justice department+of+justice news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061312_texas_voter_id/report-details-growth-potential-latino-votes-texas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061312_texas_voter_id/report-details-growth-potential-latino-votes-texas/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com As Texas readies for a battle against the Department of Justice over the state’s voter ID law, Latinos — who opponents of the law say will be most affected — have the potential to increase the state’s voter rolls by more than 2 million people. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060612_texas_sb1070/supreme-court-ruling-may-fuel-challenges-sb-1070/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060612_texas_sb1070/supreme-court-ruling-may-fuel-challenges-sb-1070/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to uphold certain provisions of SB 1070, a recent ruling has opened the door for opponents of the law to make new arguments against it no matter what the court rules. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_mex_walmart_bribery/justice-dept-probes-alleged-wal-mart-bribery-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_mex_walmart_bribery/justice-dept-probes-alleged-wal-mart-bribery-mexico/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Shares in the retailing behemoth Wal-Mart have continued to slide as the likelihood appears to grow that the company will face legal recompense for its alleged actions in Mexico. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_bp_spill_charges/feds-file-criminal-charges-bp-gulf-oil-spill/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042412_bp_spill_charges/feds-file-criminal-charges-bp-gulf-oil-spill/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Department of Justice has filed criminal charges alleging that a former BP employee destroyed critical evidence in the early days of the Gulf oil spill. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_az_victims_rights/advocates-seek-federal-victims-rights-amendment/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_az_victims_rights/advocates-seek-federal-victims-rights-amendment/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution would give victims the right to speak at any plea or sentencing hearing, to be given reasonable notice of the release or escape of the person who harmed them and to restitution. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_sb1070_scotus/primer-sb-1070-heads-supreme-court-this-week/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042312_sb1070_scotus/primer-sb-1070-heads-supreme-court-this-week/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in State of Arizona v. United States, which challenges the authority of a state to enact its own immigration enforcement laws. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041612_voter_id_alec/beer-wine-wholesalers-push-voter-id-laws/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041612_voter_id_alec/beer-wine-wholesalers-push-voter-id-laws/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Beer and wine wholesalers have pumped substantial cash into the campaigns of several American Legislative Exchange Council politicians who have sponsored voter ID bills in their states. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_apple_antitrust_suit/az-joins-antitrust-suit-against-apple-publishers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041112_apple_antitrust_suit/az-joins-antitrust-suit-against-apple-publishers/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five major book publishers Wednesday, alleging that they colluded over e-book pricing, according to The Washington Post. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040612_scotus_sb1070/whats-stake-if-supreme-court-rules-sb-1070/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040612_scotus_sb1070/whats-stake-if-supreme-court-rules-sb-1070/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com If the Supreme Court gives its blessing to SB 1070, the nation will return to a time of deep division, likely cleaved once again along regional lines. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040612_obama_health_care/obama-eats-his-words-health-care-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040612_obama_health_care/obama-eats-his-words-health-care-law/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com President Obama is being forced to modify his absurdly wrong claim that it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to strike down the new health care law. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022612_az_doc_settle/feds-az-corrections-settle-sex-harassment-charges/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022612_az_doc_settle/feds-az-corrections-settle-sex-harassment-charges/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Arizona Department of Corrections will award a female correctional officer $182,500 to settle allegations of sexual harassment by her co-workers from 2005 to 2008, the Department of Justice announced. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021612_child_porn_pleas/men-plead-not-guilty-child-pornography-charges/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021612_child_porn_pleas/men-plead-not-guilty-child-pornography-charges/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Two Tucson men have pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges in unrelated cases, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_gun_walkers/report-officials-allowed-gun-walking-years-az/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_gun_walkers/report-officials-allowed-gun-walking-years-az/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Operation Fast and Furious was the fourth “gun–walking” investigation run by the ATF in the Phoenix area, according to a congressional report released Tuesday. The four operations began in 2006 and let roughly 2,800 firearms walk into the hands of drug cartels and other criminals. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_grijalva_mas_letter/grijalva-urges-federal-probe-into-decision-tusds-mas-program/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_grijalva_mas_letter/grijalva-urges-federal-probe-into-decision-tusds-mas-program/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Tucson, sent a letter Monday to federal education officials asking for an investigation into whether state law violates national standards in targeting TUSD’s Mexican American Studies program. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012112_perfume_vendor_cartels/perfume-vendor-with-az-ties-gets-20-years-aiding-cartel/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012112_perfume_vendor_cartels/perfume-vendor-with-az-ties-gets-20-years-aiding-cartel/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A federal judge Friday sentenced a Texas perfume vendor with Arizona connections to nearly 20 years in prison for his involvement in a money-laundering scheme that prosecutors said aided the Sinaloa cartel. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011312_az_prosecutor_conduct/federal-judges-question-conduct-tucson-prosecutor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011312_az_prosecutor_conduct/federal-judges-question-conduct-tucson-prosecutor/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A U.S. appeals court panel criticized a Tucson federal prosecutor who it said “presented a falsified version” of testimony in a drug-smuggling case to make the defendant look as if she had lied on the stand. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122211_arpaio_probe/arpaio-investigation-draws-mixed-reviews/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122211_arpaio_probe/arpaio-investigation-draws-mixed-reviews/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com When the government issued a report condemning Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “discriminatory” policing policies, some immigrant rights groups lauded it. Others are worried it was nothing more than a conveniently timed political ploy. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121411_pardons_racial_disparity/racial-disparity-presidential-pardons-what-can-done/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121411_pardons_racial_disparity/racial-disparity-presidential-pardons-what-can-done/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com If the government wants to correct racial disparity in presidential pardons, it will require a hard look at the standards used to judge applicants and whether there is implicit bias in the way decisions are made. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120911_pres_pardons_friends/pardon-applicants-benefit-from-friends-high-places/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120911_pres_pardons_friends/pardon-applicants-benefit-from-friends-high-places/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Since 2000, 196 members of Congress have written to the pardons office on behalf of more than 200 donors and constituents. Many of the letters urged the White House and the Justice Department to take special note of felons whom lawmakers described as close friends. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120511_presidential_pardons/presidential-pardons-heavily-favor-whites/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120511_presidential_pardons/presidential-pardons-heavily-favor-whites/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com White criminals seeking presidential pardons over the past decade have been nearly four times as likely to succeed as minorities. Blacks have had the poorest chance of receiving the president’s ultimate act of mercy. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102811_sb1070_defense_fund/donations-pour-sb-1070-defense-fund/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102811_sb1070_defense_fund/donations-pour-sb-1070-defense-fund/#When: 20:33:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: When Gov. Jan Brewer asked private donors last year to help pay legal fees to defend the state and its controversial SB 1070 immigration law against lawsuits, thousands of Arizonans responded. And so did thousands of people from other states. And other territories and other countries. 2011-10-29T20:33:48-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092111_hart_crime_op/crime-us-az-continues-fall-but-why/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092111_hart_crime_op/crime-us-az-continues-fall-but-why/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com On Monday the FBI announced that the estimated number of violent crimes reported to police in 2010 dropped by 6 percent over 2009, its fourth consecutive year of decline. Reported property crimes decreased, for the eighth straight year, by 2.7 percent. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071411_murdoch_fbi/fbi-investigates-news-corp-is-fox-news-next/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071411_murdoch_fbi/fbi-investigates-news-corp-is-fox-news-next/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Last week, we outlined the admitted (and denied) criminal allegations at News Corp and issued a first-in-the-nation call for an FBI investigation. Since, calls for a U.S. look at Murdoch’s media empire have exploded, public outrage is unabated, and the FBI is looking at News Corp. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052511_banks_investigations/bank-investigations-peter-out-execs-unprosecuted/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052511_banks_investigations/bank-investigations-peter-out-execs-unprosecuted/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com No top banking executives have been successfully prosecuted in connection with the financial crisis: not for making the bad loans that fed the mortgage machine, not for lying about the quality of the mortgages, and not for foreclosing improperly when homeowners struggled to make loan payments. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051811_fbi_computers/mueller-gets-confidence-vote-but-it-problems-still-plague-fbi/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051811_fbi_computers/mueller-gets-confidence-vote-but-it-problems-still-plague-fbi/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com For all his accomplishments, FBI Director Robert Mueller has failed at the same IT management task that bedeviled his predecessor and has cost taxpayers hundreds of million of dollars—the development of a computerized case tracking system within the bureau. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050411_gun_trafficking/gun-probe-furor-atf-still-hot-seat-fast-and-furious-investigation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050411_gun_trafficking/gun-probe-furor-atf-still-hot-seat-fast-and-furious-investigation/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Attorney General Holder clashed heatedly with Rep. Darrell Issa on Tuesday as a House hearing raised questions about whether a federal gun trafficking probe that ultimately allowed U.S.-bought guns to reach Mexican cartels might bear some responsibility for the deaths of U.S. agents.  2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022611_gamechange_week/a-game-changing-week-politics/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022611_gamechange_week/a-game-changing-week-politics/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com About once a year, so much big political news happens that a single column can’t be devoted to a single topic. This is that week. So lace up your running shoes. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021011_gun_smuggling/us-modified-weapons-scourge-mexicos-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021011_gun_smuggling/us-modified-weapons-scourge-mexicos-drug-war/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com It’s mostly illegal to import foreign-made assault weapons, but Century Arms has found a way to legally market these guns in the U.S. Many make their way south, to be used by Mexican drug cartels. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120310_wikileaks_hacker/wikileaks-how-hacker-with-aspergers-threatened-us-uk-relationship/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120310_wikileaks_hacker/wikileaks-how-hacker-with-aspergers-threatened-us-uk-relationship/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Wikileaks situation became a focus for anti-American sentiment that had been building in the United Kingdom as the post-war situation in Iraq went from bad to worse and the abuses of Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay and extraordinary rendition became widely publicized. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111910_jocks_docs/drug-firms-paid-top-athletes-attract-doctors/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111910_jocks_docs/drug-firms-paid-top-athletes-attract-doctors/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com From 2006 to 2009, Novartis, took a creative approach to boost doctor attendance paying top athletes and coaches to make appearances, give speeches, answer questions about their careers, and pose for photos with attendees. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101210_dems_chamber_money/analysis-foreign-chamber-commerce-money-really/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101210_dems_chamber_money/analysis-foreign-chamber-commerce-money-really/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Democrats are trying to turn an evidence-free allegation into a major campaign theme, claiming that foreign corporations are “stealing our democracy” with secret, illegal contributions funneled through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It’s a claim with little basis in fact. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092710_arpaio_misspending/arpaio-misspent-millions-maricopa-officials-say/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092710_arpaio_misspending/arpaio-misspent-millions-maricopa-officials-say/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The office of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was sued by the Justice Department earlier this month, was last week accused by Maricopa County budget officials of misspending millions in taxpayer dollars over five years. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072210_sb1070proceedings/sb-1070s-fate-up-air-after-court-hearing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072210_sb1070proceedings/sb-1070s-fate-up-air-after-court-hearing/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton adjourned court Thursday without giving any hint as to how she will rule on two separate motions seeking to prevent SB 1070 from becoming effective July 29. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070610_1070_suit/feds-sue-arizona-over-sb-1070/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070610_1070_suit/feds-sue-arizona-over-sb-1070/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Updated with reactions & legal background: Saying SB 1070 “attempts to second guess federal policies,” the Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s new anti-illegal immigration law. Read the brief. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061710_clinton_justice_suit/clinton-feds-will-sue-over-az-immigration-law-no-confirmation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061710_clinton_justice_suit/clinton-feds-will-sue-over-az-immigration-law-no-confirmation/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told an Ecuadorean TV station that the Justice Department will sue over Arizona’s controversial law cracking down on illegal immigration, but the Obama Administration would not confirm it Thursday. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060310_brewer_obama/dont-believe-hype-brewer-obama-meeting-cordial/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060310_brewer_obama/dont-believe-hype-brewer-obama-meeting-cordial/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The media lead-up to Thursday’s meeting between Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and President Obama would have you believe that some sort of ultimate showdown was about to occur. “Very cordial,” was how Brewer described the meeting afterward. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051310_medicare_fraud/feds-crackdown-medicare-fraud-recovers-25-billion/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051310_medicare_fraud/feds-crackdown-medicare-fraud-recovers-25-billion/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com “The government says it recovered $2.5 billion in overpayments for the Medicare trust fund last year as the Obama administration focused attention on fraud enforcement efforts in the health care industry. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050910_holder_immigration_suit/feds-may-sue-arizona-over-immigration-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050910_holder_immigration_suit/feds-may-sue-arizona-over-immigration-law/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the Justice Department is considering suing Arizona over its new immigration law. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050610_mafia_mexico/analysis-italian-mafia-brokering-mexican-drug-trade/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050610_mafia_mexico/analysis-italian-mafia-brokering-mexican-drug-trade/#When: 06:57:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Rather than distribute the drugs in the U.S. itself, as the Italian mafia of yore once did, the ‘ndrangheta has ceded these operations to Mexican cartels while focusing its efforts on shipping drugs from Latin America to West Africa. 2013-01-22T06:57:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041210_wamu_fraud/senate-committee-wamu-bank-execs-aware-rampant-fraud/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041210_wamu_fraud/senate-committee-wamu-bank-execs-aware-rampant-fraud/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A Senate committee Tuesday will present evidence that in the case of Washington Mutual Bank, the largest bank failure in history, executives knew about the fraud - and in some cases failed to take much corrective action. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032410_goddard_healthcare/goddard-wont-join-suits-overturn-health-reform/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032410_goddard_healthcare/goddard-wont-join-suits-overturn-health-reform/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Attorney General Terry Goddard said Wednesday he will not join lawsuits filed by 14 attorneys general to overturn federal health care reform. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030310_blood_storage/infant-blood-texas-given-feds-without-parental-ok/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030310_blood_storage/infant-blood-texas-given-feds-without-parental-ok/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com When Texas health officials were sued last year for storing infant blood samples without consent, they said it was for medical research. They never said they were turning over samples to the federal government to help build a vast DNA database. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021810_tribune/failed-bidder-tucson-citizen-making-play-east-valley-tribune/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021810_tribune/failed-bidder-tucson-citizen-making-play-east-valley-tribune/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A former would-be buyer of the Tucson Citizen is making a play to purchase the bankrupt East Valley Tribune, reports Heatcity.org. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020910_campus_rape/tucson-woman-reports-asu-rape-bucking-national-trend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020910_campus_rape/tucson-woman-reports-asu-rape-bucking-national-trend/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Roughly one in five women who attend college will become the victim of a rape or an attempted rape by the time she graduates, according to a report funded by the Department of Justice. 2013-05-19T07:23:02+00:00