Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation’s senior law enforcement officer, said on Tuesday that he is “opposed to the death penalty” and said a national moratorium would be appropriate while the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a pending challenge to the practice brought by death row inmates in Oklahoma. During an event at the National Press…
The financial ratings firm Standard & Poor’s has struck a settlement agreement with the Justice Department and 19 states — including Indiana — in a case that alleged the company defrauded investors. The lawsuit alleged that S&P allowed lucrative fees from investment banks to shape its analysis of those company’s products, despite claiming that its…
President Obama spoke Monday afternoon about the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. He called for an end to violence in the streets and announced an independent investigation into the police shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. “The Justice Department has opened an independent, federal civil rights investigation into the death of Michael Brown,” the president…
