Criminal Justice

43 year old man who sexually assaulted and robbed elderly woman in 1993 will be resentenced.

The Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted the sentences of 11 men who committed crimes when they were 25 or younger.

Two men died on Jan. 15 and 17, raising the total of COVID-19-related deaths for incarcerated people in Connecticut to 27 since the onset of the pandemic.

COVID-19 has surged in Connecticut this winter, and more than 1,100 Department of Correction workers are recovering from infection this week.

The Hampden District Attorney's office says it will conduct an "impartial and transparent investigation" into the fatal shooting Sunday of a Springfield man by a city police officer.

As of January 5th, 896 Department of Correction staff and 417 incarcerated people were COVID-19 positive.

Five Connecticut residents face federal charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Officers are now required to only do what’s necessary, rather than what’s considered justified later by investigators.

Connecticut police departments are required by the state to report use-of-force statistics. Some of that data is expected to be released to the public for the first time in early 2022

On this episode of Audacious, meet people from Connecticut who’ve done bold, brave things - including a man who went from completely paralyzed to running a gauntlet, a young person who planned her town’s first pride parade, and Hartford’s first troubadour, and flow artist.