AG Jennings applauds passage of major consumer protection legislation
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2025
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings today expressed her appreciation to the Delaware General Assembly for its overwhelming and bipartisan passage of Senate Bill 40 and House Bill 67. The two pieces of consumer protection legislation were developed through years of work in the Delaware Department of Justice and with community and stakeholder groups. Senate Bill […]
AG Jennings announces two major murder indictments
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced today a pair of indictments in two major homicide cases: one in a three-year Wilmington cold case and another in a tragic pedestrian fatality that occurred in Newark last April. “Over the last several years, we’ve seen a sharp decline in crime rates across Wilmington, thanks in large part to the […]
AG Jennings applauds judge’s ruling blocking Trump Administration from illegally cutting public health research
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that a federal judge has set aside the Trump Administration’s unlawful termination of hundreds of biomedical research grants, declaring the move “illegal” and “void” and condemning evidence of discrimination against the LGBTQ community and racial minorities. The judge sided with a coalition of 16 attorneys general who are […]
DOJ secures lengthy prison sentence for Bear drug dealer who sold fentanyl that caused fatal overdose
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025
A Bear man has been sentenced to prison in Delaware’s first successful homicide conviction against a fentanyl dealer for causing a fatal overdose. On June 10, James G. Watson, 42, was sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison followed by descending levels of probation. The sentencing came after his convictions on charges of […]
Attorney General Kathy Jennings Sues Trump Administration to Keep Machine Gun Devices Out of Delaware
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, June 9, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that she is co-leading a coalition of 15 Attorneys General in suing the Trump Administration, and in particular the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), over its plans to distribute thousands of machinegun conversion devices (MCD) to communities across the United States. ATF’s action involves Forced Reset […]
