AG Jennings’ statement on federal permit to purchase ruling
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 14, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings released the following statement Friday evening after Judge Maryellen Noreika of the District of Delaware denied a gun lobby motion for a preliminary injunction against Delaware’s permit to purchase law—a handgun training and licensing law supported by roughly 70% of Delawareans, including more than 60% of gun owners. I’m grateful to […]
Jennings calls out gun lobby’s inaccurate and deceptive filings
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 7, 2025
More than 200 handgun permits issued since successful launch AG Kathy Jennings responded Friday to spurious claims that the gun lobby made in a deceitful attempt to block the implementation of permit to purchase — a handgun training and licensing law supported by roughly 70% of Delawareans, including more than 60% of gun owners — […]
DOJ secures guilty plea in brutal rape and murder
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 7, 2025
A Dover man has pled guilty to multiple charges including Murder, Rape and Abuse of a Corpse for the 2024 assault and murder of Myeshia Triplett. On November 6, 2025, Kyle Batson, 27, pled guilty to Murder 2nd Degree, Rape 1st Degree, Strangulation, Abuse of a Corpse and Theft of a Motor Vehicle. The plea follows an investigation […]
Delaware successfully blocks illegal cuts to comprehensive sexual health education
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on October 27, 2025 blocking the Trump administration from defunding teen reproductive and sexual health education programs over language that affirms all young peoples’ gender identities. The ruling is the latest in a lawsuit filed by 16 states and the District of Columbia, including Delaware. The states sued […]
DOJ secures life prison sentences for 2022 murder, carjackings
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025
A New Castle woman has been sentenced for her role in a fatal March 2022 crime spree. On October 24, 2025, Brittallia Semaan, 34, was sentenced to a total of 2 life sentences plus 45 years in prison. Semaan had previously been indicted and found Guilty but Mentally Ill on 31 charges, including Murder First […]
