Nebraska was set to have a statewide criminal justice diversion program for eligible veterans. Budget troubles delayed its ...

Leaders within San Francisco's criminal justice system were forced this week to confront an ongoing crisis that has left some ...

District Attorney Larry Krasner asked for the public's help in setting the agenda of his third term. Lawyers and advocates ...

Some states keep adding beds in already troubled facilities, while others are trying alternative approaches to detention or ...

SOME PRIVATE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE REFUSING TO TAKE FEDERAL CASES OVER A LACK OF FUNDING. THEY ARE USED WHEN FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THEY’RE PAID TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT. BUT ...

Texas woman will be sentenced Wednesday, after she pleaded guilty to leaving a threatening voicemail for the judge overseeing ...

As the media and the debates made clear, the question of crime, and the perception of crime, took on prominence in the mayoral election. While Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa proposed adding ...

A man accused of killing a Hinds County Sheriff's Office Corrections Sergeant has a significant criminal history. Ladarien ...

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday urged a New York appeals court to overturn Donald Trump’s felony conviction – an ...