A class-action lawsuit seeks to end Riverside County's use of a cash bail system to detain people awaiting trial, alleging high death rates and squalid conditions in the county jails.

Crusading against a “broken” bail system, Gov. Kelly Ayotte made it an early legislative priority to overturn several of her predecessor’s reforms. A former prosecutor herself, the governor ...

Attorney General Letitia James released a report on Tuesday proposing a statewide ban on most high-speed police chases, ...