During the current Mississippi legislative session, which runs from Jan. 7 through April 6, lawmakers will consider a raft of bills that could become law and impact prisons and jails, courts, policing ...

Hagan Scotten told Justice Department officials that he would not be party to a political prosecution. He was the latest in ...

A crisis at the department over the Eric Adams case is an early test of the criminal justice system’s resilience against a ...

The Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council has adopted a new three-year strategic plan focusing on how to ...

The Innocence Project used to track all DNA exonerations throughout the country. An exoneration clears a convicted person of ...

President Donald Trump should look to Florida and Virginia for a model of good criminal justice reform policies.

New York’s top judge on Monday urged reforms to the criminal justice system to reduce over-incarceration in the state and ...

The discussion of criminal justice reform in the U.S. reaches beyond political party lines, with many advocating for change ...

In addition to studying the foundations of the criminal justice system, students analyze systemic issues such as addiction, race, gender, and violence to understand the social and economic roots of ...

“It will return us to a time when people languished in jail before trial,” the Bronx Defenders said of Hochul’s plan, “forced ...

New York’s top judge on Monday called on lawmakers and judges to enact major sentencing reforms to address a criminal justice ...

In this sketch, D. John Sauer argues before the US Supreme Court over whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Trump has nominated ...