This week, for our regular Money blog What It's Really Like To Be A... feature, we chat to criminal lawyer Richard Atkinson.

Massachusetts' highest court is imposing a legal protocol that could result in hundreds of criminal defendants being set free ...

The lawyers who represent the city’s poorest defendants want to be paid on par with their federal counterparts. They last ...

Criminal records, especially including violent or sex offenses, were identified as a barrier for low-income housing, vouchers or market rentals. A lack of good credit, rental history and references is ...

Whether illegal immigrants collecting $1,000 to leave the country or Proud Boys suing for millions after being pardoned by ...

Supreme Judicial Court Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt is weighing whether to invoke protocol that could lead to the release of criminal defendants who have no lawyers amid a work stoppage.

One practice in Virginia jails that perpetuates the cycle of incarceration is the practice of “Keep Fees” or charging inmates ...

Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.Over 300 practising advocates poured into the Telangana High ...

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what ...

Law enforcement officials in Essex County alert the public about a bail scam targeting the families of those who have been ...

(Reuters) -Boeing and the Justice Department on Wednesday asked a U.S. judge to approve an agreement that allows the company ...

A staggering number of people in Wisconsin prisons have mental illnesses and committed non-violent crimes. A new bill could ...