Texas agencies are warning state leaders that a mandatory budget cut to help pay for property tax changes next year will cost ...

Naomi Long said she had been "concerned for some time about potential inequalities between defendants and complainants" ...

"Mass incarceration is ending" because of extraordinarily low rates of arrest for younger generations, researchers argue.

Groups including the New York Civil Liberties Union have taken issue with the department’s use of surveillance technology ...

New data shows relatively low reconviction rates among 18-year-olds handled in family court as the state weighs expanding the ...

The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might ...

Christopher Watler will lead the Board of Correction’s oversight of Rikers Island at a time of major change – and continued ...

As Californians begin casting ballots, Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton offer sharply different visions for the state's future ...

How do innocent people reach a breaking point and confess to crimes they didn’t commit? And how can they eventually get ...

There is also a compelling economic case for investing in legal assistance to support the new Parole Board. International research has demonstrated the cost benefits of providing ...

The UK government has axed plans for a new tier of judge-only criminal trials, but lengthy fraud cases could still be decided ...

The relationship that existed between the police and the colonial administration has continued in the modern Indian State, ...