Under a proposed State Department policy, U.S. passport applicants would have to affirm that they are "not required to ...

Within the arena of sports, the interplay between organized crime and hooliganism has increasingly become a point of concern.

A bill with wide bipartisan support could make a second category of job exempt from jury duty in California. The California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 387 on to the Senate with a ...

Groups that support survivors of domestic and sexual violence are asking lawmakers to approve controversial changes to the ...

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes custody determinations on a case-by-case basis—so what does that mean for criminal prosecutions?

A proposed law in Illinois would automate record-sealing and make it easier for people with nonviolent records to land work.

We’ve seen one law enforcement officer after another admit to breaking the law in exchange for money, all part of a long-running DWI corruption scandal. Civil ...

A central Iowa lawyer, with his license already suspended for misconduct, has been publicly reprimanded for telling a woman’s ...

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he was "responsible" as the International Criminal Court took him into custody Wednesday to face charges of crimes against humanity over his war on ...

Karen Read's second murder trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection next month, and attorneys are debating the ...

A basic precept of American criminal justice is the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. Despite the constant and historic struggle to uphold this principle, it is nevertheless a staple ...