A bill boosting local prosecutors salaries is discussed in the Senate. A House lawmaker proposes an overhaul to the property ...

The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration is gutting the agency as a way to implement an unlawful plan to dismantle the ...

"Child abuse has been on the radar for so many years but now we have more expansive training on what torture looks like." ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit ...

A legal change could help make schools safer for children in 2025. In December, the National Council of the Public Prosecutor ...

Less than one week after former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy announced plans to prove his innocence in his 2006 conviction, the man he's charged with bribing is speaking out in support.

A federal jury in Chicago on Monday awarded $120 million in damages to two wrongfully convicted men who spent more than 15 years in prison.

Dean William Treanor said Acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin's threat to blacklist students if the school didn't stop teaching ...

A Wisconsin judge on Thursday refused to block a psychiatric hospital from releasing a woman who stabbed her sixth-grade ...

A former executive of a Chicagoland non-profit has pleaded guilty to her role in an alleged fraud scheme that resulted in $1.8 million in losses for the Illinois Department of Education.

Prosecutors defend the plea deals, citing a successful rehabilitation program. Lawmakers criticize the perceived leniency and question the law's effectiveness.

An FBI forensic accountant testified Tuesday that Aimee Bock cashed in on the fraud scheme by soliciting donations from her site operators.