A lawyer representing Mayor Eric Adams said the case “is nothing more than a policy dispute between the City Council and the mayor” and shouldn’t be decided by the courts.

Center for American Progress, along with 13 prominent national organizations representing the political left and right, released a sweeping set of shared principles for criminal justice policy change ...

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has ramped up its biometric surveillance capabilities by dramatically expanding DNA ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has sued New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor over his arrest outside a federal immigration detention ...

A West Virginia prosecutor has said women who hide evidence of their miscarriages could face criminal charges under laws about disposing of a body.

The Menomonee Falls village board voted late last month to move $300,000 from the library to the police budget.

Gwinnett DA Patsy Austin-Gatson strives to ‘end that school-to-prison pipeline’ with community outreach programs.

This time last year, anyone could find detailed data on Chicago’s felony charges online, today none of that is public.

Questionable and illegal police searches resulted in limited discipline for many officers in New York, as the tactic fueled ...

The state's district attorneys and attorney general need to be held accountable for the decisions they make in the course of ...

THE SEARCH FOR AN ESCAPED ARKANSAS INMATE IS INTENSIFYING. IT’S NOW BEEN JUST OVER A WEEK SINCE GRANT HARDIN ESCAPED. THE ...

During criminal investigations, it’s not unusual for police in Maine to seize drugs, guns, and even cash. For example, last ...