Gavin Newsom’s refusal to let Kennedy’s 77-year-old killer die at home after a half-century behind bars is nothing more than a cynical political stunt.

Like other progressive prosecutors, Alvin Bragg is trying to acknowledge that prison time doesn’t fight crime.

Judges have been relatively merciful in punishing the first tranche of Capitol rioters, with good reason.

Working as a police informant can be deadly—and people with a history of drug use are at extra risk of relapse or overdose.

Each night, volunteers spread out through courtrooms to try to keep judges honest.

As Kyle Rittenhouse walks free, Black people sit in prison for resisting the deadly conditions of their lives.

India Walton won the Democratic primary fair and square. Then the man she beat teamed up with the party establishment—and Republican donors—to take her down.

After decades in operation, Crime Stoppers’ role in shaping policy and public perception on criminal justice has received little scrutiny.

Voters in Western New York have the chance to issue a strong statement about the dire conditions in American jails.

Thousands of incarcerated people went home early thanks to a Covid relief program. Why would the Biden administration send them back to prison?

Bill de Blasio and the correctional officers’ union say the crisis at Rikers Island is about understaffing. But no number of guards will solve the underlying problems with the jail.

Trump was not charged in the indictments handed down by the Manhattan district attorney, but his legal and financial perils still continue to mount.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to spring the serial rapist from his sentence is an absolute farce.

An uptick in homicides across the country is getting blamed on reforms. That argument gets the data all wrong.

An impenetrable web of statistics is being used to deflect criticisms and reshape the media narrative around policing.

His recent ruling shreds a precedent that offered criminal defendants a chance to challenge unjust sentences—and reveals how the court’s conservative bloc has no boundaries.

“I’m going to charge them with whatever felonies I can to take away their ability to vote.”

Frank G. Jackson rose to power in Cleveland as a champion of the people. But a lawsuit says he has used his influence to protect his family from the law.

The high court’s irreconcilable conflict over the sentencing of young criminals is a product of the mess the former justice left behind.

Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke are eminently qualified for senior positions in the Justice Department. So why are Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton painting these two nonwhite women as radicals?