Arrests and crime are down amid cops’ protest of the firing of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who killed Eric Garner.

Two states are asking the justices to retain a rule from America's racist past for the sake of convenience.

Arizona Senator Martha McSally wants to try people like the El Paso gunman as terrorists, but her proposal ripens the possibility of prosecutorial abuse.

The Manhattan District Attorney has had a long run, but his role in recent high-profile cases may bring unexpected change to a very powerful place.

The U.S. criminal legal system protected him for years—and then it failed him, just as it has failed countless people of color who are put behind bars.

"Felony murder" laws across America are being used to charge juveniles with crimes they didn't commit.

There's a gerrymandering problem that Democrats aren't talking about.

Biden seems to believe that everything in America was rosy until Trump took office, and he's offering himself as a time machine.

As Queens' district attorney, she would work to dismantle the devastating power of her office.

The Justice has always shown a disregard for precedent, but with a shift in Supreme Court personnel, undoing progress could be the law of the land.

New York could become the first state to decriminalize prostitution. TNR got an exclusive first look at the new bill.

Nevada Democrats won full control of the state legislature and governorship last year. Here's what they did with that power.

An unorthodox strategy to mask his flaws will only end up emphasizing them.

What the disparate reactions to Manafort's sentence and California's death penalty ban reveal about our broken system.

The case of Johnny Lee Gates shows the unconscionable legal hurdles facing the wrongly convicted.

A federal appeals court has ruled that prosecutors can withhold evidence that may prove defendants innocent before they plead guilty.

How the “supervised release” program pulls tens of thousands of former inmates back into prison without a fair trial

Many whites see the police as a tool to enforce a certain racial order.

How Kanye's ignorant comments fortify the most pernicious lies of white supremacy.