It seems like only yesterday that criminal justice reform was in vogue. Progressives were being elected as prosecutors. Laws were passed to relieve prison overcrowding and divert offenders from the ...

A pair of handcuffs poking through prison bars. Most bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice system failed in the session, though advocates were encouraged by the progress of some proposals.

As a former prosecutor, Harris should understand that the executive branch has tremendous power to work to end mass incarceration, abolish the death penalty, and stop unlawful racial profiling. If ...

Bills to charge more shoplifting offenses as felonies and mandate lenient prison sentences for domestic violence survivors are in limbo with three weeks to go in the legislative session, but several ...

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned for president in 2016 in part by styling himself as a tough-on-crime contender who, if elected, would institute a national anti-crime agenda, crack down on ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the Clean Slate Act, allowing individuals’ criminal records to be automatically sealed after several years. New York was the 12th state to enact such a law. (Photo: ...

"People do have a right to celebrate a guilty verdict," said activist Katherin Hervey. "However, our calls for extremely hard sentencing are really just doing more violence." ...

“This is the first step, but there’s going to be a second, and third, and possibly a fourth. It’s a great subject,” Trump said. Seven years later, Trump remains steadfast in his support of the act, ...

Last week, the National Policing Institute, in cooperation with the Department of Justice division on Community Oriented Policing Services, issued guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies ...

BRATISLAVA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Thousands of Slovaks protested on Wednesday in the latest of a string of rallies against plans by Prime Minister Robert Fico's government to lower punishments for ...

Dec 14 (Reuters) - A Slovak parliament vote on criminal law amendments, which are raising concerns in the European Union's executive, could shift into the new year as lawmakers are focused on budget ...

The Slovak parliament approved reforms calling for the eradication of a special prosecution branch dealing with high-level crimes in the country, as well as the lowering of punishments for financial ...