A K5 robot used by the New York City Police Department in the Times Square subway station in 2023. Credit - Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images Can AI be used to make the criminal justice system more ...

Charged with killing his wife last year, a Mount Haley Township man seeks a judge to determine if his statements to deputies were voluntary or not. Timothy Rivard, 64, is charged with homicide open ...

About 3 miles from the west suburban immigration processing center that has become a flashpoint for protests in recent weeks, a Cook County judge sat across from a woman who had been arrested there ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. There are 102 petitions and ...

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday in favor of expanding the review process for police officers accused of using excessive force to include the circumstances that led up to the incident, ...

When North Carolina legalized smokable hemp in 2018, police and prosecutors spoke frequently and clearly about their biggest fear: It would effectively legalize marijuana in North Carolina, they said, ...

Officials are sorting through a chain of events on Saturday that started with a fatal shooting on West Washington Avenue and ended with police shooting the suspect later that evening downtown. The ...

Can AI be used to make the criminal justice system more fair and efficient, or will it only reinforce harmful biases? Experts say that it has so far been deployed in worrying ways—but that there is ...