PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers are once again weighing a proposal that would allow people serving long sentences to ask a judge for a “second look” at...
If someone commits a crime, one basic goal of investigators and the court is to find out why — and learn what factors controlled the situation....
Gov. Ned Lamont’s pick to lead Connecticut’s prison oversight effort failed to secure a favorable vote out of the legislature’s Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee on...
Gov. Jeff Landry has been clear about everything in his criminal justice package — except how much his proposals could ultimately cost Louisiana taxpayers. At the...
(The Center Square) – The debate around crime and punishment continues in Illinois. Late last month, state Rep. Justin Slaughter, D-Chicago, filed House Bill 4603 that would prohibit...
In October 2019, Jessica Logan’s 19-month-old son died. Less than two weeks later, police and an investigator from the state’s Department of Child and Family Services...
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A migrant family from Peru walks on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande on May 12, 2023 after crossing the river shortly after Title 42...
The North Carolina Supreme Court published a ruling Friday that a Black man on death row should not be given a new trial despite that he’d...
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Criminal justice statewide may see a change in the outcome’s adults between the ages of 18 and 25 experience. On Thursday,...
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