In 2016, Marchell Taylor lay in his windowless, six-by-eight cell in the Denver County Jail. Only 36 days after being ...

The law creates an automatic process for sealing some convictions once a person has completed his sentence and stayed out of ...

An NYU Law report found that people of color are 32% less likely than white individuals to receive an early release from a ...

Rep. Mark White, one of several Memphis lawmakers who helped pass the law, says Tennessee might need to go “too far to one ...

Texas’ two-court system, consisting of the Texas Supreme Court for civil cases and the Court of Criminal Appeals for criminal ...

President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter’s criminal convictions is a gift to President-elect Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 ...

Beginning in January, teens can receive a juvenile disposition and adult sentence for the same crime. Some judges have said ...

The previous removal of automatic prosecution in adult court was seen as a way to help more young people avoid public, ...

Last Monday, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed motions to dismiss the two pending criminal cases against Donald Trump — the ...

The White House defended President Biden's May social media post that "no one is above the law" following Biden pardoning his son, Hunter Biden.

Going into effect on Dec. 1, the amendment to North Carolina's Raise the Age Law will treat 16-and-17-year-olds as adults if ...

A criminal justice system transformed with a goal of keeping as few people in jail or prison as possible, for as short a time ...