Advocates decry court’s shift to using teleconferencing for hearings.

In the Berkshire County DA race, the establishment is resorting to extreme measures to ensure it maintains power and avoids change.

As anticipated, district attorney finds no misconduct in raid that led to Yang Song’s fatal fall.

As voters begin to realize that prosecutors in the world’s most incarcerated nation may not be the best people to run the government, the era of the prosecutor politician could be on its way out.  

Years after two landmark Supreme Court rulings, prosecutors in Louisiana are still overwhelmingly seeking life sentences for children.

As worthy cases for clemency from Cyntoia Brown to Calvin Bryant mount in Tennessee, advocates decry the fact that a Tennessee governor hasn’t commuted a prison sentence since 2011.

Public defenders say immigrants arrested under Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy are being denied their due process rights.

The DOJ just gave $1 million to the New Orleans DA for rape kit testing, but advocates question whether real change can come to an office fighting allegations that it threatens, intimidates and jails rape and domestic violence victims.

Walliris Velez thought the worst was behind her after she was slashed in a subway car, but then came an arrest and an attempted murder charge by the Bronx DA.

Across the state, most incumbents successfully fended off progressive challengers during the June 5 primary.

At a Pennsylvania school, an 18-year-old female student was arrested for a consensual sexual act with a 16-year-old boy.

As part of International Whores’ Day, hundreds gathered in New York City to protest new anti-sex work laws.

By charging shoplifters with felonies, Jeff Reisig is circumventing Prop 47, intended to reduce CA prison populations.

But their push to unseat judges is drawing backlash from a surprising source—fellow Democrats.

In the era of #MeToo, can we hold law enforcement officials accountable?

To reform the justice system, look to prosecutors.

Public defenders say the problem has disastrous effects on their clients’ cases.

Brian Solano spent over two years on Rikers Island before a potentially exonerating NYPD video interview was disclosed to his defense attorney. But that video is now being excluded from his June trial.

“It’s illegal to stand still, it’s illegal to sit down, it’s illegal to lay down, it’s illegal to eat,” said Paul Boden, executive director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project. “You’re breaking the law as soon as you stop walking.”