After a period of relaxed sentencing laws, a tough-on-crime approach is back in political favor in the U.S.

True crime cases dominated the news in 2024, including high-profile murder trials. Defendants like Murdaugh, Syed and Allen gave Americans a better look at the justice system.

The head of a British judicial body that is supposed to help people who have been wrongly convicted resigned over a case of an innocent man who spent 17 years of a life sentence in prison for a violen ...

The Department of Justice found in a newly released report that though the Tulsa Race Massacre was a “systematic” and ...

Between brazen minor offenses like organized shoplifting and a few heavily publicized acts of random violence, it’s little wonder that people are on edge.

There were fewer victims of crime in Prince George’s County in 2024 than in 2023. However, the percentage of youth crimes is ...

That’s the simple and powerful conclusion from former special counsel Jack Smith in his final report on Trump’s effort to ...

Illegal selling of tickets has become a multi-million pound industry in the digital age - but the fightback has started ...

As soon as my hand comes off the Bible, the Kehoe administration will be relentless in our efforts to make Missouri safer,” ...

The case of Kevin Green is an exceptional one among many cases of wrongful conviction. This story best demonstrates how ...

A leader of Japan's Yakuza crime syndicate who tried to sell Iran weapons-grade plutonium has pleaded guilty to charges of ...

Some of the people who will help solve future crimes are finishing their education on a farm in southwestern Wisconsin. On that farm is one of the most unique classrooms in ...