A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local authorities from cooperating with the deportation effort are “exacerbating” a ...

Before he was 15 years old, Adam Griego witnessed two suicide attempts by his mother and dealt with an alcoholic father. That's part of the reason he's now involved in an advocacy coalition pushing ...

Last year, Sallamondra Robinson, Shanquella's mother, said they had waited long enough for justice ... The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages to address the "profound emotional ...

“The scales of justice will be rebalanced,” Mr. Trump said near the start of his Inaugural Address. “The vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our ...

But researchers have generally found that aggressively punitive approaches do little to solve the underlying problem of substance abuse. “People are using drugs because they’re having issues in their ...

Earlier this month, the Justice Department released an official, comprehensive report on the attack, the first of its kind. Months before, the city of Tulsa created the Beyond Apology Commission ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A jury found that CNN committed defamation against U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young and is responsible for punitive damages on Friday after more than eight hours of deliberation.

The truancy court, which is not punitive, looks to provide students and families of students who are chronically absent with support and resources to re-engage with school, such as mental health ...

In a dark coincidence, the researchers point to California's current catastrophe as a timely example of their recently published findings. "In that publication, fairly incredibly, we use the example ...