The legislation would make it easier to try juveniles as adults and set strict requirements for how long inmates must be imprisoned before they're eligible for parole.

David Scheffer grew up in Oklahoma, always interested in the world far outside his home. His curiosity and “fill the gap” ethos led him to forge several war crimes tribunals to seek justice for global ...

(The Hague) – Libyan authorities should urgently surrender Osama Elmasry Njeem to the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he is wanted for serious crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...

Legislation that would allow state judges to defer criminal convictions without the prosecution’s agreement is sailing ...

Federal grand juries indict tens of thousands of people per year in the United States. Several times in the past year, however, they have made headlines for not indicting people the Trump ...

Texas voters will decide several high profile statewide judicial contests in 2026, including seats on the Texas Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the newly created 15th Court of Appeals ...

The Justice Department is moving to toss out its case against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who was jailed for declining ...

Murder, rape and bribery are all crimes that everyone understands; what is meant by conspiracy is less obvious. ‘Lately, this age-old crime has become one that district attorneys find themselves ...

Kathleen Hartnett, the attorney for a transgender student-athlete, was unable to define what a woman is when questioned by Justice Samuel Alito during Supreme Court oral arguments on Tuesday over ...