Sheriffs' Offices Have More Than Doubled in Size Since 1993
For better or worse, the role of U.S. sheriffs' offices has been expanding and getting more complex.
For better or worse, the role of U.S. sheriffs' offices has been expanding and getting more complex.
Bloody video shows the dying Philando Castile, as his girlfriend records and the police take her into custody.
That amounts to one in every 20 death sentences since the death penalty was reinstated 40 years ago.
Voters will have 16 other issues to consider Election Day.
Fourteen "attractive girls" have gone missing from the Bronx since July 2014, said Councilman Andy King, and he suspects the worst. There's just one problem...
Sterling had been selling CDs outside a supermarket; police had responded to a call that a man matching his description had pointed a gun.
Why did the FBI recommend against prosecuting her for gross negligence in handling classified material?
Justice requires mens rea reform, even if it helps the guilty.
Intent matters, but sometimes only when authorities decide it does, like if it turns out you're Hillary Clinton.
Detailed policy leaves much to the discretion of "reasonable" officers.
Black Lives Matter's Campaign Zero project releases new analysis of contracts and police bills of rights.
Justice Sotomayor emerges as an outspoken Fourth Amendment defender.
The 1994 crime bill is a classic study in Clintonian triangulation.
One private investigator takes on the justice system.
The deputy, who is also a city councilman, owns a private ambulance company currently engaged in a lawsuit with the employer of the driver he detained.
Sorry prisoners-you'll have to wait for the finger-pointing to stop.
The DOJ starts to retroactively apply new guidelines for structuring-related forfeitures.
A little-known rule lets feds steal money from people who haven't been convicted-or even accused-of a crime.
"Buying a teen for sex is child abuse," warned Oakland city billboards as its police force passed around a teenager for sex.
The city has spent nearly $2 million on leave pay plus legal costs.
States like Illinois bar ex-cons from entering dozens of professions, from architect to slaughtered livestock buyer.