Biden commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 federal offenders who had been serving the remainder of their sentences on home confinement after being released from prison during COVID-19.
If stopping drugs from entering the country is as straightforward as the president-elect implies, why didn't he do it during his first term?
The president-elect's pick for FBI director says he rejects some of the right-wing sect's bizarre beliefs but agrees with "a lot of what the movement says."
Civil rights groups, law enforcement officials, and religious leaders say Biden needs to use his pardon power to fulfill his campaign promises, not just help his son.
Trump's pick to run the FBI has a long list of enemies he plans to "come after," with the legal details to be determined later.
Though he commuted some drug offenders' sentences, Biden never delivered on the rest of his drug reform promises.
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Officer Joseph Gibson now faces felony assault charges.
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"We're gonna come after the people in the media," the Trump stalwart warns. "Whether it's criminally or civilly, we'll figure that out."
Judge O'Connor agrees with the 737 MAX crashes victims' families that the deal's proposed corporate monitor provision "marginalizes" the court and raises other concerns.
Body camera footage shows Pasco County deputies harassing families and threatening them with code violations because one of them was placed on a "prolific offender" list.
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The draconian penalties that Hunter Biden escaped affect many people whose fathers cannot save them.
A class action lawsuit claims Indianapolis law enforcement is using civil asset forfeiture to seize millions in cash from packages routed through a major FedEx hub, without notifying the owners of what crime they're suspected of committing.
Joe Biden says his son did not deserve prison for violating firearm laws that the president vigorously defends and has made more severe.
Biden continues a modern trend of presidents who are stingy with the pardon pen.
With U.S.-supplied weapons and training, Brazil’s militarized police fuel a cycle of violence that claims thousands of lives each year while destabilizing the region.
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A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the infamous Rikers Island jail complex.
David McKnight and Julian Alcala were accused of separate plots to steal sexually explicit photos from women's phones during traffic stops.
In response to charges that he illegally interfered with the 2020 election and improperly retained presidential records, Trump insisted that he was entitled to do whatever he wanted based on preposterous claims.
Criminal prosecution is an inappropriate response to tragedy.
The nomination, which fell apart in record time for predictable reasons, reflected a pattern of impulsiveness that may yet defeat the president-elect's worst instincts.
Lacey can await the resolution of his appeal outside of prison.
Flawed calculations and overlooked benefits show why Trump's immigration plan would be a fiscal disaster for America.
The problems with these test kits are well-known, and there have been hundreds of documented cases of wrongful arrests based on them.
Season three of the In the Dark podcast divulges new details about U.S. Marines' killings of 24 Iraqis in 2005.
The DEA paid one airline employee tens of thousands of dollars to snoop on travel itineraries and flag passengers for searches.
A board employee and a local reporter were arrested on the same bogus charge of divulging nonexistent grand jury secrets.
Amanda Knox falsely confessed to murder after law enforcement subjected her to "psychological torture." Now she wants to stop it from happening to others.
A Canadian Supreme Court case challenges the country's ban on benefiting financially from sex work.
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