Ending Fees and Fines for Juvenile Offenders is Best for Rehabilitation
A former chief judge of Delaware's Family Court argues that imposing fines and fees on juvenile offenders undermines their potential to become productive, law-abiding adults.
A former chief judge of Delaware's Family Court argues that imposing fines and fees on juvenile offenders undermines their potential to become productive, law-abiding adults.
A lawsuit from the Institute for Justice claims the law violates the Louisiana Constitution.
The judicially approved Brookline ban reflects a broader trend among progressives who should know better.
During a congressional hearing, the former special counsel caught flak from Democrats outraged by his legally mitigating but politically damaging portrayal of the president.
The Circuit concludes that the district court appropriately sanctioned the D.A.'s Office for making misleading statements about whether it had conferred with a crime victim's family.
Employing an 18- to 20-year-old at an adult venue could mean 15 years in prison, even if the young person used a fake ID.
The president has not expunged marijuana records or decriminalized possession, which in any case would fall far short of the legalization that voters want.
The total appropriations package would cut $200 billion over 10 years, as the national debt expands by $20 trillion.
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The legal victory has been attributed to a 2020 law banning qualified immunity for police in Colorado.
Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina, who promised to "get to the bottom of this," is himself the subject of an internal investigation after broadsiding a car last month.
Charlie Lynch’s ordeal is a vivid reminder of a senseless prohibition policy that persists thanks to political inertia.
There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents an inmate from winning the presidency.
The reversal of a landmark reform was driven by unrealistic expectations and unproven assertions.
It can certainly be true that Peter Cichuniec made an egregious professional misjudgment. And it can also be true that punishing him criminally makes little sense.
Virginia’s barrier crime law limits employment prospects for ex-offenders, who often find their way back into the penal system when they can’t find work.
There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents an inmate from winning the presidency.
The "data that exist for this year show consistent declines in major crimes in major cities."
Rather than destruction of property, Wendell Goney was convicted of possession of a firearm as a felon.
A federal judge ruled that three men who committed nonviolent felonies decades ago are entitled to buy, own, and possess guns.
"Nobody's ever reported that to me," Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said after his deputies admitted to brutalizing innocent people.
Several justices seemed troubled by an ATF rule that purports to ban bump stocks by reinterpreting the federal definition of machine guns.
Even though police found no signs of drugs or other contraband, Holly Elish was strip-searched by Pennsylvania police officers.
Mississippi's prisons are falling apart, run by gangs, and riddled with sexual assaults, a Justice Department report says.
El Salvador stands at a crossroads between popular sentiment and adherence to constitutional principles.
Criminal justice advocates say the evidence doesn't back up Republicans' claims that Louisiana's landmark 2017 reforms are to blame for violent crime.
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The Secret Service’s strange reaction to the U.S. airman who lit himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy.
His lawyers assert presidential immunity and discretion, criticize an "unconstitutionally vague" statute, and question the special counsel's legal status.
Third-grader Quantavious Eason was arrested and charged as a "child in need of services" after being caught peeing behind his mother's car.
An escalation in the war between people who publish secrets and those who seek to keep them.
The scandal has resulted in the dismissal of some 200 DWI cases, an internal probe, and an FBI investigation.
Philip Esformes was sentenced for charges on which a jury hung. After receiving a commutation, the federal government vowed to try to put him back in prison.
Amid fear of rising crime, let's take a careful and deliberate approach—lest innocent people lose their rights and property.
Don’t let culture war politics overwhelm a commitment to the facts.
The measure, which will be on the March 5 ballot, would greatly expand the SFPD's power while subjecting it to even less scrutiny.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker cited the Bible to explain why.
The dangers inherent in targeting criminals-to-be have yet to be addressed.
Neither Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg nor New York Attorney General Letitia James can explain exactly who was victimized by the dishonesty they cite.
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According to a new lawsuit, NYC's child protection agency almost never obtained warrants when it searched over 50,000 family homes during abuse and neglect investigations.