How Hunter Biden's Plea Deal Fell Apart
A federal judge objected to two aspects of the agreement that seemed designed to shield Biden from the possibility that his father will lose reelection next year.
A federal judge objected to two aspects of the agreement that seemed designed to shield Biden from the possibility that his father will lose reelection next year.
Brooke Jenkins took office one year ago this week promising more prosecution for drug and property crime offenders. Crime and overdoses still went up.
Donald Trump commuted Philip Esformes' sentence, but the Justice Department is bent on sending him back to prison.
At a recent congressional hearing, Republicans and Democrats sparred over clemency. But they share more common ground than they'd like to admit.
The government appears to agree that Charles Foehner shot a man in self-defense. He may spend decades behind bars anyway.
Joseph Zamora spent nearly two years in prison after being convicted of assaulting police officers. The Washington Supreme Court overturned his conviction, but local prosecutors want to charge him again to show him the "improperness of his behavior."
Author Leigh Goodmark's end goals of abolishing prisons and defunding police are hard to swallow.
The serial fabulist is accused of wire fraud and lying to Congress.
Prosecutors dropped the case after interviewing 35 witnesses who contradicted the accuser.
A jury convicted members of the Proud Boys without evidence of an explicit plot, let alone one that most of the rioters were trying to execute.
Meg Garvin, John Yoo, and I argue to the California Supreme Court that L.A. District Attorney George Gascon is not free to ignore the commands of California's Three Strikes Law.
The case against the former president is both morally dubious and legally shaky.
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Headlines about the 34 alleged felonies seem to have obscured newly revealed information about the weakness of the charges.
Philip Esformes' case is a story about what happens when the government violates some of its most basic promises.
The continuing ambiguity reflects the legal challenges that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg faces in transforming one hush payment into 34 felonies.
Lakeith Smith's case epitomizes the issues with the "felony murder" doctrine.
Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump has put the once-obscure position of district attorney into the national spotlight.
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The case hinges on the claim that the former president tried to cover up a campaign finance violation with which he was never charged.
The Institute for Justice says Robert Reeves' First Amendment rights were violated when prosecutors filed and refiled baseless felony charges against him after he sued to get his car back.
One guy with gambling debts is a news story, but a formal policy of legalized theft is a national scandal.
Bradley Bass' case in Colorado says a lot about just how powerful prosecutors are.
After a tragic on-set accident, a district attorney used a law passed after the incident to threaten Baldwin with years in jail.
A plan to put 25 inmates to death over two years is reconsidered.
The actor is a polarizing figure. That shouldn't matter when evaluating the criminal case against him.
"In short, the controlling motivations for the suspension were the interest in bringing down a reform prosecutor," the judge wrote.
The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.
The underwhelming vice presidency of an unpopular former prosecutor has created a succession problem for the Democrats.
While rising crime created headwinds for candidates who supported criminal justice reform, the apocalyptic storm never quite arrived.
The governor and attorney general say they’ll appeal to the state Supreme Court.
By giving powerful law enforcement officials absolute immunity from civil liability, the Supreme Court leaves their victims with no recourse.
Bradley Bass is facing 12 years in prison, despite the fact that he was doing his job as a school administrator.
Alvin Bragg has finally moved to stop prosecuting Tracy McCarter for murder.
If it comes down to a party-line vote, Republicans don't have enough seats in the state Senate to remove Krasner from office.
In the event of prosecution, jury nullification allows regular people to exercise a veto over the power of the state.
Apocalyptic attack ads about crime failed to drive a red wave, and criminal justice reform candidates were still successful in several local races around the country.
In her short, yet searing dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argues that the court should have granted the petition of an Ohio man sentenced to death after prosecutors hid a key witness' severe intellectual disability from jurors.
Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.
Convincing evidence of his innocence has been available for years. But the criminal legal system prioritizes procedure and bureaucracy over liberty.
A state senator joins several local officials in federal indictments for taking bribes in exchange for contracts.