In recent years, the criminal defense industry has gone through many changes, such as the growing influence of artificial ...

The American judicial system’s evolution reflects society’s changing values and understanding of fundamental rights. Each era brings new challenges and interpretations that shape the foundation of law ...

President Donald Trump is bending the U.S. justice system to his personal purposes in a way that is unprecedented in American history, prompting significant questions about how a system built on ...

In 2006, George Alvarez was charged with assaulting a prison guard while awaiting trial on public intoxication. He knew he didn’t do it — the guards actually jumped him — but the ten year mandatory ...

Amy Bach, author of the book “Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court,” runs an organization that develops data tools to help communities reshape the criminal justice system. Nearly 20 years ago, ...

In 1987, Ben Spencer, a young black man from Dallas, Texas was convicted in the killing of a white businessman. He was sentenced to life in prison by an all-white jury. There was no physical evidence ...

As an erstwhile drummer, I was drawn to the movie Whiplash, in which an abusive music instructor played by J.K. Simmons pushes his promising drum student nearly over the brink in his pursuit of ...

The age of politicized prosecutions is upon us. No longer such a thing as guilty or not guilty based on the law and the facts. The federal prosecutions of Donald Trump over Jan. 6 and the Mar-a-Lago ...

Bryan Stevenson, the prominent lawyer and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, has blazed a trail representing the poor, wrongly convicted and those on death row. Geoff Bennett sat down ...

WASHINGTON — The National Guard confirms troops in DC have had their orders extended through December. It comes amid a push to shape the District's criminal justice system on Capitol Hill. Right now, ...