An Idaho man who falsely confessed to a 1996 rape and murder is expected to have his name cleared on Wednesday.

A series of policy changes has failed to reduce the ever-growing backlog of cases waiting to be resolved.

Lawmakers cut criminal sentences; some DAs push back using plea deals.

A new study adds to the debate over racial bias in risk assessment tools widely used in courtrooms.

“Whatever would come of this, they wouldn’t expel me or anything,” said a 17-year-old reporter. “I’m just presenting the facts.”

About 750 federal inmates will be transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody starting in mid-July.

The House bill does something unprecedented: It blocks immigrants from citizenship based on their juvenile records.

Craig Hicks' broad hatred of non-white people lay behind the 2015 crime.

For the Muslim community in North Carolina, motive matters in 2015 student shootings.

In Maine and Vermont, low literacy rates and little access to information means many inmates don’t exercise their right to cast ballots.