Dropping poison in a drink. Serving food gone dangerously bad. Or, hiring hitmen to take out a foe.  Are those violent crimes ...

Bay Area voters sent a clear message in last week's election, ousting the mayors of San Francisco and Oakland and rejecting a ...

California voters passed a tough-on-crime ballot measure and ousted progressive prosecutors, signaling a shift in attitudes ...

Targeting crime was a central part of the Trump campaign’s message, but some left-leaning prosecutors and measures survived a ...

Voters rolled back reform by passing Proposition 36 and ousting progressive prosecutors in L.A. and the Bay Area. But we ...

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Sarah Stewart told lawmakers and state leaders Tuesday that courts can do more to ...

About the changes in juvenile justice laws that took effect Friday, some prosecutors, defense attorneys and justice reform ...

A widely popular tough-on-crime ballot measure, the ouster of LA’s liberal district attorney and early leads for recall efforts in Oakland show a continued rightward shift over public safety concerns.

Two initiatives on November’s ballot aim to shift California’s policies on criminal justice, but with each in a different ...

Though crime and criminal justice policy are central issues in many elections, that’s not true in 2024. Surveys show that relatively few American voters rank crime as their most important concern.

Much true crime of the past takes particularly shocking crimes and ... might feed our curiosity, he says, we run the risk of ...

From reproductive rights to border enforcement and marijuana legalization, voters across the nation will weigh in on criminal ...