Eight out of 12 cases sent to the Court of Appeal have resulted in controversial IPP and DPP jail terms being quashed, ...

The Marshall Project reports on Supreme Court rulings that weakened universal injunctions, impacting immigration laws while ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Please ...

The former Hot Spring County sheriff embroiled in multiple federal criminal cases pleaded guilty on Tuesday to misdemeanor ...

Although a "grossly disproportionate" prison sentence would be unconstitutional, the Court said in the 1991 case Harmelin v. Michigan, that description applies only in "extreme cases." How extreme?

Authorities suspect that Job Zambrano, like the other two defendants in an Ossining burglary, has fled the country.

To the extent that criminal cases get heard by the high court, the justices will be asked to make decisions about issues like the constitutional rights of people accused of crimes or whether ...

India's age of consent is being challenged in court, renewing conversations around the criminalisation of teen sex.

The fourth is a plea by information. If this happens, the defendant moves to sentencing by a criminal court judge. After a criminal court arraignment and a series of motions, the case could result ...

LITTLE VALLEY – A Delevan man waived grand jury action and pleaded guilty Monday before Cattaraugus County Judge Ronald D. Ploetz to a reduced charge of third-degree assault for shooting ...