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

Jury retires in trial of 15-year-old boy accused of murdering student in school - Harvey Willgoose, also 15, was stabbed in ...

Signed by Gov. Jeff Landry last month, HB403 increases penalties to a level that, according to defense attorneys, triggers a defendant’s constitutional right to a jury trial, potentially ...

Alex Murdaugh's attorney claims new evidence of jury tampering by clerk Becky Hill may be grounds for overturning his murder ...

Kamran Hakimi, now 61, was in a crosswalk last August when the sanitation truck struck him. Hakimi had a green light, and the driver made an “unsafe right turn,” according to Hakimi’s attorneys.

Sean Grayson's attorneys withdrew a motion calling out the Massey Commission and public forums being held in Peoria, where his trial will take place.

Jury selection is underway in Walworth County for the trial of Thomas Routt, who is accused of killing newlyweds Gina and Emerson Weingart at the Sports Page Barr in Elkhorn in February 2024.

The jury in Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ sex trafficking trial said Tuesday that it has reached a verdict on four of five counts against the hip-hop mogul and was stuck on the top charge, racketeering ...

Leveson's Independent Review of the Criminal Courts [Photo by Open Government Licence v3.0] These proposals would roll back centuries of struggle for democratic rights. Jury trials began to be ...

Britain must radically reform its criminal justice system, including by removing the right to trial by jury for certain offences, to help tackle a record-high backlog of cases, a government ...

A senior judge recommends a shake-up of the system, but some barristers argue juries are essential for fair justice.