Critics argue schools should not turn to a judicial system that is built to prosecute criminal cases — not help children and ...

Officers fired several shots in the area of the Boston Neck Road Park-and-Ride lot on the night of Friday, Aug. 1, but no one ...

More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to a monthslong shortage of public defenders on strike over ...

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

A father and mother who died on an Arkansas hiking trail were stabbed to death and a 28-year-old schoolteacher has been ...

ICE wants to make immigration enforcement as efficient as FedEx or Amazon. Louisiana was poised for this moment.

Francisco Severo Torres, 34, received a 26-month sentence – the same time he has spent behind bars since the confrontation – and was banned from flying commercially over a five-year period of ...

Seeking higher pay, lawyers for indigent defendants won’t take new clients. As a result, judges must dismiss cases against ...

The Senate has confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge ...

With her high-profile criminal case concluded, Karen Read is now pushing for the return of her personal property, including ...

I just embraced the community. It’s my community. I have my wife here, my two kids went to school here, and I just wanted to ...