The following cases were among those heard Tuesday, Jan. 13, during a circuit court session at the Davison County Public Safety Center, with Judge Chris Giles presiding: * Lindsay Hatwan, 45, of Ethan ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Donald Trump became the first former president with a felony record in American history after he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business documents to cover up the payment of hush money to a ...

Studying a criminal justice system already criticized for being biased against Black people and other marginalized populations, UB law professor Alexandra Harrington has shed light on the extent of ...

Erica Brown covers investigative stories, often on politics, as a multiplatform reporter and producer at CBS News. She previously worked for BBC News and NBC News. Washington — Hunter Biden has been ...

Sex trafficking minors is already a felony under California law, with penalties ranging from five years to a life sentence in prison. California Assembly Bill 379 addresses penalties for solicitation ...

When Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger takes office next month, she will have the chance to make good on her promise to do something about her state’s outdated system of felony disenfranchisement ...

The Vermont Republican Party is prohibited from backing a candidate with a felony conviction, according to the party’s publicly posted rules. That is now a bit of a problem, since the presumptive ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Tati King says he wants to set an example for his grandchildren that it's important to make sure their voices are heard. It's why King, a 54-year-old living in Alexandria, Va., is ...

Dozens of people and organizations sent a letter to Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke on Friday opposing a pilot program that allows Chicago police officers to bypass prosecutors and ...