Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch criticized the expansion of federal criminal law during remarks on Friday, telling an audience in California that Americans’ liberties are at risk “when there’s a ...

Protests and riots have erupted in Minnesota and across the country since George Floyd’s death. The officer who killed Floyd has been fired and charged, but protesters demand institutional changes.

Four years ago, no one would have believed that the administration of former President Trump would have been defined, in part, by major criminal justice reforms. The bipartisan First Step Act ...

In North Carolina in 2011, Steven Pruner was sentenced to 45 days in the Durham County Sheriff’s custody for selling hot dogs from his food cart outside Duke Hospital without a proper permit. In ...

Fast forward to today, and the number of federal criminal offenses for which people are prosecuted has become so huge that the Congressional Research Service gave up before it could count them all.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order discouraging criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses, in a bid to combat the overcriminalization of federal ...

The ACLU, the Cato Institute and Grass Roots NC argued that it is unconstitutional to forbid felons from possessing firearms.

Jacksonville, Florida is getting a new $350 million courthouse. If they can pass the fire inspection, that is: Courthouse-builder Turner Construction has made progress adjusting fire controls, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That disagreement, revealed in an email chain that Sunseri's lawyers obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, raises ...

A congressional subcommittee is calling the prosecution of a trail runner in Grand Teton National Park “overcriminalization,” according to a recent letter sent to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the ...