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San Jacinto County prosecuted nearly 300 misdemeanor cases in 2023. In this poor region, nestled in the piney woods of East ...

Texas Senate Republicans and one Democrat approved the nomination of a formerly indicted Austin officer to a watchdog agency.

One Senate Democrat joined Republicans, providing the margin needed to approve Justin Berry to the state law-enforcement ...

Despite efforts in places like Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, the prison reform movement largely bypassed Florida ...

Despite the president designating the group as a terrorist organization, almost all of the 37 men flagged by Chicago police ...

Starting in the 2010s, many of the country’s reddest states began enacting serious criminal justice reforms, culminating on ...

Proper ventilation—either through an air-conditioning system or “exhaust and air circulators sufficient to provide a safe and ...

David Batts was not himself when he was arrested, and police and medical experts say he should not have been taken from the hospital to jail.

The Nueces County District Attorney’s Office faces a turnover of attorneys that has made it difficult to prosecute criminal ...

Yolanda Saldívar, serving life in prison for the murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, has been denied parole 30 years after ...

The bill, authored by Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, advanced along party lines and is eligible to be considered in the House. Paxton has maintained that law enforcement and district attorneys will ...