SILICON VALLEY IS KNOWN for technological innovation, but its jails are running on paper — and it’s fueling a public safety crisis. Santa Clara County is ...

The federal judiciary is requesting a nearly 10% increase in its budget for the next fiscal year, with two of its largest ...

The order is the latest salvo from the Oregon bench as the state continues to struggle to ensure people accused of crimes have attorneys.

RICHMOND defender Noah Balta has apologised to his victim after he was handed a night-time curfew and an alcohol ban as part ...

Prosecutors on Monday afternoon asked a Criminal Court jury to sentence Darryl Roberts to pre-meditated first-degree murder ...

About 35% of the county's jail releases happen between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., according to the report. Alameda and San Mateo counties' late-night jail releases are at 10% and Contra Costa at 17%. The ...

When Elisabeth Pollock took over as the Champaign County public defender in 2022, one of her team’s attorneys was handling 500 cases by herself in a courtroom that should have been staffed by at least ...