A demonstrator places a sign on the anti-scaling fence outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 5, 2022, in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the ...

The nation’s first Opioid Intervention Court (OIC) was established in Buffalo in 2017 after — in a single week — three traditional drug-treatment court defendants fatally overdosed on opioids before ...

It’s a widely accepted belief that the legal system will almost never hold police officers accountable for their actions, and now, a recent study has provided the numbers to back that claim. An ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parents who experience domestic and intimate partner violence are more likely to have decision-making power for their children, ...

A new report from the Superior Court of Los Angeles County shows that replacing money bail with individualized risk assessments has improved public safety one year after implementation, according to ...

A bipartisan commission tasked by the White House with exploring possible Supreme Court reforms voted unanimously Tuesday to submit the group’s final report to President Biden. The 34-member group ...

Texas is chasing its tail when it comes to collecting court fees and fines, a new study says. And that inefficiency wastes courts' time and money – and keeps poor defendants in a cycle of poverty. The ...

President Biden is "committed" to following through on his campaign pledge of forming a bipartisan commission to study Supreme Court reforms, the White House said Wednesday. Biden said in October he'd ...

Participants in Spokane's Community Court — an alternative court model where defendants accused of low-level misdemeanors are connected with services instead of jails — are less likely to reoffend, ...