Roughly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders nationwide received a grant of executive clemency in January, including 10 people in ...

This article discusses the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act. "When coupled with the False Claims Act (FCA), the AKS turns into a potent civil enforcement tool that carries many of the ...

State of the Judiciary address given yesterday by the chief judge of New York’s highest court, Rowan Wilson, is usually a ...

Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against ...

New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, at his State of the Judiciary address, shared the podium with the head of corrections and ...

Contraband in prison and the costs of enforcing the rules is costing the Bureau of Prisons millions. A better solution may be ...

Dayvon Love, public policy director for the Baltimore-based think tank, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, argues against the opposition to the Second Look Act, emphasizing the need to address mass ...

A new law allows courts to impose lesser sentences if it can be determined the defendant was a victim of domestic violence at ...

Back in the UK, removing stones from public beaches can result in fines up to £1,000 under the Coastal Protection Act of 1949 ...

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled a nationwide ban on handgun sales to young adults is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found a ...

YOLO COUNTY — The family of a twice-convicted child molester believes the California law that has now freed ... and would be sent back to prison for a second time. "I remember feeling shocked ...

Deborah Haskins’ son, Joseph, was shot and killed in Baltimore City in 2013. A year later, her nephew, Rueben, was killed in Baltimore County. But Haskins said she believes in second chances for ...