Legislation giving people serving prison sentences of at least 20 years for crimes they committed when they were between 18 and 25 is headed to Gov. Wes Moore’s desk after an emotional debate.

A veteran of law enforcement urges support for the Second Look Act, the Earned Time Act and the Marvin Mayfield Act.

A bill to allow select incarcerated individuals serving lengthy prison sentences to have early release hearings before a ...

The amendment slightly complicates passage of the bill, called the Second Look Act, which will now return to the House of ...

The Maryland House passed a bill that would permit people incarcerated for crimes committed decades ago to petition for a ...

A bill to allow select incarcerated individuals serving lengthy prison sentences to have early release hearings before a judge is inching closer to passage in the General Assembly, which adjourns ...

The Senate should take a hard second look at House Bill 853 and vote resoundingly “no” on its passage. If the members of the ...

Georgia lawmakers are advancing legislation to reform the First Offender Act, aiming to improve job and housing opportunities by sealing criminal records earlier.

An Senate committee approved a bill Monday, March 31, 2025 that would impose harsher penalties on undocumented migrants who commit “serious felony” crimes “involving violence” in the state.

Five years since New York's Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act was signed into law, it has had life-changing effects for the people it was designed to protect, writes former Appellate Division, ...

The Trump administration has invoked a “state secrets privilege” and refused to give a federal judge any additional ...