The sheriff's office said jail staff released him due to paperwork showing he had posted bond, apparently not realizing he ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned Tennessee Republican Rep. Diana Harshbarger’s husband, who pleaded guilty more than a decade ago to health care fraud and other crimes and served ...

The union that represents sworn Anchorage Police Department officers said it would cooperate with the investigation in a ...

Ontario Law Society is set to drop its decades-long practice of withholding such information, even in cases involving sex ...

In Texas, which has the second-largest population of immigrants living illegally in the country — with more than 1.6 million of the estimated 13.7 million nationally — the local criminal justice ...

Nearly 15 years ago, after one student-athlete beat another one to death, the University of Virginia intensified its reporting process for students to divulge their arrests and convictions. Had UVa ...

A website that launched last week has drawn attention to the criminal history of Durango School District board candidate Jody ...

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The Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee passed a bill Wednesday to automatically seal records for people convicted of ...

The suspect is facing charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of child sex dolls and child endangerment. Peoria police said Le Beau was employed as a locksmith for the Scottsdale Unified ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court’s office says it will change policies governing public access to criminal records in the coming months. Calcasieu Clerk H. Lynn Jones ...

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