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 ...

Nearly 2.2 million people in Illinois might see eligible criminal records sealed following passage of the "Clean Slate" Act.

WASHINGTON — Chris Klomp says the reason he took the job to lead the Medicare division at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was that he felt guilty about his entrepreneurial pursuits in ...

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 ...

Who's this for? Different industries and enterprises may have different background screening needs — some more complex than ...

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 ...