Local newspaper publisher Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher were arrested in Atmore, Alabama on October 27 and accused of revealing information about a grand jury investigation related to the Escambia County School Board.
Author: Audrey Nielsen
A man who shot and killed an alleged mugger in Queens returned to court last week on weapons charges after police officers recovered an ‘arsenal’ of illegal firearms from his apartment.
Former President Donald Trump posted multiple times about his expectation he will be indicted this week following an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, and turned on Sunday evening toward the New York Police Department in an all-CAPS post on Truth Social.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in a dissent that a recent case highlights a worrying practice of the U.S. Supreme Court: an uptick in cases remedied through a process called Munsingwear vacatur.
The three men currently serving sentences for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery have asked the courts to reverse their federal convictions for hate crimes.
Officials at the university have issued an apology for using an AI tool to auto-generate an email that attempted to address the recent mass shooting at Michigan State University and comfort students.
A Georgia man has been indicted by a grand jury on five counts for continually identifying himself as a federal agent after attempting to have warrants served against multiple targets.
When cases go cold, loved ones can feel left behind by law enforcement. In this story from THE CITY, reporters look at older homicide cases, their victims and their families.
A number of officials and community advocates testified to New York legislators this year arguing for increased budgets and allocations for a variety of projects. When it comes to public safety and criminal justice, those priorities ran the gamut from expansion of surveillance to funding for legal representation for immigrants.
National crime data is a mess, and last year already-inconsistent agency participation in FBI crime data collection fell by 22 percent. Now, the Council on Criminal Justice is launching a Crime Trends Working Group to try and improve national data reporting and analysis.