Plea bargains. Bench trials. Pleading the Fifth. Law students—and anyone who has seen Law and Order—will recognize these as familiar features of the US criminal justice system. But, as Emma Kaufman ...

The Milwaukee Police Department updated its policy on identity-concealing face coverings. The Common Council hopes to enact a similar policy for federal agents as part of its "ICE Out" strategy.

“They’re suing us for being critics. Not defamation. Not harassment. For criticism,” said Alan Levy, an attorney who, together with his wife, filed suit in September 2024.

"We need to find a path for them," Sheriff Grady Judd said of illegal immigrants without criminal backgrounds.

Things came to a head in the early 1840s when the case became a family battle over Julia’s citizenship. In New York, as in ...

A select panel of L.A. County judges now have access to an artificial intelligence tool that can help them summarize motions ...

West Hollywood moves toward legal protections for polyamorous relationships, which can face systemic barriers in housing, ...

Elected leaders are learning on the fly what they can and can’t do to rein in or support a well-funded federal law enforcement agency.

The ACLU of Delaware filed a lawsuit against Dewey Beach police, saying it was "unlawfully" denied body camera footage from last summer. ACLU was looking to review an alleged discrimination report ...

The Sidney Rotary Club traveled to the Shelby County Courthouse recently for its weekly meeting. Common Pleas Court Judge Tim Sell hosted the club members and spent time talking about current court ...

Four Milwaukee aldermen are expressing concern about “the lack of adequate guardrails, auditing, supervision, and transparency” surrounding the use of Flock Safety license plate reader cameras. In a ...