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District attorneys across New York are urging state legislative leaders to support proposals from Gov. Kathy Hochul to amend rigid pretrial discovery rules District attorneys across New York are ...

The bill asks for $15 million to be appropriated for programs that would help defendants navigate the pretrial criminal justice system, expanding access to mental health and drug programs and creating ...

With the implementation of the Pretrial Success Act in 2025, Illinois will move another step closer to true pretrial justice by expanding access to vital community-based services. Across the country, ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature are in their third week of negotiations on an overdue state budget but have made progress in recent days on a major sticking point that could break ...

VERMILION COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — A man is facing 14 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault in Vermilion County for crimes committed against children under 13. During a detention hearing on May 27, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Crime has not increased in ...

The pretrial criminal justice system is the focus of much discussion in Washington and nationally. Almost five years ago the Washington Pretrial Reform Task Force issued a report promoting a statewide ...

A bundle of new NC laws, including packages of changes to criminal punishments and the state’s pretrial release process, ...