top of page
Crime and Justice News Archive
Welcome to the Crime and Justice News Archive. You can browse through all the recent posts, click on the tags below, or search the archive for something in particular!
Search
Prosecutors Allege Demotions For Supporting Menendez Resentencing
Two veteran Los Angeles County prosecutors filed lawsuits on Monday, accusing District Attorney Nathan Hochman and the county of...
Crime and Justice News
6 days ago2 min read
36 views
Philly DA Krasner Gets Praise, Scorn As He Seeks Third Term
Larry Krasner has been district attorney during the single greatest spike in violence in Philadelphia history, and now, amid its steepest...
Crime and Justice News
Apr 12 min read
63 views
White House Orders Firing Of Prosecutor In Fast-Food Chain Case
A Los Angeles federal prosecutor was fired at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 302 min read
977 views
D.C. Federal Prosecutor Rewriting Police Misconduct Disclosure Rules
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin in Washington, D.C., is “rewriting” rules that require prosecutors to turn over all evidence of police...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 252 min read
120 views
Hochul Seeks To Ease Curbs On NY Prosecutors After Many Cases Lost
Six years ago, with crime rates at historic lows and progressivism on the rise, New York began requiring prosecutors to turn over reams...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 242 min read
132 views
Sharp Exchanges As Krasner Seeks Third Term As Philadelphia DA
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in the second public debate of the race, continued to nt his paint Democratic challenger as...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 231 min read
55 views
GA DA Willis Must Pay $54K Legal Fees For Open Records Act Violation
A judge has ordered Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis to pay more than $54,000 in attorneys’ fees and to turn over...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 182 min read
50 views
Trump U.S. Attorney Demotes Jan. 6 Prosecutors To Misdemeanor Cases
At least seven senior leaders in Washington, D.C.'s federal prosecutors office have been demoted to jobs handling misdemeanors or other...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 32 min read
49 views
Krasner Seeks Third DA Term, Is Opposed By Ex-Judge
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is launching his campaign for a third term Tuesday, framing his bid as a continuation of his...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 181 min read
19 views
Judge Tosses Charges Against Ex-GA Prosecutor In Arbery Case
A judge ended the trial of a former Georgia prosecutor accused of using her influence to protect the men who chased and killed Ahmaud...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 72 min read
24 views
Ex-GA Prosecutor Going To Trial 4+ Years After Ahmaud Arbery Death
An hour after his son killed Ajmaud Arbery with a shotgun after they chased him through their Georgia neighborhood, Greg McMichael called...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 182 min read
31 views
Tougher Prosecution Credited For Sharp Drop In Baltimore Homicides
The drop in homicides in Baltimore over the past two years has significantly outpaced the decrease in the U.S. as a whole, a shift that...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 83 min read
66 views
Tennessee DA Charged With Shooting At A Fugitive
A Tennessee district attorney faces a reckless endangerment charge after shooting at a fugitive several times and hitting a home with a...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 18, 20241 min read
45 views
New Los Angeles County D.A. Plans To Fire Gascon’s Police Shootings Prosecutor
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman says he intends to terminate the contract of a special prosecutor that George Gascón...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 17, 20242 min read
80 views
Will Chicago's New Top Prosecutor Retain Progressive Policies?
Nearly two weeks after Eileen O'Neill Burke became Cook County, Ill., state attorney, Chicago is wondering how much of her predecessor's...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 13, 20242 min read
38 views
Hochman, Now L.A. County DA, Will Undo 'Lenient' Gascon Policies
Nathan Hochman begins his term as Los Angeles County’s district attorney Tuesday, taking office after promising to restore balance to a...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 3, 20242 min read
79 views
New Chicago County Prosecutor Vows To Crack Down On Gun Crime
Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke vowed Monday to crack down on gun criminals as she takes the reins as the top law...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 3, 20242 min read
70 views
Progressive Prosecutors Are a Target, Elon Musk Says
Tech mogul Elon Musk told advisers shortly before the election that America PAC should challenge “Soros DAs,” referring to a cohort of...
Crime and Justice News
Nov 29, 20242 min read
125 views
Judge Orders Prosecution To Get Rid Of Notes Seized From Diddy’s Brooklyn Jail Cell
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered prosecutors to “get rid” of notes belonging to Sean “Diddy” Combs that were seized from a raid of...
Crime and Justice News
Nov 20, 20242 min read
62 views
State Prosecutors' Staffs Nearly Doubled In Three Decades
The nation's state prosecutors increased their staffs by 44% in the last three decades, says the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics in...
Crime and Justice News
Nov 15, 20241 min read
16 views
bottom of page