Explore how U.S. criminal law defines, prosecutes, and punishes crime — including key elements, defenses, sentencing rules, ...

Stakeholders in the nation’s criminal justice administration have identified ways to address inherent challenges hampering the effectiveness of the system. They identified some of such challenges to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — From inmate deaths and mental health issues to slow-paced court processing, leaders say improvements must be made when it comes to the criminal justice system in Shelby County. In a ...