Minors accused of a wide array of crimes, including robbery, sexual battery and arson, will be eligible for a new diversion program launched by Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón that spares ...

Housing Court in New York City is failing renters and housing providers. It’s time for something better. So far this year there have been a little more than 106,000 court cases filed in New York City.

Gronowski totaled three touchdowns, and the Hawkeyes spoiled the ending of Pavia's college career and Vanderbilt's best ...

The DA is taking new steps to tackle the drug-plagued Methadone Mile ahead of an expected influx of homeless this spring and summer. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden on Monday announced $400,000 ...

Around 19 months later, the first person to enter Recovery Court, meant to get people into treatment, not jail, has completed the program.

In California, you can kill someone with your car and not even have a point on your license. That’s because of a criminal justice reform law passed in 2020, allowing judges to effectively erase a ...

The program, created 14 years ago by DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Asha Jackson, works with participants arrested on ...

ORANGE AND OSCEOLA HAS PROMISED TO SUSPEND SOME PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS, WHICH HELPS FIRST TIME OFFENDERS AVOID CONVICTIONS AND CRIMINAL RECORDS. BUT WESH 2 NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG BOX ...

Instead of taking someone to jail or charging them with a low-level crime, some Kane County police will have the option to connect people to social services like a drug treatment center, mental health ...

After receiving a $1.2 million federal grant, Kane County officials hope to expand a pre-arrest diversion initiative, including potentially to Aurora, aimed at keeping people out of jail. The ...

Williamson County commissioners have renewed a 911 dispatch diversion agreement aimed at helping first responders’ handling ...

Black residents account for only 34% of the people diverted into an alternative treatment program called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion. (Cathleen F. Crowley & Eduardo Medina / Times Union) A year ...