The following is a summary of a story on the Kenan Institute for Ethics website. Two recent Duke alumni, Jenna Smith and Will Lieber, say that a class in restorative justice offered through the Kenan ...

Restorative justice was just part of what led to two men pleading guilty to felony murder last week, and they likely won't go to prison. Congress clinches $1.2T funding deal for DHS, Pentagon, ...

As the Ottawa Police Service continues to crack down on retail and grocery theft, one criminologist is calling for ...

Canada’s justice system has changed significantly in recent years, with restorative justice programs becoming more common as an alternative to traditional sentencing. These programs bring offenders ...

Update, Jan. 23, 2026: Details were added to emphasize the symbolic nature of the resolution approved by the commissioners' court. In a historic and deeply emotional move, Dallas County officials ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha in the United States has welcomed the decision of the US Department of Justice and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey to close ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias, officials have declared that he was ...

Tommy Lee Walker was declared "innocent" by a Dallas court on Wednesday, 70 years after he was executed for the rape and murder of Venice Parker. The court said his 1954 conviction and 1956 execution ...

Seventy years after the state of Texas executed 21-year-old Tommy Lee Walker for a crime he did not commit, Dallas County has formally acknowledged what his family and community always knew: Walker ...

An all-white jury convicted Tommy Lee Walker of rape and murder, relying on inadmissible evidence and a coerced confession that he immediately recanted, county officials said. By Neil Vigdor The men, ...

Dallas County commissioners voted unanimously to declare innocent a Black teenager convicted of rape and murder in 1954. District Attorney John Creuzot, at times dabbing his tears, led the argument ...