Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has weakened her office’s already broken system for freeing the innocent, ...

The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process ...

Republicans have dominated Missouri’s legislature for over two decades, but they haven’t entirely controlled state lawmaking, ...

Isolating people inside a small, closet-like cell for weeks, months, and even years on end remains common inside this country ...

Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across ...

The grant helps fund a law enforcement center that’s drawn criticism over privacy and over data-sharing with ICE. It would also come with new strings to spend money on border control.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had to win over a far larger electorate than her predecessors; more Angelenos took part in choosing their mayor in 2022 than in the two prior mayoral elections combined.

A petition circulator holds a sign to recall a San Francisco supervisor. The election is set for September. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Welcome to the month of recall elections.

Georgia held a statewide election on July 15 of this year, but in Miller County, where just under 6,000 people live near the border with Alabama, you’d be forgiven for having absolutely no idea. The ...

This story was originally published in English. Read it here. Esta historia fue traducida como una colaboración entre Bolts y palabra. Menos de 250 votantes emitieron su papeleta en la elección de ...