People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system.

Lutishia Williams, 54, was accused of fabricating a hearing notice in 2022 that led to the eviction of Mesquite mother ...

The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...

court filings Wednesday show. In a filing excoriating D.C. District Chief Judge James Boasberg for demanding detailed information about the flights, the Justice Department said, "Continuing to ...

conviction violated fundamental concepts of justice,” Wahlberg wrote. When the case returned to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Travis County prosecutors no longer were defending the ...

Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice ... District of Texas," Walker wrote. A White House spokesperson said the White House intends to appeal the circuit court's ruling ...

States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not ...

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas ... criminal justice advocacy groups are the plaintiffs. During an August hearing in the lawsuit, U.S. District Court Judge ...

In this undated photo provided by Texas Department of Criminal Justice is prison inmate Yolanda Saldvar, who is serving a ...

A top Justice Department official was leaning toward dropping corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams even ...