Katie Mettler

Homicide rates are falling precipitously in many cities across the United States, dropping by 18 percent since the same period last year, and by

The executions, which include a man who maintains his innocence and an 80-year-old, cement Florida’s place as top death penalty state.

James Aren Duckett, a former Florida police officer, was convicted of raping and murdering 11-year-old Teresa McAbee in 1988.

Key agencies do not require nonfederal officers to finish mandated training before task force duties, the Government Accountability Office found.

A new Maryland commission will study the deaths of boys and teens buried between 1870 and 1939 outside a juvenile facility with a documented history of abuse.

The demise of SF Pretrial, which for 50 years has provided diversion services, came after the mayor cut its budget and as Democrats’ attitudes toward crime shift.

Phyllis Hammond knew she needed to act the moment she emerged from her walk through the woods. She climbed into her car, tears streaming, and said a prayer.

The White House is seizing on new statistics showing that violent crime plummeted last year to boast of a “Trump effect.” But experts note crime began falling well before Trump returned to office.

The administration sought to keep the agency’s headquarters in Washington.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to abandon its plans to keep the FBI headquarters in D.C., ruling it was improper for the Justice Department to usurp the U.S.