Justice

A Bronx Supreme Court judge cleared NYPD Sergeant Hugh Barry in the fatal shooting of a mentally unstable woman.

He left the bacon, which is forbidden in Islam, around the door of the mosque.

Major tobacco companies are beginning to put out government-mandated warnings about the addictive and deadly nature of their products.

Why have some species evolved to give a monkey's about fairness?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s new book captures the justice’s commitment to equality and her esteem for those who fought for it before her.

The physical and mental strains of prison may not be a humane punishment for ageing men.

America’s police officers are better trained, better educated and more diverse than their predecessors. But they’ve never felt more despised. Newsweek's Max Kutner talks with police and community members in Newark and across the country to reveal the complex demands on police today.

The vast majority of defendants do not have representation when they meet the prosecutor at their pre-trial meeting, when plea deals are offered.

The filmmakers behind the Netflix hit say that one of the jurors told them Steven Avery was framed.

As science seeps into the courtroom, memory-as-evidence fades into the background.

With more than 90 gangs active in the area, the streets could become more dangerous than ever

A killer app stalks online sexual predators

With little more than a flick of the pen, an Obama appointee legalized online poker

It’s extremely rare for young girls to attempt murder. These two 12-year-olds did so to prove their allegiance to Slender Man

A Strasbourg court has deepened the rift between British politicians and EU law

A book from 1969 presciently describes the extent of police brutality, which continues to plague New York and other large cities

Montana judge whose light sentence for child rapist sparked outrage will be back on the bench in 30 days

Gilberto Valle, the so-called Cannibal Cop, will avoid life in prison after his conviction for plotting to kidnap, kill, and eat several women was overturned

Chris Andersen was one of Denver’s most popular athletes ever, until a malicious bit of catfishing portrayed him as a child molester and nearly ruined his life

The information pertains to former guards at the Majdanek camp, where tens of thousands of Jews and other victims perished

The Justice Department has indicted five Chinese Army hackers

Russell Bucklew's lawyer has asked for the prisoner's May 21 execution to be recorded for the record in case anything goes amiss