Orange County Register

OC prosecutors agree to permanent reforms to end federal probe of misuse of informants

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department, ending a federal investigation into the violation of the rights of criminal defendants through ...
Albuquerque Journal

OPINION: It's time we place victims' rights on par with defendants' rights

You don’t have to spend a lifetime in the courtrooms of New Mexico to know that our criminal justice system is not working. From the lack of transparency about defendants who violate conditions of ...
Argus Leader

High court rules in favor of victim, but says Marsy’s Law is not absolute

A state constitutional amendment on victims’ rights approved by voters in 2016 is not absolute, the South Dakota Supreme Court concluded this week. The justices decided that South Dakota’s Marsy’s Law ...
The Lowell Sun

‘Strong medicine’: SJC orders courts to begin potential release of indigent defendants as right-to-counsel crisis hits breaking point

BOSTON — Declaring a “systemic violation” of constitutional rights, Massachusetts’ highest court on Thursday ordered trial courts in Middlesex and Suffolk counties to begin hearings that could lead to ...

Japan's Supreme Court moves to rethink use of restraints on defendant in trials

TOKYO -- The Supreme Court on Jan. 26 issued a notice to courts across Japan calling for a review of the practice of ...