For anyone who has been arrested and charged with a crime, one of the first formal steps in the legal process is the arraignment hearing. Learn more.

The Fair Trial Act and the principle of innocence clearly states the legal system. For people with criminal charges, the process may appear complex and intimidating. This is the very […] ...

Expungement is non-existent at the federal level .. but one group thinks it has a solution to expungement and it is holding a ...

While some states offer automatic record expungement for qualified individuals, others require a court petition — a process that can be both expensive and confusing. But a new justice tech startup is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This Article critically examines a cluster of rules that use the concept of prejudice to restrict the scope of criminal defendants' procedural ...

Black and Hispanic New Yorkers are disproportionately affected by the summons system, which results in high rates of ...