Justice

The activists are on trial for leaving lifesaving supplies along a deadly migrant route — or what the government considers “littering.”

When DNA evidence comes back as a match to Hercules Brown, will it be enough to absolve another man accused of murder?

In “What Is Democracy?,” filmmaker Astra Taylor asks how the struggles of the living can illuminate political theory’s most basic questions.

William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, has a long record of immigration extremism.

In her groundbreaking new book “Punishment Without Crime,” Alexandra Natapoff brings the misdemeanor system into clear focus.

Since its founding, the U.S. Border Patrol has arguably been the most politicized and abusive branch of federal law enforcement.

Two beloved townspeople were fatally beaten in broad daylight in Georgia. Their assailant was apprehended, but was this the only murder he was responsible for?

Child sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown’s case shows us who gets to stand their ground — and who does not.

No “crisis of the heart” has ever been fixed with steel slats.

Some Florida Republicans, including Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis, have sought to sow confusion about the validity of Amendment 4, which goes into effect Tuesday.