Aug. 25 (UPI) --President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday aiming to end "cashless bail" for those arrested in Washington, D.C., as well as one to make burning the American flag illegal.

A new statewide report finds New York’s bail reform sharply reduced pretrial detention, but bail amounts are rising and racial disparities persist.

In most places in America, people have long had the right, if accused of a crime, to buy their freedom back from the government. Cash bail — the requirement that a person who has been arrested pay the ...

Senate Bill 1618 requires judges to use a validated risk assessment tool to assign a risk rating, before a judge decides ...

Last December, New York City courts moved forward with a new initiative aimed at reducing the number of people who are held on Riker’s Island after being charged with minor offenses. The three-month ...