Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Morgan Trau. A bill introduced by Ohio Republicans would restrict nonprofits like The Bail Project from paying bail, ...

States are making major progress in reforming our nation’s cash bail system. An estimated half-million Americans are in county jails right now, because they can’t afford to pay bail. Critics call the ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — Local law enforcement officials are expressing frustration over the increase in repeat offenders, as ...

Man, 50, stabbed on Syracuse’s Devine Street; police seek information Syracuse police are investigating an early-morning stabbing that sent a 50-year-old man to the hospital. Heading out for spring ...

In 2010, several media organizations challenged the constitutionality of the mandatory nature of the bail-hearing ban, and ...