The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots that are postmarked by but received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.

About the changes in juvenile justice laws that took effect Friday, some prosecutors, defense attorneys and justice reform advocates agree on one thing: The laws are likely to result in increased caseloads for the Department of Juvenile Services.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we shift into 2025, states are enacting new legislation to tackle crime reduction and criminal justice policy, but not every law comes from the same school of thought. The pandemic ...

The state’s biggest law firm pushed back on Friday against a claim that it violated a fundamental ethics rule when it asked former Chief Justice Richard Robinson, then a recently hired partner, to assist in the preparation of an appeal in a case that had been argued before him previously when when he led the Supreme Court.

The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to ...