In the wake of Michael Madigan's conviction, lawmakers can restore public confidence in government. One idea: Rein in ...

A bill in Montpelier looks to expand what can be considered a hate crime in Vermont ... However, some, like the Defender General's Office, testified that while good-intentioned, it crosses ...

The prime minister has "absolute confidence" in his attorney general despite negative press briefings, Downing Street has said. Lord Hermer KC has been subject to a string of negative stories in ...

Additionally, McMullen is accused of violating the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act by failing to register as a sex offender and providing false residency information to the Elgin Police ...

A 30-year-old Dalit man was killed allegedly by his in-laws in a suspected case of hate crime for marrying a woman against her family’s wish in the Suryapet district of Telangana, police said on ...

The Ottawa Police Service's hate and bias crime unit addressed 467 incidents last year, including 351 criminal and 116 hate-motivated incidents, according to statistics published Wednesday. That ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday said ... Raoul said the funding freeze also affects the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which helps state and local ...

Mr Moore described this as “indefensible” and said the council is “actively blocking further openness and transparency on this horrendous crime ... and the Attorney General have been ...

The NSW government is considering changes to the Crime Act that would make it easier to prosecute people who take part in anti-Semitic activity. A string of anti-Semitic attacks in Sydney is ...

His name appeared on court filings, and the U.S. attorney’s office updated its website to note he was now in charge. I think we all know that, in our current context, any sentence containing the ...

Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law Wednesday bills that would reclassify certain crimes as hate crimes, replacing Michigan’s 1988 ethnic intimidation law with expanded definitions ...

Political leaders should condemn recent hate crimes and acts of discrimination. However, they should not seek to politicize racist attacks for political gain. Nor should political leaders cause ...