Russia’s Constitutional Court on Monday approved amendments proposed by President Vladimir Putin to the country’s basic law, giving him the option of serving two further terms in office.
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With a March 15 deadline looming, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would extend controversial provisions of a sweeping surveillance law for three years.
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Russia’s State Duma on Wednesday passed constitutional reforms in ita final reading that include the possibility of President Vladimir Putin extending his rule for another two terms.
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A German court has for the first time rejected a request to extradite a suspect to Poland over concerns about judicial independence in the fellow European Union member, AFP has learned.
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Russian lawmakers vote Tuesday on a package of constitutional reforms that would let President Vladimir Putin put his stamp on the country for decades to come.
Read moreTwo candidates vying to clinch Los Angeles County’s District Attorney seat brandished their credentials as criminal justice reformers on the debate stage Thursday while blasting the incumbent’s record as reflective of fear-based policy-making.
Read moreA California lawmaker announced Tuesday she is crafting a criminal-justice reform that would bar prosecutors from automatically charging people under age 20 as adults.
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Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets in France on Friday to express their anger over proposals to overhaul the country’s pension system, but there are signs long-running strikes are waning.
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Starting New Year’s Day 2020, New York State’s criminal justice system will look a little different.
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In a rebuke to nearly 100 cities and counties, Virginia’s Democratic attorney general said in an advisory opinion Friday that local pro-Second Amendment laws declaring an exemption from statewide gun safety measures are invalid.
Read moreNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill Wednesday morning to revamp the state’s system of expunging old criminal records, plus another that restores voting rights for those on parole or probation.
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Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg unveiled his plan for gun control Thursday afternoon,, calling for a total ban on assault weapons and an age limit of 21 for most purchases.
Read moreA federal class action filed Wednesday claims that California has failed to carry out a package of reforms passed in 2017 that utilized parole consideration for those convicted of nonviolent crimes.
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California’s struggle to implement sweeping criminal justice reforms continued Tuesday as a state appeals court ruled that corrections officials’ handling of early parole requests by inmates doing time for nonviolent crimes violates a 2016 voter-approved measure.
Read moreA host of 2020 presidential candidates promised California Democratic Convention attendees Saturday they would back progressive reforms, including citizenship for undocumented immigrants, a ban on assault weapons and a single-payer health care option.
Read moreLawmakers, judges, lawyers and litigants agree: New York state has one of the largest court systems in the world but one of the most complex and cumbersome trial procedures in the country.
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After winning control of both legislative chambers last week, Virginia Democrats have set their sights on ending the so-called “gun show loophole” that allows for firearms transactions without background checks.
Read moreChicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson delivered an emotional retirement announcement Thursday after serving for three years as the Windy City’s top cop.
Read moreGermany’s top court ruled Tuesday that sanctioning jobseekers deemed uncooperative in the search for work was illegal in some cases, in a blow to the controversial unemployment reforms rammed through by Gerhard Schroeder’s government in 2005.
Read moreSpeaking at a forum on criminal-justice reform in South Carolina, President Donald Trump said Friday that a sweeping overhaul he signed into law last year was the result of putting “the interests of our citizens before the interest of any political party.”
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