The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored ...

"Despite zero criminal convictions, Garcia is now back in El Salvador, and not just El Salvador, in a notorious prison there," Tapper reported ...

Adult shelter applicants must disclose their criminal histories and agree to a Criminal Offender Record Information, or CORI, check.

Governor Maura Healey’s new policy requiring additional criminal background checks of all adults in the state’s family shelter system has one striking catch: It would not evict anyone who has ...

On the eve of Trump’s inauguration, we asked Daron Acemoglu, Bruce Ackerman, Aziz Huq, Alison L. LaCroix, and Richard K. Sherwin whether there are any institutional checks that can restrain his worst ...

The Chicago city council on Wednesday blocked a proposal that would have allowed local law enforcement to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain migrants with a criminal record.

Governor Maura Healey said Friday the state will perform full criminal background checks on each of the thousands of people staying in Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system, saying she ordered ...

The former director of the Markham, Ill., public library, Xavier Menzies, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for embezzling from the library over a decade, the Justice Department announced ...

NBC 5 Responds finds background check websites often fail to locate criminal records We ran background checks on seven Chicago men who were convicted of serious crimes. In several cases, the paid ...

Starting in 2025, New York City landlords will be barred from performing criminal background checks on some tenants. The City Council on Wednesday approved a bill that limits a landlord’s ...

Ten of the best criminal defense lawyers in Chicago who help ensure justice and vigorously defend the rights of the accused.