Escapee Antoine Massey was jailed for allegedly strangling his girlfriend and ripping her braids from her scalp. She’s now ...

Antoine Massey's long criminal history involves several escapes from police custody and a gruesome domestic violence case ...

Sonya McKnight, the former Dauphin County judge convicted of shooting her sleeping ex-boyfriend in the face, is being sentenced on Wednesday, court docs say.

Five years ago in Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was recorded arresting George Floyd. The video was seen across the ...

In the five years since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, Chicago has seen significant policy shifts — but the trauma and unanswered questions still run deep.

The measure, which passed unanimously out of the Senate in April, was approved May 15 by the House on a vote of 101 to 12.

A long-awaited bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board will soon go to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk after receiving approval in ...

A long-awaited bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board will soon go to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk after receiving approval in ...

Reforms pushed by the General Assembly last year failed to advance to the governor’s desk despite nearly unanimous support ...

Reforms pushed by the General Assembly last year failed to advance to the governor’s desk despite nearly unanimous support ...

Renewed calls for passage of the act came after the police killing of Sonya Massey last July. The late Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee had already reintroduced the bill in May of last year, days before ...

Five years ago, the murder of George Floyd by police sparked a nationwide protest movement. Today, Ben Crump, the lawyer who ...