Problematic articles plague Indonesia’s newly ratified criminal code

INDONESIA — A new criminal code for Indonesia was ratified on 6 December despite strong opposition…

Seeing ‘mandate’, backers of Illinois’s controversial criminal justice reform measure pushing ahead

Proponents of wide-sweeping criminal justice reform said the results of the Nov. 8 general election have…

CLE panel to discuss federal criminal defense of indigent litigants

The Birch Bayh Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse in downtown Indianapolis. (IL file photo) The Historical…

Few California DAs file charges for wage theft

Some prosecutors say that may change. They are partnering with the state on more wage cases…

Rape victims outraged over legal proposals for sex crimes

The Justice Ministry’s draft of legal revisions to improve the handling of sex crimes has infuriated…