Criminal Justice

Ramon Chavez-Rodriguez faces felony charges including DWI death of a law enforcement officer, exceeding the posted speed limit and operating a vehicle on a highway without a valid license.

Wednesday marks one year since Illinois ended cash bail.

The juvenile justice framework intended for youth rehabilitation has caused frustration among those involved — including parents left to feel hopeless and in limbo.

It took a jury less than two hours to find bounty hunter Wayne Lozier guilty of kidnapping.

The St. Louis Detention Facilities Oversight Board wants the city’s top officials to ask the Commissioner of Corrections Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah to resign by Friday. Board members say she is blocking them from entering the jail and investigating complaints of alleged misconduct.

The second cohort of Freedom Community Center’s Free Us Group Track Program graduated April 7 after 12 weeks of therapy, training, community service and restorative justice.

Did pandemic policies that reduced jail populations lead to an increase in violent crime? Two new reports say “no.”

Illinois' high court put the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform — short for Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today — on hold in December just hours before it was scheduled to take effect. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case.

Judge David Mason ruled that there was no longer "clear and convincing" evidence to keep Lamar Johnson in prison for a 1994 slaying in St. Louis.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page first convened the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in October 2019, but meetings paused during the pandemic. The group will reconvene Feb. 23 with a number of new members.