So-called "swatter-for-hire" Alan W. Filion, 18, pleaded guilty to calling in bomb and shooting threats, including two in ...

Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.

Mark Geragos, the attorney for Erik and Lyle Menendez, is reportedly set to call on 6 key witnesses to the stand at the ...

A man accused of helping kill the parents of a teenager with whom “he became obsessed with” after meeting her through the ...

Nathan Hochman, who won the election last week for Los Angeles County district attorney, spoke to ABC News about the Menendez ...

Attorneys for a prosecutor who alleges he was demoted from a prestigious position for speaking out against outgoing District Attorney George Gascón’s sentencing directives lost a round in court when ...

California voters have overwhelmingly approved strengthening penalties for certain theft and drug crimes. They also ousted Los Angeles County's progressive district attorney.

The perception of rising crime and problems derived from homelessness lead to the downfall of progressive mayors and city ...

Colleen Jo Matarico, 43, has been charged with sexually abusing a teenage student and giving him cannabis. The teacher ...

If convicted, Gong could face a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty, the Orange ...

Prosecutors say Matarico described the child as her 'crystal meth,' also telling the 13-year-old that she would 'go to jail ...