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A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned the convictions of two wealthy businessmen in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal — including by rejecting a central claim of prosecutors that the fathers had knowingly…

Screen shot / Trump 2024 Former President Donald Trump tore into the American justice system on Friday and accused federal law enforcement of “destroying” the lives of “many Great American Patriots.” The post from the former president…

A teenage repeat offender responsible for a stolen car crash that killed his 14-year-old friend has been handed a seven-year sentence.Queensland prosecutors expressed doubt over whether the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, could…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Friday that it has arrested 220 illegal immigrants in a nine-day enforcement operation with criminal convictions that include rape and murder. ICE said its Enforcement and Removal…

OTTAWA - People who have been convicted of a number of indecency and anti-abortion offences that are no longer on the books can now have those convictions expunged. The list of "historically unjust…

Students and staff at the University of Toronto law school are launching a new database this week documenting dozens of cases of wrongful convictions in Canada hoping to draw more attention to the problem. Lawyer and database project…

California's justice department will soon begin reviewing criminal cases for possible wrongful convictions, searching for "evidence of significant integrity issues" that could lead to resentences, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced…

OTTAWA - New legislation introduced in the House of Commons Thursday would make it easier and faster for people who may have been wrongfully convicted to have their cases reviewed. Justice Minister…

The U.K. will no longer allow males who identify as transgender women to be housed in women’s prisons if they have been convicted of sexual offenses or have intact male genitalia, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.K.…

NEW YORK - Two of former President Donald Trump's namesake companies were sentenced Friday to pay $1.6 million after last month's guilty verdicts on tax fraud charges that scarred his business empire with criminal convictions.The Trump…