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Marion County pins hopes on bail reform to reduce jail costs

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - At $570 million, Marion County’s new community justice center complex ranks as the most expensive municipal building project in Indianapolis since construction of Lucas Oil Stadiu... read more

Feds slam Oregon State Hospital: read report, previous stories

Gordly says she hopes that staffing qualifications and ... Morris is the second high-profile defendant who has been sent from jail to the Oregon State Hospital recently. In early March in Clackamas Co... read more

While Washington, D.C. considers prison reform and more, Georgia offers an account

Nathan Deal was among the state leaders President Donald Trump called to a meeting on prison reform last ... ability to deny bail for dangerous criminals. All those things occurred and were done also ... read more

Daniel Montgomery, convicted killer of the St. Stanislaus pastor, said he did not commit the crime he confessed to

He was sent to St. Stanislaus in July 2002 in the hope that he might prove that ... He was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison in a deal that spared him the death penalty, something Cuyahoga Count... read more

Marion County on verge of bail reform project

With Superior Court judges on board, Marion County is on the verge of being selected by a national non-profit organization for an innovative program to relax bail payments for low-income defendants in ... read more

The People's Sheriff

Is a hard-line sheriff crossing the line when it comes to immigration enforcement? It appears that your computer does not have the Flash Player required to view NOW videos. Visit Adobe to download and ... read more

Giving back, Feb. 24

Advantage Auto Sales & Credit awarded a movie gift card and a $100 Washington House gift certificate to customer Steve Hein as part of its “Dinner and a Movie” Valentine’s Day contest. Two runners-up ... read more

Six months after Atlanta curtails cash bail, struggles for some defendants remain

Deal said it furthers efforts to incarcerate only the most serious and violent offenders, “rather than individuals who simply can’t afford the costs of bail ... to sell the jail altogether, which woul... read more

Bill Clinton back in the White House, holds economic meeting with Obama

On Tuesday, Obama tapped Jacob Lew as budget director and publicly directed him to reduce the deficit. On Thursday, Obama travels to Michigan to talk job creation once more. Gibbs said the timing of t... read more

North Branch Girl, 5, Suffers Bat Bite At Wal-Mart

She refuses to go into stores, doesn’t want to leave the house,” said Holly. According to Holly, Wal-Mart claimed they aren’t responsible for any costs tied to that bat attack. Wal-Mart Senior Manager ... read more

Creek cleanup

Members of Greenbelt Overhaul Alliance of Levittown (G.O.A.L.) turned out Saturday morning to clean up an illegal dump site on the bank of the Neshaminy Creek off Hazel Avenue in Bristol Township. The ... read more

Huckabee commuted sentence of suspect in Washington police slayings

He was arrested later for parole violation and taken back to prison to serve his full term, but prosecutors dropped the charges that would have held him. It appears that he has continued to have a str... read more