criminal justice

Kentucky's Administrative Office of the Courts and Kentucky State Police announced last week that a program aimed at modernizing the way search warrants get requested and evaluated is now live in all 120 counties.

More than 36% of people released from prison return within three years, according to the Indiana Department of Correction. Issues like finding work and housing, substance use and lack of outside support contribute to the state's recidivism rate.

The Kentucky Supreme Court has thrown out the double murder conviction of a Louisville man sentenced to life in prison for the ambush killing of a father and his 3-year-old daughter in 2020.

People reentering society after being incarcerated often need a lot of support to succeed, including mental health and rehab services. Some Indiana advocates are calling on lawmakers to increase resources for that support statewide.

The new regulations and penalties approved by Louisville Metro Council are another tool to address copper wire theft.

The Tennessee Department of Correction is scheduled to execute Byron Black on Aug. 5, but court challenges regarding the case are still playing out.

The White House directive calls for prioritizing money for programs that require sobriety and treatment, and for cities that enforce homeless camping bans.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about the sentencing of Brett Hankison, the former police officer involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor.

A judge issued an order on Friday, telling the Tennessee Department of Correction to disable a man’s heart implant before executing him. Now the agency is claiming it can’t do it.

Tuesday's verdicts and recommended prisons sentences end the trial that begin in Warren County June 24.