Acting Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced the new policy Monday, saying the office will focus on prosecuting violent crimes.

A new rule taking effect Jan. 1 says courts should use a tool known as IRAS to help determine whether criminal defendants should be released before trial or where to set bail amounts.

Marion County prosecutors want to try a 15-year-old Indianapolis boy as an adult in last week's fatal shootings of two teenage siblings.

The U.S. Supreme Court wont take the case of an Indiana man convicted of murder who says his lawyers werent good enough.

An effort to change Indiana law so that children as young as 12 could face attempted murder charges in adult court has failed in the state Legislature.

The measure comes out of a school shooting in Noblesville last year, where the 13-year-old shooter had to be tried as a juvenile.

A criminal conviction can present obstacles to everything from jobs to housing. Since 2017, more than 20 states, including Indiana, have expanded or added laws that help people seal or expunge their criminal record.

A man who spent nearly 10 years in prison for a wrongful conviction has cleared a key hurdle in his lawsuit against Elkhart police.

A federal judge has ruled that the Illinois Department of Corrections' care for inmates with mental illness remains "grossly insufficient" and "extremely poor."

Leaders from the commission gave their two-year budget presentation to the House Ways & Means Committee Wednesday morning.