criminal justice

Many questions remain as to why an employee opened fire this week at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville. The 25-year-old gunman killed five colleagues and wounded several more, including police officers responding to the scene.

A bill banning newly elected Kentucky constables from exercising police powers passed out of a Kentucky House committee Wednesday. Constables have a long history of controversy in Kentucky, including questionable arrests, dangerous high-speed chases and criminal charges of their own.

Community bail funds would be considered illegal under a bill being considered in the Kentucky General Assembly. Charitable bail organizations take…

Kentuckians who can’t afford to have their criminal records expunged, or cleared, can now ask a court to waive those fees. That change could have a big…

A new report from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy shows the number of people incarcerated in the state–and the costs of keeping them locked…

The Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would raise the bar for what counts as felony theft in the state.Under current law,…

A bill that would prevent some teenagers from automatically being tried as adults in the court system passed out of a committee in the Kentucky…

Attorney General Daniel Cameron has created a task force to review Kentucky’s search warrant policies in the wake of the Breonna Taylor shooting.The…

The Kentucky Supreme Court has issued new coronavirus restrictions that will affect courts across the state, including the delay of all jury trials until…

A group of women with ties to Kentucky’s Green River Correctional Complex is urging Gov. Andy Beshear to release more inmates amid the pandemic. A dozen…