The 178-page report, “Double Injustice: How Mexico’s Criminal Justice System Fails Victims and the Accused in Homicide Investigations,” examines in detail the reasons for the poor results of ...

These are not isolated events; they happen because state officials in Mexico protect organized crime—not occasionally but routinely, at various levels of government. Often, officials face a simple ...

Things like this, that skip the criminal justice system, draw it all into question. That is the tragedy of a scheme like this and the importance of bringing it to an end,” Uballez added.

Louisiana, New York and other states are rolling back reforms — and efforts to reduce excessive sentencing or expand parole are smaller in scope.

Before knowing the hit-and-run in New Mexico was deliberate, authorities had warned in a criminal complaint naming the 11-year-old in other crimes that the pattern of misconduct was escalating in ...

It is built to protect process. In both the U.S. and Mexico, where I practice law, the criminal justice system remains deeply adult-centered.

The DWI scandal, which now involves the Albuquerque Police Department, Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office and New Mexico State Police, has rocked New Mexico's criminal justice system and will ...

The spike in juvenile violence has pressured policymakers to reconsider the limitations of a juvenile justice system that wasn’t designed to deal with children as young as 11.

Santa Fe-based attorney John Day said New Mexico’s juvenile justice system was meant to intervene and get help for children so they wouldn’t commit crimes as adults.

Deadly hit-and-run in New Mexico brings juvenile justice challenges into focus Prosecutors in New Mexico's busiest judicial district have been pleading with state lawmakers to amend the children's ...