Criminal Justice

The Ohio Governor’s Warrant Task Force met Tuesday morning to discuss recommendations for improving public safety.Gov. Mike DeWine convened the task force…

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a recommendation that tools used to measure offenders' likelihood of skipping out on court appearances after an arrest…

The number of people housed in the Cuyahoga County Jail continues to go down as improvements to the bail system across the county are implemented, according to members of the Criminal Justice Council. But advocates for bail reform and improved jail conditions say there’s still work to be done.

On Easter Monday in 1930, a fire trapped hundreds of inmates in the aging Ohio Penitentiary just minutes after they returned to their cells after a…

Gov. Mike DeWine is delaying the execution of a death row inmate for the second time, as the state works to overhaul its lethal injection protocol. But…

In format and style, the second CNN debate was almost a clone of the first. Once again, the emphasis was on finding points of contention and stoking the tension between candidates.

Columbus City Council votes Monday night on a plan to reduce penalties for marijuana possession in the city code.The measure would cut fines for marijuana…

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners renewed funding Tuesday for prison and jail diversion programs.The $5 million for the Franklin County Court of…

Advocates for reforms at the Cuyahoga County Jail are trying to keep the pressure on county leaders, seven months after a U.S. Marshals Service report called conditions at the facility “inhumane.” A coalition of activist groups rallied outside the Justice Center on Monday morning before packing a justice reform meeting chaired by the county executive and presiding common pleas judge.

A proposed House bill would bar the death penalty in cases where the convicted can prove he or she suffered from serious mental illness while committing…