The Texas Legislature passed a bill on May 28 that could pave the way for locally elected prosecutors to be removed from office for misconduct if they fail to enforce certain laws. House Bill 17 (pdf) was introduced by Republican state Sen. Joan Huffman earlier this year and it passed the Senate Sunday in a 20–11 vote after passing both…

Persons accused of rape whose cases come to court and are heard by a jury are more likely to be convicted today than 15 years ago, an academic study by researchers at University College London (UCL) has concluded. The study found that the conviction rate for cases heard before a jury had risen from 55…

Too many inexperienced and junior prosecutors are being thrown in at the deep end and asked to take on rape and sexual assault cases, according to the man responsible for inspecting the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in England and Wales. In an interview with The Times of London, Andrew Cayley, KC, chief inspector of the…

BUCHAREST—Internet personality Andrew Tate said on Wednesday there was no justice in Romania and that the case file against him in a criminal investigation for alleged human trafficking and rape was empty. Tate, his brother Tristan, and two Romanian female suspects have been in police custody since Dec. 29 pending an ongoing criminal investigation on…

An Ohio lawmaker has introduced a bill that would create an Innocence Commission to review claims of wrongful conviction. The proposal, advanced Oct. 26, seeks to enact a to-do list for a state task force, which spent two years analyzing state and national wrongful convictions. Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor appointed the group in response…

America is facing a vexing crime problem. Even if the causes of the surge in the past few years are correctly identified, it could take many years of sustained efforts to reverse it. However, some solutions could be deployed right away, according to several experts—as long as there’s a will to do so. “Police departments,…

News Analysis America is experiencing a major increase in crime. Upon a murder explosion that started in 2020, other forms of criminality have metastasized too over the past year or so, particularly robberies, carjacking, burglaries, and theft. Police agencies across the country report perpetrators becoming more brazen and systematic. The wildfire of villainy is fueled…

Billionaire George Soros is defending his support of prosecutors who have implemented a raft of measures that critics say have led to a spike in crime and other negative effects. Soros said in a new op-ed that he is concerned about crime but also sees a need to reform the criminal justice system, which he…

FRANKFURT, Germany—German prosecutors have charged the former CEO of payments company Wirecard and two other ex-managers with fraud and false accounting in connection with the firm’s collapse last year amid allegations that much of its revenue and assets were faked. Prosecutors in Munich said Monday that ex-CEO Markus Braun signed off on financial reports he…

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesian prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a life sentence for a top terror suspect who eluded capture for 18 years and accused him of masterminding a series of deadly attacks in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Aris Sumarsono, 58, whose real name is Arif Sunarso but is better known as Zulkarnaen, sat impassively as…