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CORRECTION: The location of the Delegate-elect has been updated. RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia lawmaker is proposing increasing pay for court-appointed attorneys in an effort to improve the ...

The words of the formula are the same. But the old result, failure of criminal law reforms in a subcommittee long called “the killing fields,” is changing now that Democrats have won control of the ...

Explore how U.S. criminal law defines, prosecutes, and punishes crime — including key elements, defenses, sentencing rules, and constitutional rights.