criminal justice

A western Kentucky attorney was among the dozens of people who were pardoned by President Joe Biden Thursday.

Five people are now charged with murder in a shooting at a fall festival in New Albany in October.

A tough legal precedent had kept his clients from their day in court, so Greg Belzley decided there was only one thing to do — try to change the law.

Louisville’s jail and Kentucky prisons serve a ration and a half for Thanksgiving.

The ACLU Kentucky called for jail reform Thursday, alongside the families of two people who died in custody of the downtown Louisville jail.

Former WAVE 3 reporter Kaitlin Rust said she has “cautious optimism” amidst the new allegations against the same officer that fired pepper balls at her in 2020.

An investigation is underway after Louisville Metro Department of Corrections reported an in-custody death Wednesday.

A recent rash of executions and high profile death penalty cases with credible claims of innocence show just how hard it is to overturn a death penalty conviction. Experts say that's by design.

A federal jury in Louisville found former Louisville Metro Police detective Brett Hankison guilty late Friday of depriving Breonna Taylor of her civil rights.

Jurors began deliberations Wednesday in the retrial of former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison.