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The union head said he had visited all of Queensland’s Indigenous communities and elders would often complain that the criminal court system was too lenient.

It’s now a rare sight to have an incarcerated suspect appear in person for an initial appearance in New Hampshire, where all but one district courtroom are wired for video arraignments. Instead, they appear on screen from a local jail—a change that officials say enhances security and cut transportation costs.

Traveling to a region in the throes of a drug abuse crisis, President Obama promised Wednesday to use his bully pulpit and federal programs to try to combat the “epidemic” of heroin use and prescription painkiller abuse that is upending communities across the country.

Receiving $750,000 apiece for wrongful imprisonment is a bittersweet reward for two North Carolina brothers who suffered an emotional and physical toll from their three decades of incarceration

In September, a bipartisan group within the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to announce a deal to relieve overcrowded federal prisons.