Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced two initiatives to promote public safety and strengthen public confidence in the criminal justice system: one to overturn wrongfully convicted ...

In Essex County, pretrial detention hearings were supposed to begin at 9 a.m. Instead, proceedings began at 3 p.m. and not one had an actual ...

It's the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, but priorities aren't equal on both sides of the Hudson. Is funding? A cash-strapped municipality ...

A new system eliminates monetary bail in most cases. For indictable, more serious crimes the defendant goes to jail but must have a court hearing ...

New reforms governing who makes bail could keep people awaiting trial out of jail. But could they also cause chaos in the courts? The new ...

There's a hole in the budget deeper than we knew. And another credit downgrade. Does it take public outcry to make the punishment fit the ...

Mayors Ras Baraka, Steve Fulop and Jose Torres held their first meeting to address public safety.

New directions in combating drug abuse. New concerns about the profitability of internet gaming. And new inspiration as Jersey hosts the Special Olympics.

Gov. Christie ordered the pilot program that provides police officers and EMTs the heroin antidote Narcan expanded to all 21 counties.

A manhunt for the carjackers who killed a young Hoboken attorney at the Short Hills Mall. Republicans and Democrats raise their rhetoric levels at the ...

Officials say two carjackers shot and killed a 30-year-old Hoboken resident in front of his wife as the couple left the Mall at Short Hills ...

Gov. Christie witholding an endorsement, Congressman Pallone getting one. And we've got an interview with Mayor Cory Booker. Plus, cracking down on carjackers. And coping ...

Cities like Newark continue to have a high number of carjackings, despite efforts to keep the occurrences down.