The Santa Clara County judge who sentenced Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexual assault has been cleared of misconduct.

Santa Clara County will base pretrial detention decisions on an algorithm. Meanwhile, a crackdown on the bail industry uncovered millions in lost fees.

An effort to help young people of color develop their voices and go to college could soon lead to structural changes in the legal system.

District Attorney Jeff Rosen will deliver a presentation about his 2015 tour of German prisons, which are considered a model of progressivism.

One of the men arrested in a gay cruising sting wonders how San Jose’s understaffed police force prioritized undercover ops at Columbus Park.

Santa Clara County court workers called off a strike that halted all but essential services at local courthouses for nearly two weeks.

A storied civil rights attorney plans to take the SJPD to task for selectively enforcing lewd conduct laws against gay men.

A former interpreter for Santa Clara County Superior Court shares her ‘particularly bad experience’ after San Jose Inside's investigative report.

The culture of mass incarceration has warped our psyches into thinking that long prison terms are the answer to crimes like sexual assault. They're not.

An interpreter shortage has people giving up their rights, judges acting unethically and court officials saying everything is fine.

Debido a la falta continua de intérpretes, el sistema judicial del condado de Santa Clara ha logrado segregar a los ciudadanos con base a su idioma durante años. Por lo tanto, esta separación ha causado injusticias.

A sexual assault perpetrated by a Stanford University athlete has ignited public outrage after he came away with just a six-month jail sentence.

A youth sports league added the NFL to a lawsuit against Santa Clara, claiming the city hijacked nearby soccer fields to make way for Super Bowl 50.

Under an amnesty program that starts Oct. 1, drivers struggling to pay off traffic fines will have a chance to settle for a fraction of what they owe.

From what I recently witnessed while attending traffic court in Santa Clara County, there is nothing consistent or impartial about the way the court is conducting itself.

If George Shirakawa Jr. receives community service instead of jail time as punishment for his felony mail fraud, he can thank a judge with whom he’s shared a political relationship for more than a decade.