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Maryland Gov. Hogan issues first paroles for juvenile lifers in decades 11/23/2019 06:55am • ANNAPOLIS, Maryland –– For the first time in 24 years, individuals sentenced to life in a correctional facility for crimes they committed before turning 18 are being paroled by a Maryland governor. This shift in policy for juvenile lifers by Gov. Larry Hogan, R, is unprecedented in the stateâ Should a Northern Virginia youth detention center stay open? Public weighs in 11/21/2019 06:15am • Should a youth detention center in Northern Virginia stay open? That question spurred passionate debate at a series of public meetings this month, as the operators of the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center make decisions about the future of the facility as Northern Virginia juvenile crim DC, Va. reps want release of 911 calls in fatal Park Police shooting of Bijan Ghaisar 11/19/2019 01:48pm • After the U.S. Department of Justice ended its civil rights investigation into the U.S. Park Police following the fatal shooting of a Fairfax County, Virginia, man, there is a renewed call to release the 911 tapes related to the shooting. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and U.S. Reps. Don Beyer a DOJ letter outlines why US Park Police officers won’t be prosecuted for civil rights violations in Ghaisar case 11/17/2019 06:54am • On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a pair of US Park Police officers would not be prosecuted for federal civil rights violations related to the shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar. WTOP has obtained the letter outlining the rationale behind that decision. The letter, sent t Why the suspected Potomac River Rapist isn’t charged with all the crimes he's connected to 11/16/2019 06:43am • Police and the FBI say the Potomac River Rapist is responsible for a murder and more than 10 rapes in D.C. and Montgomery County between 1991 and 1998. (Courtesy FBI)A man known for decades as the "Potomac River Rapist" won’t fight extradition from South Carolina after his arrest on Tuesday, a DC area's top prosecutors team up to track illegal guns over state lines 11/15/2019 05:10pm • The region's top prosecutors are announcing a local rollout of a national crime initiative aimed at curbing illegal guns, called Project Guardian DMV. It will essentially coordinate law enforcement in three jurisdictions with the goal of reducing gun violence. "The goal is to ensure that feder Search for details in Justice Dept. decision to not charge Park Police officers in shooting of Bijan Ghaisar 11/15/2019 07:55am • Almost two years since unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar was shot and killed by U.S. Park Police, the Justice Department's decision to not charge the two officers with federal criminal civil rights violations has lawmakers and family members asking for a more specific explanation. The news release f Lawmaker calls for radical change in DC's criminal justice system 11/14/2019 06:56am • The head of the D.C. Council's public safety committee is pushing for a radical change in how the District handles prisoners. During a panel discussion on criminal justice Wednesday night at the Harold J. Gordon Building in Southeast, Councilman Charles Allen said a key, often overlooked, way to Former DC firefighter sentenced in deadly drag race that killed innocent driver 11/14/2019 05:22am • A former D.C. firefighter is going to prison for his role in a drag race that killed an uninvolved driver four years ago. A D.C. Superior Court judge has accepted the guilty plea of 26-year-old Ryan Thompson and sentenced him to 2 1/2 years in prison for the negligent 2015 homicide. Thompson was New prosecutors to bring big changes in Northern Virginia 11/07/2019 04:08am • Major changes could be coming to Northern Virginia's criminal justice system, with four new prosecutors elected this week promising significant reforms. Buta Biberaj in Loudoun County, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington and Falls Church, and Steve Descano in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax Maryland pediatrician convicted of sex abuse charges, acquitted of rape 11/01/2019 04:44pm • A Frederick, Maryland, pediatrician has been convicted of sexually abusing a teenage patient in April. After a two-day bench trial in Frederick County Circuit Court, Judge William Nicklas found Dr. Ernesto Torres, 69, guilty on second-degree assault and fourth-degree sex offense charges that were DC man could get life in prison for shooting mother of his children 10/31/2019 07:30pm • A domestic violence case that involved a D.C. man shooting the mother of his children in Prince George's County, Maryland, has ended with a conviction. After two hours of deliberation on Thursday, a jury found 35-year-old Steven Branch guilty of first-degree attempted murder and other charges, in Accused Capital Gazette shooter pleads guilty but not criminally responsible 10/28/2019 08:30pm • Jarrod Ramos, the Maryland man charged with gunning down five people in the Capital Gazette newsroom in June 2018, is pleading guilty but not criminally responsible for the attack by reason of insanity. The new plea came during a pretrial hearing Monday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. Attor Prince George's Co. police officer gets 6 months for punching handcuffed man 10/25/2019 06:40pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, police officer is going to jail for six months for assaulting a man who was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car. Cpl. Stephen Downey, 32, was sentenced to five years in jail with all but six months suspended after a three-day bench trial. Once released, he'll DC's top prosecutor responds to criticism over hate crime prosecutions 10/25/2019 05:39pm • FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2017 file photo, Jessie Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Prosecuting hate crimes in D.C. is more than just a numbers game, according to U.S. Attorney for D.C