Victims will be able to have more of a say in court and will be told when offenders are granted bail or breach release conditions, under new Government measures announced today.

A prison officer who had known 'evil and nasty' career criminal John Gillies for 10 years sent an email to the Department of Corrections begging for him not to be released. Gillies will be released next month...

When Confederate forces fired the first shots at Fort Sumter on April 12, 150 years ago, triggering the American Civil War, almost four million African Americans were slaves.

An autistic man wrongfully convicted of rape and jailed for more than two years was awarded more than $350,000 compensation today.

The man accused of murdering Auckland woman Carmen Thomas has made a brief appearance in court today.

The Human Rights Commission says saving money should not be the reason defendants lose their right to a trial by jury.

A man charged with drugging and raping a woman while he was out on bail has been bailed again, and yesterday his conditions of release were relaxed. In 2009 Paulus Nieuwenhuiysen was charged with possession for supply of Ecstasy,