Explore how U.S. criminal law defines, prosecutes, and punishes crime — including key elements, defenses, sentencing rules, and constitutional rights.

Criminal defense attorney Randy Zelin tells CNN there is reasonable doubt "everywhere" in the New York vs. Donald Trump "hush money" trial: RANDY ZELIN, CNN: They fell way short, because let's start ...

Colorado's prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys were caught off-guard on Friday by a small judicial committee's quiet change to the longstanding definition of "beyond a reasonable doubt" in the ...

In Los Angeles, Francisco A. Hernandez met a girl, dated her for several months and then had intercourse with her. Illegal? Well, said Hernandez, she consented. Then why should the law care? The ...