The #MeToo ethos fuels the effort to oust Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky from the bench in an unprecedented recall election.

The man convicted of killing Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Obtaining court documents in Santa Clara County requires the public to pay 50 cents per page copied—the reason isn’t just money or privacy.

Two cash-strapped renters are appealing a judge’s dismissal of their claim that a San Jose land-use policy flouts state affordable housing law.

Gilroy police are accused of hosting sex parties and having inappropriate relationships with Police Explorers, according to a former dispatcher.

The unusual circumstances surrounding the departure of Santa Clara County Superior Court spokesman Joe Macaluso has aroused suspicions.

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.