The recovery must be focused on victims to prevent disengagement, writes Martyn McLaughlin ...

From the impact on victims to interviews with high-profile criminal justice figures, The Scotsman’s series is looking at the ...

Scotsman Investigations Correspondent Martyn McLaughlin has this week been looking at the state of the Scottish Justice system ...

A teenager has admitted repeatedly stabbing a man who called him "Harry Potter" during an early morning argument at a bus ...

Thousands of criminal cases in Scotland have been abandoned over the past five years due to statutory time-bar limits and delays by police and reporting agencies, The Scotsman reports. The Crown ...

Efforts to reduce severe delays in Scotland’s criminal justice system have been “too slow,” legal experts have warned, with victims of serious crimes waiting more than three years for verdicts. At the ...

Scotland’s drug driving epidemic is leaving toxicology labs snowed under, forcing police chiefs to effectively ration roadside testing. The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) provides Forensic Services ...

The Herald has outlined the myriad challenges facing the criminal and civil legal aid system: from a shortage of solicitors, to lengthy delays ...

“Victims of human rights abuses around the world turn to the International Criminal Court when they have nowhere else to go, and President Trump’s executive order will make it harder for them to find ...

Angela Constance, the justice secretary in Scotland, revealed the updated cost ... Pic: SPS/Holmes Miller In a letter to the criminal justice committee on Wednesday, Ms Constance said the contract ...

Lucy Letby, 35, was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder three more at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire between 2015 and 2016.

New snow maps show a 700-mile blizzard is set to pump out several centimetres of snow over the UK in a massive one-day blitz next week. Extreme weather over the last few weeks has included vicious ...