CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing the state spend tens of millions of dollars on a witness protection program that went unfunded for the first nine years ...

Jackee Taylor was 7 years old when she entered the Witness Protection Program in 1981, and she has remained in it for over 40 years. Her father, Clarence "Butch" Crouch, was a member of the Cleveland ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Operation Bold Blue Line on Monday. Right now, the Commonwealth doesn’t have a funded Witness Protection Program. “There is really nothing else that ...

FLINT, MI – The city is hoping to put federal relief funds toward a program that would keep witnesses at risk of being harmed during criminal matters safe during pending court processes. Flint Mayor ...

A bipartisan General Assembly took an important step to fight crime in our communities last year by finally funding a witness protection program in Virginia. The budget agreement approved in September ...

More than 7,500 witnesses and their families have been relocated over the years. Oct. 26, 2007 — -- Wearing glasses and a mock turtleneck, his temples graying, Carmine Sessa looked more like a ...

For years, the hard-headed Irish-American gangster Frank Smith complained that he couldn’t catch a break — despite the valiant efforts of his loving mother and sister — as he served time in prison for ...

Virginia’s prolonged budget-amendment process has finally come to a close, resulting in compromises on both sides of the political aisle. As prosecutors, we are glad to see the budget include an ...

The Obama administration has been juggling controversies all week. And today, watchdogs at the Justice Department added another to the list. The inspector general released a report citing significant ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Thousands of people across Virginia find themselves torn between doing what’s right and staying alive. While court systems across the commonwealth have victim services ...